Ebbe Hertzberg was a Norwegian historian, economist and politician.
He graduated as cand.jur. in 1870, and studied law history in Uppsala

Uppsala

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 from 1870 and in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 from 1872 to 1873. He was appointed professor of statistics and economy at the Christiania University

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 in 1877. He was a short-time government minister in April 1884.

He was decorated with the Commander Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1907.