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Gösta Brunnström
Gösta Greger Stig Fabian Brunnström (4 March 1907 – 11 June 1989) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Brunnström was born on 4 March 1907 in Helsingborg, Sweden, the son of director Fabian Brunnström and his wife Hildur (née Banck). He was commissioned as an officer in 1929 and was lieutenant in the Scanian Cavalry Regiment (K 2) reserve from 1932 to 1946. Brunnström received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932 and Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1936 before he became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1936. Career Brunnström served at the consulate-general in Calcutta in 1937, was the acting consul general there in 1938, attaché in Paris in 1939, Oslo in 1940 and was second legation secretary in Washington, D.C. in 1941. He was the ''chargé d'affaires ad interim'' in Mexico City in 1942, legation secretary in Rio de Janeiro in 1943 and in Buenos Aires in 1944 and the first secretary at the Foreign M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 151,404 (2024). Helsingborg is the central urban area of northwestern Scania and Sweden's closest point to Denmark: the Danish city Helsingør is clearly visible about to the west on the other side of the Øresund. Historic Helsingborg, with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress (Kärnan) in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings. The streets vary from wide avenues to small alley-ways. ''Kullagatan'', the main pedestrian shopping street in the city, was the first pedestrian shopping street in Sweden. History Helsingborg is one of the oldest cities of what is now Sweden. It h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amman
Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region, the fifth-largest city in the Arab world, and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. The earliest evidence of settlement in Amman dates to the 8th millennium BC in 'Ain Ghazal, home to the world's oldest statues of the human form. During the Iron Age, the city was known as ''Rabat Aman'', the capital of the Ammonite Kingdom. In the 3rd century BC, the city was renamed ''Philadelphia'' and became one of the ten Greco-Roman cities of the Decapolis. Later, in the 7th century AD, the Rashidun Caliphate renamed the city Amman. Throughout most of the Islamic era, the city alternated between periods of devastation and periods of relative prosperity. Amman was largely abandoned during the Ottoman period from the 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of Sweden To Lebanon
The Ambassador of Sweden to Lebanon (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Lebanon) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Lebanon and government of Lebanon. Sweden established diplomatic relations with Lebanon in 1947 and appointed its first resident ambassador in Beirut in 1957. The Swedish embassy in Beirut was temporarily closed during the Lebanese Civil War in 1985 and again in 2001, with staff periodically reassigned to Damascus or other locations. It was reopened in 2016, but in August 2024, the embassy was temporarily closed and staff were relocated to Cyprus due to the Israel–Hezbollah conflict. History Sweden recognized Lebanon and Syria as independent states on 2 November 1945. Sweden and Lebanon established diplomatic relations in 1947. In the council on 7 February 1947, Sweden's minister in Cairo, Envoy Widar Bagge, was appointed as envoy to both Beirut and Damascus, while remaining s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åke Sjölin
Åke Magnus Valdemar Sjölin (26 August 1910 – 19 October 1999) was a Swedish diplomat. Sjölin began his career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1937 and held diplomatic posts in the United States, Argentina, and Norway before becoming an ambassador in the Middle East in the late 1950s. He later served as ambassador in Africa and Asia, including South Vietnam, where he was Sweden’s last envoy before diplomatic relations changed in 1967. That same year, he became consul general in Berlin, a role he held until 1972, before concluding his career as ambassador to several West African nations from 1972 to 1976. Early life Sjölin was born on 26 August 1910 in Lindesberg, Sweden, the son of mayor Magnus Sjölin and his wife Svea (née Rehnvall). He passed ''studentexamen'' in Lund in 1928 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1933. Career Sjölin completed his clerkship in Linde and Medelstad Judicial District from 1934 to 1936 before joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Ärnfast
Frans ''Hugo'' Ärnfast (2 June 1908 – 11 July 1965) was a Swedish diplomat. Ärnfast began his career working at the Swedish Dairies' Association and the Swedish Farmers' Meat Marketing Association before joining the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1937. He served in Berlin, Riga, and Prague before becoming a second secretary in 1941. During the final days of World War II, Ärnfast stayed in war-torn Berlin, helping fellow Swedes in the chaotic aftermath of the Battle of Berlin. He later held diplomatic roles in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Wellington, and Karachi, eventually becoming ambassador to Bogotá in 1964. Ärnfast died in a drowning accident near Bogotá on 11 July 1965, after being swept away by strong currents while on a trip to a mountain village. Early life Ärnfast was born on 2 June 1908 in , Västernorrland County, Sweden, the son of August Pettersson, a farmer, and his wife Helga Olsson. He earned a degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of Sweden To Pakistan
