Even Aleksander Hagen | |
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| County Mayor of Innlandet | |
| In office October 2019 –28 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Breen |
| County Mayor of Oppland | |
| In office October 2015 –October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gro Lundby |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1988 Lillehammer,Oppland,Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
Even Aleksander Hagen (born 14 April 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Following the 2015 local elections,Hagen became the County Mayor (fylkesordfører) of Oppland. He is also the youngest County Mayor in Norway ever. [1]
Hagen led the merger of Oppland and Hedmark into the new county,which was named Innlandet,and in 2019 he was elected the county's first county mayor. [2] He announced in March 2022 that he wouldn't seek re-election at the 2023 local elections. [3] In June 2023,he was appointed as a state secretary to the Ministry of Culture and Equality a few months before the next regional election. [4]
Hagen,who hails from Otta,survived the terror attack at Utøya on 22 July 2011 on a Workers' Youth League-run summer camp. The attacks claimed a total of 77 lives. When nominated as the Labour Party's candidate for county mayor,he said that "You have nominated a gay terror victim". [5] [6] [7]
