Johan E. Mellbye

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1866–1954)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image= Johan Egeberg Mellbye.jpg

| office= Leader of the Agrarian Party

| term_start= 1920

| term_end= 1921

| predecessor= Position established

| successor= Kristoffer Høgset

| office2= Minister of Agriculture

| term_start2= 26 September 1904

| term_end2= 11 March 1905

| primeminister2= Francis Hagerup

| predecessor2= Christian Mathiesen

| successor2 = Aasmund H. Vinje

| office3= Member of the Norwegian Parliament

| term_start3= 1 January 1922

| term_end3= 31 December 1930

| constituency3= Hedmark

| birth_name= Johan Egeberg Mellbye

| birth_date= {{birth date|1866|11|11|df=y}}

| birth_place= Christiania, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway

| death_date= {{Death date and age|1954|12|17|1866|11|11|df=y}}

| death_place= Nes, Hedmark, Norway

| spouse= Emilie Pettersson {{Small|(m. 1906)}}

| children= Jan E. Mellbye

| party= Agrarian
Conservative {{Small|(formerly)}}

}}

Johan Egeberg Mellbye (11 November 1866{{cite book |title=Norsk bokfortegnelse |date=1928 |publisher=Norske bokhandlerforening |page=274 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Norsk_bokfortegnelse/jPDJe9ovUrQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Johan+E.+Mellbye+11.+november+1866&pg=PA274&printsec=frontcover |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=no}} – 17 December 1954{{cite book |title=Norsk landbruk |date=1955 |publisher=Norsk landbruk |page=164 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Norsk_landbruk/bsRMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Johan+E.+Mellbye+%2217+desember+1954%22&dq=Johan+E.+Mellbye+%2217+desember+1954%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=no}}) was a Norwegian farmer and politician who served as the first leader of the Norwegian Centre Party from 1920–1921.{{cite web |last1=Tvedt |first1=Knut Are |last2=Garvik |first2=Olav |title=Senterpartiet |url=https://snl.no/Senterpartiet |website=Store norske leksikon |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=no |date=25 November 2024}} He also served as Minister of Agriculture 1904–1905, then representing the Conservative Party.{{cite web |last1=Rovde |first1=Olav |title=Johan E. Mellbye |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Johan_E._Mellbye |website=Norsk biografisk leksikon |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=no |date=26 November 2024}}

His son Jan E. Mellbye ran the family farm and became chairman of the Norwegian Agrarian Association and Selskapet Ny Jord.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Mellbye, Jan Egeberg|encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0377.html|pages=377–378|language=no|access-date=7 January 2013}}