Johannes (John) Telleen (3 August 1846 – 26 November 1933) was a Swedish American Lutheran pastor and newspaper founder.
Johannes Telleen was born in Knäred, Halland, Sweden, the son of tenant farmer Sven Andersson and Nilla Jeppsdotter.
[1] He left home and began his studies at Augustana College and Seminary in 1864 and was supported financially through the efforts of Tuve Hasselquist.
[6][7] From 1890 to 1892 he led the fundraising effort for Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, and was then a field secretary for the Lutheran General Consulate's mission in India for about ten years.
[12][13] He retired in 1926[14] and spent the end of his life in the church-owned Lakeshore Lutheran Home in Duluth, Minnesota,[15] where he had been a chaplain, and died there in 1933.