title: Carl Haglund
text: # Carl Haglund
  
  Carl Christoffer ”Calle” Haglund (born 29 March 1979 in Espoo) is the CEO of Veritas, a Finnish Pension insurance company, former MP, 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. Haglund serves as the chairman of the board for Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA and Research Institute of the Finnish Economy Etla. Haglund also currently serves on the board of Aktia Bank Plc and Enersense International Plc.
  
  In the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election 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 Anna-Maja Henriksson.
  
  On 21 June 2016, Haglund announced that he would leave the Parliament to work for the Chinese bioenergy company Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group. He left his seat on 30 July and was followed by Veronica Rehn-Kivi. In 2018 he joined Accenture as its Nordic head of banking and insurance business.
  
  ## Education
  
  Haglund obtained his International Baccalaureate (IB) at Mattlidens Gymnasium in Espoo. He obtained his MBA from the Hanken School of Economics in 2007.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Haglund has Fenno-Swedish background. He has two children with his former wife.
  
  ### Awards
  
  * Order of the Polar Star (Sweden, Grand Cross, 2015)
  * Order of the White Rose of Finland (Finland, Commander, 2014)
  