Career
Hägglund, who is professor emeritus of Christian intellectual history at Lund University, has written several books, of which Teologins historia (English: History of Theology) is his most widely known work. The book, translated, inter alia, to English, German, Portuguese and Russian language, was first published in 1956. Upon graduation from secondary school in 1938, Hägglund enrolled at Lund University, writing his dissertation in 1951.
From 1951 until 1958 he was associate dogmatics professor
In the 1958-1959 term he was acting professor of dogmatics. In 1958 he was a guest lecturer at Germany"s Heidelberg University before returning to Lund as a forskardocent (research fellow, 1960-1969).
In 1966-1967 he was again a guest lecturer, this time in Mainz, Leipzig, Rostock and Greifswald.In 1980 he was a short time guest lecturer in Fort Wayne, Illinois. He was professor of Christian history (1969–1987) at Lund.
From 1975 to 1995 he was vice-president of the north German Luther-Akademie in Ratzeburg.
On 10 November 2007 the Oberursel Lutheran theological seminary (Lutherische Theologische Hochschule) bestowed on Hägglund its Hermann Sasse Prize for theological literature.
