Margareth Hagen

Margareth Hagen
Hagen in 2020
Rector of the University of Bergen
Assumed office
January 4, 2021
Preceded byDag Rune Olsen
Personal details
Born (1965-08-03) August 3, 1965
Alma materUniversity of Bergen
OccupationRector, Professor of Italian literature
Academic background
ThesisLa tragedia di Giambattista Giraldi. Retorica e tematica di un dramma moderno (2000)
Academic work
DisciplineItalian literature

Margareth Hagen (born 1965) is the elected rector of the University of Bergen, and a professor of Italian literature. She was the University's elected deputy rector for research from 2017 to 2021, and Dean of the Humanities Faculty until 2017. She won her first election running as rektor in 2021, with computer scientist Pinar Heggernes as prorector, and won reelection in 2025, with Sigrunn Eliassen, a professor of theoretical ecology, as prorector.