Hagbard Emanuel Berner
Norwegian politician
Died when: 80 years 134 days (964 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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.
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