Claim: Hagbard Emanuel Berner (September 12, 1839 -January 24, 1920)  had co-founded the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget in 1868 and was elected as a member of the Parliament of Norway for the first time in 1879.
Evidence: Hagbard Emanuel Berner (12 September 1839 – 24 January 1920) was a Norwegian jurist, Liberal Party politician and newspaper editor. He co-founded the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget in 1868, and was its chairman until 1877. He was elected as a member of the Parliament of Norway in 1879, representing Akershus, and was re-elected in 1882 and 1885.