Gustaf Johansson (bishop)

The Most Reverend Gustaf Johansson
Archbishop of Turku and Finland
Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Archdiocese	Turku
In office	1899–1930
Predecessor	Torsten Thure Renvall
Successor	Lauri Ingman
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Kuopio (1885-1897) Bishop of Savonlinna (1897-1899)
Orders
Ordination	1871
Consecration	1885
Personal details
Born	(1844-01-10)10 January 1844 Ylivieska, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire Present-day Finland
Died	29 July 1930(1930-07-29) (aged 86) Turku, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Gustaf Johansson & Johanna Emilia Schalin
Spouse	Sofia Emelie Björkman
Children	10

Gustaf Johansson (10 January 1844 – 24 July 1930) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1899 and 1930.

Biography

Johansson was born in Ylivieska. He was ordained a priest in 1871 and graduated with a Bachelor of Theology in 1874 . He served as a Professor of Dogmatics and Ethics at the University of Helsinki between 1877 and 1885. As a professor, Johansson developed terminology in his field by creating Finnish-language responses to many theological words. He served as Bishop of Kuopio between 1885 and 1897 and later became Bishop of Savonlinna where he remained till 1899. In 1899 he was appointed Archbishop of Turku. As a bishop, he led Bible Translation Committee between 1886 and 1912 and participated in the Finnish and Swedish-language hymnal reform. He died in Turku, aged 86.

External links

• Archbishops of Turku: Gustaf Johansson Archived 2018-01-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)