The Ambassador of Sweden to Pakistan (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Pakistan and government of Pakistan. History In July 1949, the King in Council decided to establish diplomatic relations with Pakistan. The envoy to Tehran and Baghdad, Harry Eriksson, was also appointed as envoy to Karachi. On 24 October 1949, Envoy Eriksson presented his credentials to the Governor-General, Khawaja Nazimuddin. Eriksson conveyed well-wishes to Pakistan from King Gustaf V and the Swedish people. In March 1956, Gösta Brunnström was appointed Sweden's first resident envoy to Karachi. On 12 April 1956, he presented his credentials to President Iskander Mirza. In August 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Pakistani governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnvald Bagge
Ragnvald Richardson (R:son) Bagge (12 November 1903 – 24 March 1991) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Bagge was born on 12 November 1903 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the son of consul general Richard Bagge and his wife Lily (née Schwartz). He received a Candidate of Law degree in 1926 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1928. Career Bagge served in Washington, D.C. from 1929 to 1930 and in Madrid in 1931 and was secretary of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1932 to 1933. Bagge was second secretary in Tokyo from 1934 to 1936 and first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1937. Between 1938 and 1939, he was notary in the Committee on Foreign Affairs and became secretary there in 1940. Subsequently Bagge was legation counsellor in Helsinki from 1941 to 1943, director in 1944, chargé d'affaires in Bogotá from 1948 to 1949 and envoy in Bogotá and non-resident envoy in Panama City from 1949 to 1950. He was embassy counsellor and mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Polar Star
The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden''), sometimes translated as the Royal Order of the North Star, is a Swedish order of chivalry created by Frederick I of Sweden, King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of the Polar Star is intended as a reward for Swedish and foreign "civic merits, for devotion to duty, for science, literary, learned and useful works and for new and beneficial institutions". Its motto is, as seen on the blue enameled centre of the badge, ''Nescit Occasum'', a Latin phrase meaning "It knows no decline". This is to represent that Sweden is as constant as a never setting star. The Order's colour is black. This was chosen so that when wearing the black sash, the white, blue and golden cross would stand out and shine as the light of enlightenment from the black surface. The choice of black for the Order's ribbon may also have been insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenska Dagbladet
(, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily List of Swedish newspapers, newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile The first issue of appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the 1900s the paper was one of the right-wing publications in Stockholm. Ivar Anderson is among its former editors-in-chief who assumed the post in 1940. The same year was sold by Trygger family to the Enterprise Fund which had been established by fourteen Swedish businessmen to secure the ownership of the paper. The paper is published in Stockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of the Greater Stockholm region. Its Subscription business model, subscribers are concentrated in the capital, but it is distributed in most of Sweden. The paper was one of the critics of the Prime Minister Olof Palme, and in December 1984 it asked him to resign from the office following his interview published in ''Hufvudstadsbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine II Of Greece
Constantine II (, ; 2 June 1940 – 10 January 2023) was the last King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine was born in Athens as the only son of Crown Prince Paul and Crown Princess Frederica of Greece. Being of Danish descent, he was also born as a prince of Denmark. As his family was forced into exile during the Second World War, he spent the first years of his childhood in Egypt and South Africa. He returned to Greece with his family in 1946 during the Greek Civil War. After Constantine's uncle, George II, died in 1947, Paul became the new king and Constantine the crown prince. As a young man, Constantine was a competitive sailor and Olympian, winning a gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics in the Dragon class along with Odysseus Eskitzoglou and George Zaimis in the yacht ''Nireus''. From 1964, he served on the International Olympic Committee. Constantine acceded as king following his father's d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is ÃŽle Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Junta
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a Right-wing politics, right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels with CIA backing 1967 Greek coup d'état, overthrew the caretaker government a month before 1967 Greek legislative election, scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou's Centre Union was favoured to win. The dictatorship was characterised by policies such as anti-communism, restrictions on civil liberties, and the imprisonment, torture, and internal exile in Greece, exile of Greek anti-junta movement, political opponents. It was ruled by Georgios Papadopoulos from 1967 to 1973, but an attempt to renew popular support in a 1973 Greek referendum, 1973 referendum on the monarchy and gradual democratisation by Papadopoulos was ended by another coup by the hardliner Dimitrios Ioannidis. Ioannidis ruled until it fell on 24 July 1974 under the pressure of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, leading to the Metapolite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
