Hagbart Berner

Hagbard Emanuel Berner MP
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1880–1888
Constituency	Akershus
Auditor General of Norway
In office 1883–1898
Preceded by	Peder Gaarder
Succeeded by	Svend 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 by	Anna Stang
Personal details
Born	12 September 1839
Died	24 January 1920 (1920-01-25) (aged 80)
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Liberal 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.