Carl Christoffer ”Calle” Haglund (born 29 March 1979 in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärv ...

) is the CEO of Veritas, a Finnish Pension insurance company, and a former

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, former chairman of the

Swedish People's Party The Swedish People's Party of Finland ( sv, Svenska folkpartiet i Finland (SFP); fi, Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue (RKP)) is a political party in Finland aiming to represent the interests of the minority Swedish-speaking population of Finlan ...

and the former

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

. He was member of the

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(MEP) from 2009 to 2012. Haglund was elected chairman of his party in June 2012. Haglund serves as the chairman of the board for Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA and Research Institute of the Finnish Economy Etla In the

2015 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 April 2015, with advance voting taking place from 8 to 14 April. The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method. There were 4,463,333 people entitl ...

Haglund received over 21,000 votes, the fourth largest number of votes in the country. In March 2016, Haglund announced that he would not run for another term as the chairman, as he was disappointed in politics and wanted to spend more time with his family. On 12 June 2016, he was followed by the former Minister of Justice of Finland

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. On 21 June 2016, Haglund announced that he would leave the

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to work for the Chinese bioenergy company Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group. He left his seat on 30 July and was followed by

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. In 2018 he joined

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as its Nordic head of banking and insurance business.

Education

Haglund obtained his

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(IB) at Mattlidens Gymnasium in Espoo. He then went on to study at Sydväst Polytechnic (now Novia University of Applied Sciences), where he served as the secretary general of the

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. Later, he studied

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at Åbo Akademi University and also obtained his

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from the

Hanken School of Economics Hanken School of Economics ( Swedish: ''Svenska handelshögskolan,'' also known as Hanken) is a business school in Finland with two locations, Helsinki and Vaasa. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest business school in Finland, and one of the oldest ...

in 2007.

Personal life

Haglund is married to Michaela (née Österberg) and has two children.

Awards

Order of the Polar Star (after 1975) - Commander Grand Cross

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(

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, Grand Cross, 2015) * FIN Order of the White Rose Commander BAR

Order of the White Rose of Finland The Order of the White Rose of Finland ( fi, Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ritarikunta; sv, Finlands Vita Ros’ orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, and the Order of the Lion of Finland. ...

(Finland, Commander, 2014)

References

External links

Carl Haglund - Swedish Parliamentary Group
Parliament of Finland , - , - 1979 births Living people People from Espoo Ministers of Defence of Finland Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Swedish People's Party of Finland MEPs MEPs for Finland 2009–2014 Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class Åbo Akademi University alumni {{Finland-politician-stub