Nils Gunnar Wiggo Lund (born 26 July 1947) is a Swedish

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and

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. Gunnar Lund did his military service as an interpreter in

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and was educated in Russian. He graduated from

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and

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with a bachelor's degree in political economics, political science and Russian in 1971. Lund received a master's degree in political economics and international law from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1972. Lund has served as a diplomat in Copenhagen, at the

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in Paris and as the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union. From 2002 until 2004 he served as minister for International Monetary Exchange in the Swedish cabinet. From 1 September 2005 until 2007 he was the Swedish Ambassador to the United States and from the fall of 2007 he served as the Swedish ambassador to France.

Personal life

Lund is married to Kari Lotsberg. They have three children: Gustav (born 1984) Harald (1987) and Ingrid (1990).

References

External links

Washington Diplomat Bio
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