12 Facts About Hagbart Berner

Hagbart Emanuel Berner was a Norwegian lawyer, Liberal Party politician and newspaper editor.

Hagbart Berner was one of Norway's leading liberal progressives of his time.

Hagbart Berner represented the Liberal Party as a member of parliament from 1880 to 1888, as Auditor General of Norway from 1883 to 1898 and as Burgomaster of Christiania from 1892 to 1912.

Hagbart Berner was the first editor-in-chief of the liberal newspaper Dagbladet and the co-founder and first president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.

Hagbart Berner was the son of parish priest Ole Christian Berner and Laura Nicoline Collin.

Hagbart Berner was the brother-in-law of both industrialist Hans Mustad and Hans Gerhard Stub, Bishop of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America.

Hagbart Berner graduated as a student in 1858, and as a jurist in 1863.

Hagbart Berner co-founded the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget in 1868, and was its chairman until 1877.

Hagbart Berner was editor of Dagbladet from 1869 to 1879.

Hagbart Berner was elected as a member of the Parliament of Norway in 1879, representing Akershus, and was re-elected in 1882 and 1885.

Hagbart Berner co-founded the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884, together with Gina Krog, and was the organization's first president.

Hagbart Berner was Auditor General of Norway from 1883 to 1898, and burgomaster of Kristiania from 1898 to 1912.