Erik Jean Christian Antoine Belfrage (13 April 1946 – 18 April 2020) was a Swedish diplomat, banking executive, and political consultant.

Early life and education

Belfrage was the son of diplomat Kurt-Allan Belfrage and his wife, Renée France Paule Puaux. His brother,

Frank Belfrage Frank Kurt Claude Belfrage (born 13 March 1942) is a Swedish economist and diplomat who was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 2006 and 2014, heading the Ministry for Foreign Affairs under then Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt. H ...

, is an economist and diplomat. Belfrage graduated from

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with ...

in 1970.

Career

Belfrage worked in the

Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

from 1970 to 1987 as a diplomat in

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, Washington, D.C.,

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, and

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. In 1987, he became vice president at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and as an adviser to

Investor AB Investor AB is a Swedish investment and ''de facto'' conglomerate holding company. It was founded in 1916 and is still controlled by the Wallenberg family through their Foundation Asset Management company FAM. The company owns a controlling st ...

. Belfrage also served as an advisor to Peter Wallenberg and the

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between 1987 and 2012.

Death

After suffering from

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...

during its pandemic, Belfrage died at Saint Göran Hospital in Stockholm on 18 April 2020.Erik Belfrage död i coronaviruset
Aftonbladet, 18 April 2020.

References

1946 births 2020 deaths Swedish diplomats Swedish bankers Swedish people of Scottish descent Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden Stockholm School of Economics alumni {{Sweden-diplomat-stub