Carl Christian Vilhelm Liebe (30 November 1820 – 24 August 1900) was a Danish politician representing first the National Liberal Party and later the conservative Højre, lawyer and speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the parliament. He was an elected member of the Folketing from 1861 to 1866, and a royally appointed member of the Landsting from 1866 to 1895.

Liebe was born on 30 November 1820 in Roskilde, the son of lawyer Georg Julius Johnsen Liebe (1789-1866) and Caroline Frederikke Munck (1790-1866). His father would later serve as manager of Duebrødre Kloster and University of Copenhagen. He matriculated from Toskilde Cathedral School in 1827 and earned a law degree from the University of Copenhagen (cand.jur.) in 1934.^[1]

From 1843 to 1848, Lieve worked in kammeradvokat Poul Sporon' s office (fuldmægtig). He supplemented his income by working as a tutor and was an active member of Studenterforeningen. In 1849-50, he went on a journey to England and France. He was licensed as a Supreme Court attorney in 1851.^[1]

In the 1855 case at the Court of Impeachment (Danish: Rigsretten) against members of the Cabinet of Ørsted, he was defence lawyer for Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Wilhelm Sponneck and Anton Wilhelm Scheel.

On 23 December 1851, Liebe was wed to Ann Sophie Pedersen (1827-1911). She was a daughter of Danish ambassador to the United States Peder Pedersen (1774-1851) and Anna C. L. Smith (1791-1878). One of his sons was Otto Liebe, Prime Minister of Denmark.^[1]

Liebe was created a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1857. He was awarded the order's Cross of Honour in 1865, was promoted to 2nd'class Knight Commander in 1875 and a 1st-class Knight Commander in 1884. In 1892, he was awarded the Grand Cross.^[1]

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