Inge Johan Lønning (20 February 1938 – 24 March 2013) was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and politician for the Conservative Party of Norway.

He continued his academic career with a fellowship from 1963 to 1971, with a year's interruption for military service as a chaplain in the Norwegian Navy.

In 1985 he was elected rector of the University of Oslo, serving until 1992, while maintaining his chair as professor of theology until his retirement in 2008.

[1] He was president of the Nordic Council in 2003, and was awarded honorary doctorates from Luther College and Åbo Akademi University.

[4] He died on 24 March 2013, after he fell ill while cross country skiing at Beitostølen.