Johannes Wilhelm Christian Steen (22 July 1827 – 1 April 1906) was a Norwegian statesman and educator who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1891 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1902.

He grew up in Vesteraalen as the son of John Svaboe Steen (1798– 1872), a judge and member of Parliament, and Christine Fleischer (1805–1851).

Over the next 42 years, Steen combined his profession as teacher and educationist with a political career.

From 1871, the Storting became increasingly marked by political debate and struggle between liberal and conservative forces.

[citation needed] Steen's final administration was responsible for the 1902 Land Sales Act [no], which limited the buying or leasing of state-owned land to fluent Norwegian speakers, barring the Saami people from the purchase of their traditional hunting and grazing grounds.