Hagbard Emanuel Berner

Hagbard Berner, Hagbard Emanuel Berner, ( born September 12, 1839 in Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal, † January 24, 1920 in Kristiania ) was a Norwegian politician and editor.

His parents were the priest Ole Christian Berner (1807-1765) and his wife Laura Nicoline Collin ( 1806-1874 ). On July 27, 1871, he married Selma Augusta Hovind ( 3 August 1846-14. October 1919 ), daughter of Customs officials Ole Larsen Hovind ( 1811-1883 ) and his wife Berthe Kathrine Sørensdatter ( 1817-1862 ).

Berner grew up in different places in Vestlandet, where his father was pastor. In 1850 the family moved to Ås in Akershus. In 1858 he laid the exam of Arts and in 1863 the state legal exam. In 1860 he won the gold medal of the Crown Prince for his legal work on foreign sources of the Norwegian Constitution. His legal career was brief. In 1867 he was half a year magistrate in Kristiansund and a short time also copyist in the Justice Ministry.

In Christiania Berner was involved in an influential intellectual milieu, the " Døleringen " an intellectual circles to the historian Ernst Sars and the poet Aasmund Olavsson Vinje. They represented national and democratic ideas. Bernese noticed by his tireless efforts to move from theoretical considerations corresponding concrete actions. As followers of positivism he was inspired by idealistic radicalism and zeal for political reforms that gave the individual more freedom.

He supported the development of a society organizations, which was conceived in the 19th century the rise. It was widely believed to be able to pursue political objectives effectively only through associations. Political parties did not exist initially. Berner was involved in a number of new organizations. He was also a pioneer of the new political press.

The first topic in the Berner dedicated, was the language dispute. In 1868 he was included in " Det Norske Samlaget " ( The Norwegian company). This was an organization whose members are involved in the language, and at the same time a publisher of authors who wrote in Landsmål. He spent nine years as chairman of the company. Kühn was the founding of Dagbladet in 1868, together with Anthon Bang. Until 1879 he was editor of the paper. He pursued a national liberal course in opposition to the ruling government officials and stood near the left-wing movements. His journalistic main opponent was the Conservative Christian Friele with his newspaper Morgenbladet. The highlight was his series of articles " Det Stangske system" ( The Stangsche System), which was directed against the Stang - government and then against the Selmer - government in 1884 led to the indictment of the government before the Supreme Court and the conviction.

One of his other themes of his political mission was pure Norwegian flag, the tricolor. It was before the elections in 1879 becoming a hot topic. His suggestions led to riots and found in the Storting no followers. To him, the window panes were smashed even by conservative groups. But he held steadfastly to his views. Berner was set up as a candidate in Akershus together with Johan Sverdrup and won the election. He was re-elected in 1882 and even 1885. 1880/1881 he was also there when the " Folkevæpningssamlaga " ( The arming of the people association) was founded, a shooting club, who was close to the left-hand movement. 1883/1884 he took part in the preparatory work for " Norges Venstreforening " part ( Confederation of Norwegian left ), where he was Nachrückkandidat Regional Executive. In 1884 he also took at heart attack: Along with Gina Krog, he founded the " Norsk Kvindesagsforening " (Norwegian Women's Association ) and was its first director. He was also a co-founder in 1889 of " Norsk Ligbrændingsforening " ( Norwegian Feuerbestattungsverein ), whose chairman he was 20 years old. At the same time he was co-founder of the life insurance company and pension fund " Glitne ". He campaigned for the introduction of the jury in the criminal trial and was a member of the Commission on the drafting of a new Criminal Procedure Code.

During the first time in the Storting he had in his left hand a great reputation and was chairman of the Budget Committee and was also a member of the working group that prepared the indictment of the government Selmer before the Imperial Court 1883/1884. But he had difficulty in subordinating other leadership or to fit into tight groups. So he fell in the intra-party opposition to Johan Sverdrup in disgrace and held expelled for from the "Pure Venstre ". In 1888 he left the Storting and then took part in the public debate with articles and small writings on political and economic issues. In some areas, he launched templates for radical reforms, for example, 1889 for a system of proportional representation to the Storting or 1898 for the insertion of the referendum in the Constitution or in 1907 for the taxation of capital gains from land.

From 1871 to 1898 was the Bernese state auditor from 1884 to 1899 director of the mortgage bank, from 1898 to 1912 he was mayor of Kristiania, now Oslo. He sat in 1884 in the Commission to draw up a Bank Act, 1889 in the Committee for the spirits monopoly, represented Norway in 1891 at the International Alcohol Congress in The Hague, and 1892 on the Münzkonferenz in Brussels, and 1896 was a member of the parliamentary working Commission and in 1910 the Commission which should draw up a law on the capital gains tax.

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