Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer (31 March 1730 – 7 February 1819) was a Norwegian priest. He was born in Copenhagen, and studied at the University of Copenhagen. He graduated with the

cand.theol. Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has re ...

degree, and moved to Norway in 1754. He was a staunch Pietist and was influenced by Erik Pontoppidan. He is known as a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

in Bergen from 1775 to 1811, and also as the maternal grandfather of the famous poet

Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven (22 December 1807 – 21 October 1873) was a Norwegian author, poet, critic, and art theorist. He has been considered "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature." Background Johan Welhaven was born ...

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1730 births 1819 deaths 18th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy University of Copenhagen alumni Danish emigrants to Norway Clergy from Bergen 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy {{Christian-clergy-stub