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Gösta Greger Stig Fabian Brunnström (4 March 1907 – 11 June 1989) was a Swedish
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.


Early life

Brunnström was born on 4 March 1907 in
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, 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
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degree in 1932 and
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degree from
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in 1936 before he became an attaché at the
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in 1936.


Career

Brunnström served at the consulate-general in
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in 1937, was the acting consul general there in 1938, attaché in
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in 1939,
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in 1940 and was second legation secretary in
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in 1941. He was the ''chargé d'affaires ad interim'' in
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in 1942, legation secretary in
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in 1943 and in
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in 1944 and the first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1944. Brunnström was then director of the Foreign Ministry's Maritime Bureau (''Utrikesdepartementets sjöfartsbyrå'') from 1946 to 1948, first secretary of the mission in Washington, D.C., in 1948 and in Buenos Aires in 1949 as well as director at the Foreign Ministry in 1954. He was ambassador in
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from 1956 to 1960,
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, also accredited to
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,
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 ...
and
Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...
from 1960 to 1965 and
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from 1961 to 1965. Brunnström was ambassador in
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from 1965. Brunnström was recalled to Stockholm in 1967 'for consultations' as a protest against the regime in Greece. In September 1969, he was appointed consul general in
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. The Swedish
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stated at that time that 'Brunnström's appointment did not affect his accreditation with the
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, and that this accreditation formally remained unchanged.' Brunnström was accredited as ambassador to Athens until 1972 but served the same time as consul general in Montreal.


Personal life

In 1943 he married Mary Davis (1917–1987), the daughter of Allen Davis and Alice Suplee. Brunnström was the owner of the Hamilton House in Helsingborg.


Death

Brunnström died on 11 June 1989 and was buried on 13 July 1989 at Pålsjö Cemetery in Helsingborg.


Awards

*Knight of the
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*Commander of the Order of Merit of Argentina (''Orden Al Mérito'')


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunnstrom, Gosta 1907 births 1989 deaths Ambassadors of Sweden to Pakistan Ambassadors of Sweden to Lebanon Ambassadors of Sweden to Saudi Arabia Ambassadors of Sweden to Jordan Ambassadors of Sweden to Cyprus Ambassadors of Sweden to Syria Ambassadors of Sweden to Greece Consuls-general for Sweden People from Helsingborg Uppsala University alumni Knights of the Order of the Polar Star