Ulf Adolf Roger Dinkelspiel (4 July 1939 – 9 January 2017) was a

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and financier.

Career

Dinkelspiel was born in Stockholm in 1939, the son of Max Dinkelspiel and his wife Brita (née Björnstjerna). He attended the

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in the United States from 1956 to 1957 and graduated from the

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in 1960. Dinkelspiel became a reserve officer in 1961 and was an employee at Bankirfirman E. Öhman J:or. AB from 1957 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1962. He was an employee at Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1960 and became an attaché at the

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in 1962. Dinkelspiel served at the Swedish Embassy in

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from 1963 to 1965, at the

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delegation in

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from 1965 to 1967 and at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm from 1967 to 1975. Dinkelspiel served at the Swedish Embassy in

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from 1975 to 1979 and was secretary of state at the

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from 1979 to 1981 and acting

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, Dinkelspiel served from 1991 to 1994 as a Deputy Minister in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs with responsibility for European Affairs and

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. He was a central figure in the negotiations for Swedish EU membership. Dinkelspiel was known as an advocate for European integration. Since the campaign for Sweden joining the

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, he serves as chairman of the organization Sweden in Europe.

Personal life and death

In 1969 he married Louise Ramel (born 1948), the daughter of Baron Sten Ramel and his wife Baroness Margareta (née Moltke-Huitfeldt). His son, Jan, appeared on the Swedish reality television program ''

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'', finishing second place. Dinkelspiel died from cancer on 9 January 2017 in Stockholm at the age of 77.

Awards and decorations

* H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold (silver-gilt) medal worn around the neck on the

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ribbon (1999)

Bibliography

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinkelspiel, Ulf 1939 births 2017 deaths Moderate Party politicians Stockholm School of Economics alumni Swedish people of Jewish descent Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Politicians from Stockholm Swedish bankers Deaths from cancer in Sweden