Carl Haglund

Carl Christoffer ”Calle” Haglund (born 29 March 1979 in Espoo) is a managing director at Accenture and a former Finnish politician, former chairman of the Swedish People's Party and the former Minister of Defence. He was member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2012. Haglund was elected chairman of his party in June 2012.[2]

Carl Haglund
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Uusimaa
In office 22 April 2015 – 30 July 2016
Minister of Defence[1]
In office 5 July 2012 – 29 May 2015
Prime Minister	Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb
Preceded by	Stefan Wallin
Succeeded by	Jussi Niinistö
Member of the European Parliament for Finland
In office 14 July 2009 – 4 July 2012
Succeeded by	Nils Torvalds
Leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland
In office 10 June 2012 – 12 June 2016
Preceded by	Stefan Wallin
Succeeded by	Anna-Maja Henriksson
Personal details
Born	29 March 1979 Espoo, Finland
Political party	Swedish People's Party
Spouse(s)	Michaela Sofia
Children	2
Education	Mattlidens Gymnasium (IB) Sydväst Polytechnic Åbo Akademi University Hanken School of Economics (MBA, 2007)
Occupation	Politician

In the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election Haglund received over 21,000 votes, the fourth largest number of votes in the country.[3] 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.[4] On 12 June 2016, he was followed by the former Minister of Justice of Finland Anna-Maja Henriksson.[5]

On 21 June 2016, Haglund announced that he would leave the Parliament to work for the Chinese bioenergy company Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group.[6] He left his seat on 30 July and was followed by Veronica Rehn-Kivi.[7] In 2018 he joined Accenture as its Nordic head of banking and insurance business.[8]

Education

Haglund obtained his International Baccalaureate (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 students' union. Later, he studied public administration at Åbo Akademi University and also obtained his MBA from the Hanken School of Economics in 2007.

Personal life

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

References

1. "Council of State - Ministers of Defence". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
2. "Carl Haglund valittiin Rkp:n uudeksi puheenjohtajaksi". Yle. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
3. Haapavaara, Heikki (February 16, 2017). "Carl Haglund urasiirrostaan: "Oli loogista siirtyä elinkeinoelämän palvelukseen"". Retrieved 2018-02-18.
4. "Carl Haglund paljastaa HS:lle: "Jätän Rkp:n puheenjohtajuuden – usko järkevän politiikan tekemiseen katosi"". Helsingin sanomat. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
5. "Anna-Maja Henriksson valittiin Rkp:n puheenjohtajaksi – "Me teimme sen. Me rikoimme lasikaton!"". Helsingin sanomat. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
6. "Haglund jättää kansanedustajan tehtävät – Siirtyy biojalostamoa Kemiin suunnittelevaan kiinalaisyhtiöön". Yle. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
7. "Veronica Rehn-Kivi aloittaa kansanedustajana". Eduskunta. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
8. "Finland's ex-minister Haglund joins Accenture's Nordic unit". YLE. 2018-08-06.

External links

• Carl Haglund - Swedish Parliamentary Group Parliament of Finland (in English)