Overlege Fredrik Mellbye i Helsedirektoratet (1956)

Fredrik Mellbye (15 February 1917 – 4 January 1999) was a Norwegian physician. He was the brother of judge

Jens Christian Mellbye Jens Christian Mellbye (4 February 1914 – 31 March 1993) was a Norwegian judge. He served as a Supreme Court Justice from 1968 to 1992. He was born in Oslo as a son of barrister Gunnar Lange Mellbye (1884–1958) and Aagot Maartmann-Moe (1888– ...

. He served as chief medical officer in

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from 1946 to 1952, national chief physician for hygiene in the Norwegian Directorate for Health from 1950 to 1972 and

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() in

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from 1972 to 1985. He chaired the board of

NAVF The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (Norges almenvitenskapelige forskningsråd, NAVF) was one of Norway's five research councils. It was established in 1949. NAVF was responsible for funding the natural sciences. In 1993, t ...

from 1979 to 1982, as well as Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen from 1985 to 1988 and ''Landsforeningen mot AIDS'' from 1986 to 1987. He was awarded the St. Hallvard Medal in 1986.

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1917 births 1999 deaths Norwegian public health doctors Physicians from Oslo {{Norway-bio-stub