Herman Bagger

Herman Bagger (20 July 1800 – 24 November 1880) was a Norwegian-Danish newspaper editor and politician.

Personal life Herman Bagger was born in Lemvig in Jutland, Denmark to physician Eggert Christian Bagger (1768–1812) and his wife Claudine Margrethe (1774–1838), née Borgen. He had one older brother and three younger siblings.

On 9 June 1829 he married Marthe Elise Winther (1802–1870). The couple had five sons and one daughter.

Career Bagger was a jurist by education. At the time of his marriage, he worked as a headmaster at a school in Drøbach.

In 1837, the year local government was introduced in Norway, Bagger was elected as the first mayor of Gjerpen municipality. He held this position until 1841. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, representing the rural constituency of Bratsberg Amt. However, he was not re-elected in 1842. The seat was taken by Frederik Charlow Sophus Borchsenius. Bratsberg Amtstidende and Correspondenten would from now on become fierce rivals.

Throughout this period, Bagger edited the Correspondenten. He notably supported the radical politician Peter Bøyesen, and supported Hans and Hans Eleonardus Møller during the feud in the marine insurance business of Porsgrund. In his later years Bagger became more politically conservative. Bagger retired in 1874. Varden, which was founded in 1874, would later take over as the number one newspaper in Skien.

He died in 1880.