Johannes Winding Harbitz (26 December 1831 – 5 September 1917) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Askvold as the oldest son of vicar and politician Georg Prahl Harbitz and his wife Maren Mariken Hof.Biography
He enrolled as a student in 1850, but soon took off to work at sea. He took the mate's examination in 1852, and worked as a shipmaster from 1859 to 1869, as well as

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. He was also vice

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from the mid-1880s, at that time living in

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. He was elected to the

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in 1880, representing the urban constituency Tønsberg. He was re-elected on four occasions, serving a total of five terms.Johannes Winding Harbitz
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was also mayor of Tønsberg for twelve years. On 2 May 1893 he was appointed to the

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as a member of the Council of State Division in

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. He left on 1 July 1894 to become

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. On 1 April the next year there was a reshuffle and he was appointed Minister of Auditing. He held this post until October 1895, when the second cabinet Stang fell. He moved from Tønsberg to

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i 1897, and died in 1917. He was married to Louise Henriette Betty Lunnevig, daughter of Ole Lunnevig in Tønsberg.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harbitz, Johannes Winding 1831 births 1917 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Government ministers of Norway Mayors of places in Vestfold Politicians from Tønsberg Norwegian businesspeople Ministers of defence of Norway Members of the Storting 1892–1894 Members of the Storting 1889–1891 Members of the Storting 1886–1888 Members of the Storting 1883–1885 Members of the Storting 1880–1882