Göran Hägglund

Göran Hägglund (born January 27, 1959) is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Christian Democrats of Sweden (Kristdemokraterna). He was elected Party Leader on April 3, 2004, succeeding Alf Svensson. Download high resolution version (519x696, 38 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (519x696, 38 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) is a political party in Sweden. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alf Svensson (born 1938) is a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Christian Democrats in Sweden between 1973 and April 3, 2004. ...

Biography

Göran Hägglund grew up in a Christian family in Degerfors in central Sweden, but moved to Jönköping, a Christian Democratic stronghold, in 1978. He started his political career in the Christian Democratic youth organisation. From 1978 he was employed by the party, first as ombudsman for the local Christian Democratic Youth, and from 1981 for the regional party branch. From 1982 to 1986 he was also a member of the Municipal Council in Jönköping. Degerfors is a Municipality, in Örebro County, in central Sweden. ... Jönköping Municipality [jœncøːpiŋ] is a Municipality in southern Sweden where the City Jönköping is the seat of residence. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Following the 1985 elections, he started to work as parliamentary secretary for the Christian Democrats. In 1988 he temporarily left politics to start working for an insurance company. In the parliamentary elections of 1991 he was elected a Member of Parliament, following the best general election results so far for the Swedish Christian Democrats. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Göran Hägglund was generally considered to be long-time party leader Alf Svensson's personal favourite as a successor. However, when Svensson announced his plans to step down, two other candidates, Maria Larsson and Mats Odell, had the support of a bigger number of regional party organisations. Not even Hägglund's own Jönköping district stood behind him. At the end, however, all Hägglund's possible contenders withdrew from the race, and his election as party leader on April 3, 2004 was unanimous. Alf Svensson (born 1938) is a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Christian Democrats in Sweden between 1973 and April 3, 2004. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hägglund is married with two children.

External links

• Christian Democrats: Göran Hägglund (in Swedish) (http://www.kristdemokraterna.se/person/person.asp?person_id=9880)
• Swedish Parliament: Göran Hägglund (http://www.riksdagen.se/folkvald/ledamotr/ledamot/GoeranHaegglund_en.htm)

Alf Svensson (born 1938) is a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Christian Democrats in Sweden between 1973 and April 3, 2004. ... The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) is a political party in Sweden. ...