Bernhard Getz (21 March 1850 – 1 November 1901) was a Norwegian judge, professor, law reformer and Mayor of

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. He was born at Strinda in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of merchant Anton Lauritz Getz (1817–68) and Anna Christence Jenssen (1825–94). He graduated artium at Trondheim Cathedral School in 1868. He traveled abroad with public scholarships in 1875, stayed for the most part in

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to study criminal law and legal proceedings. In 1876, Getz was appointed professor of law at the University of Kristiania. He took his law degree in 1889 at the

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. From 1889 to 1901 he served as the first Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions. From 1891 he led the National Civil Procedure Law Commission. He was a member of the city council of

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(now Oslo) and mayor from 1891 to 1892. He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1897.

Personal life

He was married to Johanne Christine Fredrikke Berg (1855–1924) with whom he had seven children, including Supreme Court Attorney

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(1888–1956). He died in 1901 at 51 years of age and was buried at Vestre Aker in Oslo.

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* 1850 births 1901 deaths People from Sør-Trøndelag University of Copenhagen alumni Mayors of Oslo Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian civil servants Norwegian legal scholars Academic staff of the University of Oslo Chairpersons of the Norwegian Nobel Committee {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub