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

[4] In 1837, the year local government was introduced in Norway, Bagger was elected as the first mayor of Gjerpen municipality.

[5] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, representing the rural constituency of Bratsberg Amt.

[3] In 1842 Bagger started the newspaper Skiensposten, but he grew tired and resigned as chief editor later that year.

The same year, however, Bagger returned to the newspaper business, as co-editor of Bratsberg Amtstidende, founded by Peter Feilberg in 1840.

He attacked the incumbent Frederik Charlow Sophus Borchsenius, who in turn was defended by Feilberg in the Bratsberg Amtstidende.

[5] When living in Skien, which was a constituency of its own, Bagger was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, 1851, 1854, 1862 and 1868.