Education
He graduated as candidate.jur. In 1870, and studied law history in Uppsala from 1870 and in Munich from 1872 to 1873.
economist historian jurist politician professor
He graduated as candidate.jur. In 1870, and studied law history in Uppsala from 1870 and in Munich from 1872 to 1873.
He was appointed professor of statistics and economy at the Christiania University in 1877. Hertzberg was a legal historian, and published several works in that field In 1886, Hertzberg withdrew from public life and moved away from Kristiania for a decade.
Officially, this was motivated by a desire to focus on his research, but in reality he been pushed to resign by the university after admitting to being homosexual.
During his exile in Berlin, Holmestrand, Munich and Stockholm, he completed his greatest work, a glossary to the law text Norges gamle Love.
He was a short-time government minister in April 1884, a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm.