Hagbart Berner

Hagbard Emanuel Berner
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1880–1888
ConstituencyAkershus
Auditor General of Norway
In office
1883–1898
Preceded byPeder Gaarder
Succeeded bySvend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt
Burgomaster of Christiania
In office
1892–1912
1st President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
In office
1884–1885
Succeeded byAnna Stang
Personal details
Born12 September 1839
Died24 January 1920 (1920-01-25) (aged 80)
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyLiberal Party

Hagbart (or Hagbard) Emanuel Berner (12 September 1839 – 24 January 1920) was a Norwegian lawyer, Liberal Party politician and newspaper editor. He was one of Norway's leading liberal progressives of his time. He 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. He was the first editor-in-chief of the liberal newspaper Dagbladet and the co-founder (with Gina Krog) and first president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. In 1882 he introduced the parliamentary act that admitted women to the university.