Carl I. Hagen

Carl I. Hagen
Vice President of the Storting
In office
10 October 2005 – 30 September 2009
PresidentThorbjørn Jagland
Preceded byInge Lønning
Succeeded byØyvind Korsberg
Leader of the Progress Party
In office
11 February 1978 – 6 May 2006
Preceded byArve Lønnum
Succeeded bySiv Jensen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
for Oslo
In office
18 October 1974 – 30 September 1977
Preceded byAnders Lange
In office
1 October 1981 – 30 September 2009
Parliamentary Leader of the Progress Party
In office
2 October 1981 – 5 October 2005
LeaderHimself
Preceded byHarald Slettebø
Succeeded bySiv Jensen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2021
ConstituencyOppland
Personal details
Born (1944-05-06) 6 May 1944 (age 80)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyProgress
Spouse(s)Nina Aamodt (1970–1975)
Eli Hagen (1983–present)
Children2
Alma materSunderland Technical College
Military service
Allegiance Norway
Branch/service Norwegian Army

Carl Ivar Hagen (born 6 May 1944) is a Norwegian politician and former Vice President of the Storting, the Norwegian parliament. He was the leader of the Progress Party from 1978 to 2006, when he stepped down in favour of Siv Jensen. Under his leadership, he was the undisputed leader and, in many ways, personally controlled its ideology and policies.

Hagen has since been regarded by both political scientists, and political colleagues and rivals alike as one of the greatest politicians in Norwegian history for his ability to build a hugely successful party up from scratch and his significant impact on Norwegian politics.[1][2] He has been described as the first postmodern politician in Norway.[3] While his ideology is classical liberalism with some conservatism, his political style has been described as right-wing populist.[3]

  1. ^ Buan, Vibeke; Røli, Olav (2 May 2008). "- En av de største i norsk politikk". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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