Aksel Hagen is a Norwegian politician and member of the

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, representing the Socialist Left Party (SV) in the county of

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. He was elected to parliament following the 2009 parliamentary election by winning Oppland's

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. He sits on the

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. (Stortinget's biography) Hagen has a doctoral degree from the

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. He was a member of the

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municipality council between 1991 and 2003, deputy county mayor of Oppland from 2003 to 2007, and a member of the Oppland county council from 2007 until his election to parliament. Hagen was deputy leader of SV's local Oppland chapter between 1998 and 2000, before become the chapter's leader between 2000 and 2004. Hagen is cohabitant with

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, a politician of Red. During his successful campaign, Hagen identified narrowing the gap between rich and poor as his most important issue. In parliament, Hagen is SV's spokesperson on educational affairs, and supports longer school hours and the abolition of

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at the elementary school level (1st-7th grade).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagen, Aksel Living people 1953 births Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians