Johannes Smemo (31 July 1898 – 7 March 1973) was a Norwegian theologian, psalmist, and a long-time bishop in the Church of Norway.

[1] Theologically, he was a conservative, confessional Lutheran priest who lived during the time of great liberal-conservative debates within the Church of Norway.

Smemo received an honorary Doctor of Theology degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota in the United States.

Then, in 1934, he was hired as the rector at the Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, a position he held through the war years.

He played an active role in the leadership of the Church's resistance movement during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.

He also wrote and translated several books of psalms and hymns, and he was part of the commission that edited the Church of Norway hymnbook that was presented in the 1960s.