Carl Sverker Åström was a Swedish diplomat. After completing his studies,Åström began his career as an attachéat the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm. He served in the Soviet Union during World War II and later held posts in Washington,D.C.,and London,rising to key leadership roles at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. From 1964 to 1970,he served as Sweden's Permanent Representative to the United Nations,followed by leading Sweden's EEC treaty negotiations. He later became State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and ambassador to France before retiring in 1982.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to foreign policy,democracy,human rights,international development cooperation and foreign trade.
Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish politician,economist,and diplomat. He served as Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2006 and Minister for Business and Industry from 2002 to 2004 under Prime Minister Göran Persson. After this,he held the position of Consul General of Sweden in New York City from 2016 to 2018.
Torgny Karl Segerstedt was a Swedish professor and scholar of comparative religion,who later became editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning. He is most remembered for his uncompromising anti-Nazi stance and his efforts to alert the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism during the 1930s.
Per Johan Valentin Anger was a Swedish diplomat. Anger was Raoul Wallenberg's co-worker at the Swedish legation in Budapest during World War II when many Jews were saved because they were supplied with Swedish passports. After the war,he spent a lot of time trying to clarify Wallenberg's fate.
Gunnar Edvard Heckscher was a prominent Swedish political scientist,academic,and conservative politician. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1934 and soon became a docent in political science at Uppsala University. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s,he lectured in political science at both Uppsala University and Stockholm University College. He later held significant roles at the Stockholm School of Social Work,where he became rector in 1945 and professor of political science by 1948. In 1961,Heckscher became chairman of the National Organization of the Swedish Conservative Party,serving until 1965,and was a member of Sweden's Lower House of the Riksdag,representing the Right Party,where he advocated for Sweden's membership in the European Community.
Tobias Lennart Billström is a Swedish former politician of the Moderate Party. He served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2006 to 2014,briefly as Minister for Employment in 2010 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2024.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation,is an autonomous,non-governmental,non-profit foundation established in 1962 in memory of Dag Hammarskjöld,the second Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The Ministry of the Environment,was a ministry within the Government of Sweden. It operated between 1987 and 2022.
Jan Stefan Attefall is a Swedish politician and civil servant who currently serves as Governor of Uppsala County since 2023. He previously served as Minister for Public Administration and Minister for Housing from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democrats.
Jan Per Gösta Mårtenson is a Swedish diplomat who is also famous as the author of some fifty Swedish crime novels.
Lars Olof Hjälmered is a Swedish politician for the Moderate Party. He was member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2022,representing Gothenburg Municipality. Since October 2022,Hjälmered is state secretary with responsibility for state owned companies at the Ministry of Finance under Minister for Finance Elisabeth Svantesson.
Sven Olof Morgan Andersson was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He served as Minister of Defence from 1957 to 1973,and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1976. Andersson also served as Minister of Communications (Transport) from 1951 to 1957.
Dan Smith OBE is a British author,cartographer and peace researcher. He is currently the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Dan Tore Eliasson is a Swedish lawyer and civil servant. He served as Director–General of the Swedish Migration Agency from 2007 to 2011,as Director–General of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency from 2011 to 2014,as National Police Commissioner from 2014 to 2018 and as Director–General of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) from 2018 until his dismissal in 2021. After his dismissal in 2021,he was placed as Director-General of the Division of Crisis Preparedness of the Ministry of Justice until the end of 2022.
The Health and Social Care Inspectorate is a Swedish government agency under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. The agency was founded on 1 June 2013. The agency controls supervision and control over healthcare as well as social services.
The 2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack took place on 9 December 2017 when individuals in a large gang threw firebombs at the synagogue in Gothenburg,which hosted an event with about 40 youth inside. The people inside fled to the basement but nobody was hurt. The incendiaries started a fire among the parked vehicles in the yard but the building did not catch fire. Of the about ten masked individuals at the scene,two stateless Palestinians and one Syrian was later identified and were sentenced to jail for having committed a hate crime.
Bengt Göransson was a Swedish educator and social democrat politician who held different cabinet posts,including minister of culture and minister of education. He also served in the Parliament for two terms between 1985 and 1991.
Eva Maria Louise Malmer Stenergard is a Swedish politician and jurist. Since September 2024,she is the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Kristersson cabinet,having previously served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2022 to 2024. She has also been a Member of the Riksdag since 2014.
John Peter Ericson is a Swedish diplomat,and currently the Swedish ambassador to Finland.
