Bernhard Getz

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

He was the son of merchant Anton Lauritz Getz (1817–68) and Anna Christence Jenssen (1825–94).

He traveled abroad with public scholarships in 1875, stayed for the most part in Leipzig to study criminal law and legal proceedings.

[2] He was married to Johanne Christine Fredrikke Berg (1855–1924) with whom he had seven children, including Supreme Court Attorney Eyvind Getz (1888–1956).

He died in 1901 at 51 years of age and was buried at Vestre Aker in Oslo.