Oscar Michelsen

Johan Oscar Michelsen (4 December 1844 – 12 August 1936[1]) was a Norwegian missionary to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).

Michelsen emigrated from Norway to New Zealand, where he sold religious literature on the Otago goldfields.[2] He applied to the Synod of Otago and Southland to become a missionary, and was appointed to the island of Tongoa in 1878. He served there until his retirement in 1933.[3]

Michelsen had a little formal education and was known as a good speaker.[3] J. Graham Miller calls him "one of the least educated but most gifted, versatile and warm-hearted" of the pioneer missionaries to Vanuatu.[2]

Michelsen wrote Cannibals Won for Christ (1893) and Misi (1934).[4]

Family

Michelson married Miss Langmuir in 1880.[5]

References

  1. ^ "New Hebrides (Vanuatu) Photographs 1931 to 1940". Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b J. Graham Miller, Live, Volume 2, p. 150.
  3. ^ a b "Oscar Michelsen". Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  4. ^ "Johan Oscar Michelsen (1844-1936)". Missiology. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "Obituary: Veteran Missionary Rev. J. Oscar Michelsen". New Zealand National Library, Papers Past. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19094, page 15. 15 August 1936. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
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