Fritz "Iwo" Dölling (12 January 1923 – 22 April 2019) was a Swedish

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Early life

Dölling was born on 12 January 1923 in Vaxholm, Sweden, the son of Major Fritz Dölling and Margit (née Zander). He passed his reserve officers exam in 1944 and received a

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degree from

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in 1949.

Career

Dölling was employed as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1949. Dölling served as an attaché and secretary with the Swedish OEEC delegation in

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from 1950 to 1955, followed by a post as secretary at the Swedish embassy in

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from 1955 to 1957 and at the legation in

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from 1957 to 1960. From 1960 to 1963, he was a first secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, then served as a commercial counsellor in

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from 1963 to 1964, and later as embassy counsellor and deputy head of the Swedish

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delegation in

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from 1965 to 1970. He was appointed minister in Brussels from 1970 to 1972. Following his time in Brussels, Dölling became the Swedish ambassador to

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from 1972 to 1975, holding additional accreditations to Zomba (1972–74),

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(1974–75), and

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(1974–75). He later served as ambassador in

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from 1975 to 1979 and in

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from 1980 to 1985. Dölling also took on UN assignments, working as a trade policy advisor in

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from 1964 to 1965 and serving in the UN delegation in 1979. From 1986 to 1993, he was a counselor at Atlas Copco.

Personal life

In 1950 Dölling married Tatiana Dushmanitch (born 1924), daughter of Colonel Vladimir Dushmanitch and Constance Rowan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dolling, Iwo 1923 births 2019 deaths Ambassadors of Sweden to Zambia Ambassadors of Sweden to Malawi Ambassadors of Sweden to Botswana Ambassadors of Sweden to Israel Ambassadors of Sweden to Greece People from Vaxholm Municipality