Introduction
Born: April 7, 1857, Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Died: January 7, 1931, Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Buried: Volda, Norway.
Born: April 7, 1857, Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Died: January 7, 1931, Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Buried: Volda, Norway.
Johannes was the son of Lars Elias Henrikson Barstad and Gurine Elisabeth Rasmusdotter. He married twice, to Ragnhild Salvesen and Eleonore Bentzen.
He was rector at Volda and Voss, and edited Stille Stunder, the first Christian magazine in Nynorsk.