Personal Life
Hagen never married. She stated herself that she in a way was "called" to a duty, and would not risk the life of a man in her task. She meant she would be better off alone. Her second collection of poems, Jeg har møtt en engel (I have met an angel), hints on some strong erotic longing, and as the story goes, she was attracted to one man. "But", she said late in life, "one man in my life is enough for me". The man in question died from her, and left her heavy with grief. This can also be spotted in one of her early novels, Brudgommen (The Bridegroom), later made to a great choral work by her brother-in-law, Eivind Groven.
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