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Even Aleksander Hagen

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Even Aleksander Hagen
County Mayor of Innlandet
In office
October 2019 – 28 June 2023
DeputyAud Hove
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAud Hove
County Mayor of Oppland
In office
October 2015 – October 2019
Preceded byGro Lundby
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36)
Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway
Political partyLabour

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 and was succeeded by his deputy, Aud Hove.[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]

References

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  1. ^ "Even (27) blir ny fylkesordfører". Oppland Arbeiderblad. 14 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Hagen blir historisk fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Innlandet. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Even Aleksander Hagen tar ikke gjenvalg" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Innlandet. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Aud Hove blir ny fylkesordfører i Innlandet" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). NRK Innlandet. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Utøyatragedien: - Vi har sett forferdelige ting". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen. 22 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Tente fakler mot ondskapen". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen. 26 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Tar hverdagen tilbake etter terroren". Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen. 17 April 2012.