Office1: | County Mayor of Innlandet |
Deputy1: | Aud Hove |
Term Start1: | October 2019 |
Term End1: | 28 June 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Aud Hove |
Office2: | County Mayor of Oppland |
Term Start2: | October 2015 |
Term End2: | October 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Gro Lundby |
Successor2: | Position abolished |
Birth Date: | 14 April 1988 |
Birth Place: | Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway |
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 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]