Carl I. Hagen

All you want to know about Carl I. Hagen

Carl Ivar Hagen (born May 6, 1944) is a Norwegian politician and Vice-President of the Norwegian Parliament. He was the chairman of the Progress Party (Norwegian: Fremskrittspartiet) from 1978 to 2006, when Siv Jensen took over as chairman of the party. He is the son of CEO Ragnar Hagen (1908-1969) and accountant Gerd Gamborg (1914- ). He is married to Eli Hagen.

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Education

  • Examen artium 1963.
  • Higher National Diploma in Business Studies 1968.
  • Diploma in marketing at the Institute of Marketing, London 1968.

Organizational background

  • Member of the board of the British Business Forum 1972.
  • Member of the board of Norske Agenters landsforbund 1972-1974.
  • Secretary of the Anders Lange Party, 1973-1974.

Non-political career

Prior to dedicating his professional life to politics, Hagen held the following positions:[1]

  • CEO Tate & Lyle Norway A/S, 1970-1974.
  • Consultant Finansanalyse A/S, 1977-1979.
  • Economic policy consultant in the oil industry, 1979-1981.

Member of Parliament

  • Deputy-rep for Oslo from 1973-74 ALP.
  • Representative from Oslo 1974-77, for the Norwegian Reform Party
  • Representative nr. 8 for Oslo from 1981-85, FrP.
  • Representative nr. 14 for Oslo, 1985-89, FrP.
  • Representative nr. 3 for Oslo, 1989-93, FrP.
  • Representative nr. 6 for Oslo 1993-97, FrP.
  • Representative nr. 3 for Oslo 1997-2001, FrP.
  • Representative nr. 5 for Oslo 2001-2005, FrP.

Criticism

The retort from Hagen is that this and other often used labels are not based in facts. The claim that FrP is populist dates back to a motion of no confidence in 1986 by the Conservative Party prime minister Kåre Willoch. During the parliamentary election campaign in 1985, the Progress Party had promised not to contribute to a socialist government. When the motion failed to pass - in part due to lack of support from FrP - Kåre Willoch explained it as "the unpredictablility of Carl I. Hagen".

References

  1. ^ "Biography of Carl I. Hagen by the Norwegian parliament (Storting)]". Retrieved on 2008-07-16.
  • Carl I. Hagen: Ærlighet varer lengst (Honesty is the best policy), 1984, autobiography.
  • Jan Ove Ekeberg and Jan Arild Snoen: Kong Carl, en uautorisert biografi (King Carl: An unauthorised biography), 2001, biography.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_I._Hagen"

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