Nils Krister Bringéus (born 7 September 1954) is a Swedish diplomat. He served as a member of diplomatic staff and as and from the 1970s and into the 2020s.

Early life and postings

Bringéus was born on 7 September 1954 in , Malmöhus County, Scania, Sweden. He is the son of ethnologist and

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Gundis Bringéus (''

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'' Lindahl). Bringéus did his

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at the and studied at the ''Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III'' between 1973 and 1974, after which he graduated with a

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in philosophy from Stockholm University in 1976 and a bachelor's degree in law from

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in 1979. He served at the Embassy of Sweden, Moscow from 1975 to 1976 and was chancellery secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1979 to 1980. He was embassy secretary at the Embassy in Pyongyang from 1980 to 1981 and at the Embassy in London from 1981 to 1984, after which he was First Secretary at the Embassy in Moscow from 1984 to 1987. In 1987–1990, he was embassy secretary in the Personnel Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, after which he was First Secretary at the Embassy in Bonn between 1990 and 1992 and Embassy Counselor at the Embassy in Washington between 1992 and 1997. He was Ministerial Adviser at the Department for European Security Policy in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2002, first as Deputy Head of department from 1997 to 1998 and then as Head of the department from 1998 to 2002.

Senior roles and ambassadorships

In 2002 Bringéus was appointed Permanent Representative of Sweden to the OSCE in

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, holding the post until 2007. In 2007 he was appointed , with dual accreditation to Montenegro. He held this role until 2010, which was followed with a posting that year as Senior Civilian Representative at Mazar-e Sharif with responsibility for the overall political leadership and Swedish civilian activities in the area, until 2011. From 2011, Bringéus was an ambassador for Arctic issues at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and from 2015 to 2016 was a special investigator of Sweden's defence and security policy collaborations. After being Ambassador for Nordic Affairs in the department for the European Union at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018, Bringéus was from November 2018 until 2020.

Personal life and honours

Bringéus was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 2000. On 25 September 2020 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. Bringéus was, until 2012, married to Veronika Bard (formerly Veronika Bard-Bringéus), also a diplomat.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bringeus, Krister 1954 births Living people Ambassadors of Sweden to Norway Ambassadors of Sweden to Serbia Ambassadors of Sweden to Montenegro Stockholm University alumni Uppsala University alumni Paul Cézanne University alumni Diplomats from Lund Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Permanent representatives of Sweden to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe