Johannes Winding Harbitz
Minister of Auditing
In office 27 April 1895 – 14 October 1895
Prime Minister	Emil Stang
Preceded by	Ole A. Furu
Succeeded by	Fredrik Stang Lund
Minister of Defence
In office 15 July 1894 – 27 April 1895
Prime Minister	Emil Stang
Preceded by	Wilhelm Olssøn
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Olssøn
Member of the Council of State Division
In office 2 May 1893 – 15 July 1894 Serving with Ernst Motzfeldt
Prime Minister	Emil Stang
Preceded by	Vilhelm Wexelsen Thomas von Westen Engelhart
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Olssøn Francis Hagerup
Personal details
Born	(1831-12-26)26 December 1831 Askvoll, Sogn og Fjordane, Sweden-Norway
Died	5 September 1917(1917-09-05) (aged 85) Vestre Aker, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Louise Henriette Betty Lunnevig

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.^[1] 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 ship-owner. He was also vice consul from the mid-1880s, at that time living in Tønsberg.^[1]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1880, representing the urban constituency Tønsberg. He was re-elected on four occasions, serving a total of five terms.^[2] He was also mayor of Tønsberg for twelve years.^[1] On 2 May 1893 he was appointed to the second cabinet Stang as a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm. He left on 1 July 1894 to become Minister of Defence. 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.^[2]

He moved from Tønsberg to Vestre Aker i 1897, and died in 1917. He was married to Louise Henriette Betty Lunnevig, daughter of Ole Lunnevig in Tønsberg.^[1]