 Anna-Karin Hatt, born Andersson on December 7, 1972, and raised in Hylte municipality in Halland County, was from 1994-1998 part of the national board of the Center Party Youth League, and the 1995-1998 President of the Nordic Center Youth League.In the early 1990s Hatt studied political science, international relations and conflict and peace studies at the University of Gothenburg.Hatt has been writing editorials in "Hallands Nyheter" and "Södermanlands Nyheter" in 1995 and became Permanent Secretary of the Center Party International Foundation.