Jan Egeberg Mellbye (13 July 1913 – 19 February 2009) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Centre Party. He was born in

Nes, Hedmark Nes is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Ringsaker Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Tingnes where Nes Churc ...

as a son of politician

Johan E. Mellbye Johan Egeberg Mellbye (11 November 1866 – 17 December 1954) was a Norwegian farmer and politician who served as the first leader of the Norwegian Centre Party from 1920–1921. He also served as Minister of Agriculture 1904–1905, then re ...

(1866–1954) and Emelie Pettersson (1879–1954). He was married to Tora Bjørn-Hansen (1921–1968), a daughter of ship-owner Arne Bjørn-Hansen. He graduated from

Oslo Commerce School Oslo Commerce School ( Norw. ''Oslo Handelsgymnasium'') is a full-time public school in Oslo, Norway, specialising in the teaching of financial and business management. The school was founded in 1875 as Christiania Commerce School ( Norw. ''Ch ...

in 1932 and Jønsberg Agricultural School in 1934. After practising agronomy in Sweden he also worked as a bookkeeper. From 1938 he managed the family farm, the former noble seat Grefsheim, and owned it from 1947. He was a member of Nes

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural coun ...

from 1948 to 1962. He was a board member of the

Norwegian Agrarian Association The Norwegian Agrarian Association ( no, Norges Bondelag) is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers. It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union T ...

from 1958 to 1965, and chaired the organization from 1969 to 1974. He was later an honorary member. He also chaired Selskapet Ny Jord from 1961 to 1976, Landkredittforeningen from 1968 to 1981,

Hedemarken Potetmelfabrikk Hedmarken (, ; known as ''Hedemarken'' until 2003) is a traditional district in Innlandet county in Eastern Norway. Hedmarken consists of the municipalities Stange, Hamar, Løten, and Ringsaker. In the past, it also contained the municipalities ...

from 1969 and Centralkassen for Bøndernes Driftskreditt from 1970. After the merger of Ny Jord and

Det Norske Myrselskap Det norske Myrselskap (the Norwegian Mire Company) was a Norwegian primary resources organization. It was founded as Det norske Myrselskab on 11 December 1902 to facilitate the harnessing of mires in the country, both for crops and acres as well a ...

in 1976, he was deputy chair of the new ''Det norske jord- og myrselskap'' until 1986. He died in February 2009.Death announcement, ''Nationen'' 21 February 2009

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1913 births 2009 deaths People from Ringsaker Norwegian trade unionists Hedmark politicians Centre Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub