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Within the military, Hägglund was also a strong proponent of peacekeeping operations, worked to improve their appreciation and opined that officers should necessarily participate. Since Finnish law requires that all participants be volunteers, this brought him into conflict with the officers' union,
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A major change was made in terms of conscription service: reserve officers and NCOs would serve 12 months (lengthened from 11 months), but rank and file would serve 6 months (shortened from 8 months), with some specialists such as
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Kansainvälisissä YK-tehtävissä suomalaisen rauhanturvajoukon komentajana Siinailla (1978–1979), rauhanturvaoperaation komentajana Golanilla (1985–1986), komentajana Libanonissa (1986–1988).
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serving 9 months. Previously the rotation had been thrice per year, in order to maintain a contingent that had been trained at least 4 months. The rotation was changed to twice per year.
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YK-tehtävissä hän on ollut kolmessa paikassa: YK:n suomalaisen valvontajoukon komentajana Siinailla, Golanilla Undof-joukkojen komentajana ja Unifil-joukkojen komentaja Libanonissa.
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Officer training went through a major improvement due to his actions. The cadet school was promoted to university status as the
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whose opinion was that peacekeeping experience could not be a requirement for career advancement.
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was total in his youth, and he ultimately had to learn Swedish at school. Hägglund went to
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troops in 1978–1979 as the commander of the Finnish battalion (FINBATT) in
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Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (born 1938)
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Non-U.S. alumni of the Command and General Staff College
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Hägglund has published three books, one concerning the
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Viipuri
Finland
Finnish Army
UNIFIL
Chief of Defence
Arab–Israeli conflict
Israeli–Lebanese conflict
Woldemar Hägglund
Chief of Defence
European Union Military Committee
Viipuri
Swedish-speaking
Woldemar Hägglund
Viipuri
area ceded to the Soviet Union
Swedish-speaking family
language immersion
Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors
Cadet School
Command and General Staff College
Leavenworth, Kansas
Harvard University
United Nations
UNEF II

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