Pål Sverre Hagen was born in Stavanger, Norway, the son of Roar Hagen, a Norwegian cartoonist who has long been associated with Norway's largest daily, VG. He lived in Jatten, a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger in south-western Norway. When he was eight, his family moved to Ostlandet, and by the age of 19 he was living in Nesodden, near Oslo. He attended Romerike folkehøgskole for a year, then studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in Oslo from 2000 to 2003. In July 2000, after being accepted into the Academy of Theatre, he was interviewed by the Aftenbladet. He described himself as being from Stavanger in south-western Norway, and spoke in a Stavanger dialect. He had studied drama in upper secondary school and auditioned unsuccessfully for the Academy of Theatre a year earlier. He tried again in 2000, and was invited to try for a third time, in which he succeeded.

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