Johan Henrik Rye (1787, Bø, Telemark - 1868) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
He served as County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs amt (today named Vestfold) from 1829 to 1833. He was then appointed assessor at the Supreme Court. In 1834 he was named to a committee which prepared the formannskap laws in Norway, introducing local governance in the country.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Christiania in 1836, and was re-elected in 1839, 1842 and 1845. From 1836 to 1837 he served as President of the Storting, together with Søren A. W. Sørenssen.
Johan Henrik Rye was the brother of famous military officer Olaf Rye. Johan Henrik married Jacobine "Bina" Ulrica Alstrup (1784–1851). Their daughter Thale Cathrine married later Councillor of State Niels Mathias Rye.
Famous quotes containing the word rye:
“Poems stirred
into paper coffee-cups, eaten
with petals on rye in the
sun—the cold shadows in back,
and the traffic grinding the
borders of spring ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)