Johan Lunde
Johan Peter Lunde was a Norwegian theologian and Bishop of the Diocese of Oslo.
Biography
Lunde was born at Lillehammer, Norway. He was the son of Knud Truls Wiel Lunde and Mariane Sophie Brun. Lunde graduated artium in 1883. He studied theology at the University of Kristiania and became cand.theol. in 1890. He first worked as a teacher before he was ordained at Kristiansand in 1897. In 1900, Lunde became a parish priest in Bygland. In 1906, Lunde became the resident chapel and in 1910 parish priest at St. Johannes Church in Stavanger. In 1920 he moved to Kristiania and became a parish priest at Gamlebyen. From 1922 until 1937, Lunde was Bishop of the Diocese of Oslo.Due to strong commitment to Sunday school and to children's religious education, Lunde became known as the Children's Bishop. His projects included youth work across Norway. Among other roles, he was President of the World Sunday School Council.
As a bishop, he hosted an international Sunday School Congress at Oslo in 1936.