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Swedish diplomat (1924–1993)
Kaj Sundberg
BornKaj Ingemar Sundberg
(1924-04-01)1 April 1924
Färila, Sweden
Died7 November 1993(1993-11-07) (aged 69)
EducationLundsbergs boarding school
Alma materUppsala University
OccupationDiplomat
Years active1948–1990
Spouse Ardra Hall Johnston ​(m. 1966)​
Children2

Kaj Ingemar Sundberg (1 April 1924 – 7 November 1993) was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life

Sundberg was born on 1 April 1924 in Färila, Gävleborg County, Sweden, the son of Karl-Filip Sundberg (1893–1955), a physician, and his wife Bertha Ebba Charlotta Ratsman (1896–1952). He had one brother, Bo Lennart (born 1929). He passed studentexamen at Lundsbergs boarding school in 1942 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1948.

Career

Following his studies, Sundberg was employed as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in 1948. From 1949 to 1952 he served in Helsinki and from 1952 to 1954 he served in Bombay. He returned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1954 and became Second Secretary and then the First Secretary in 1961. Sundberg was appointed First Secretary in Washington, D.C. in 1962 and then Commercial Counsellor there in 1963. Sundberg was Deputy Director and Head of the UN Office at the Foreign Ministry in 1965, counsellor with the position as minister in the Swedish UN delegation in New York City in 1970, with the position of ambassador in 1974. Sundberg was ambassador to Teheran and Kabul from 1978 to 1980, in Helsinki from 1980 to 1984, and in Brussels from 1984 to 1989. He then served at the UN delegation in New York City from 1989 to 1990.

Personal life

In 1966, Sundberg married Ardra Hall Johnston (born 12 August 1941 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA), the daughter of Drew Johnston and Nancy (née Spear). They had two sons, PhD Kaj Christian Filip Sundberg (born 11 October 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden), a physician and Drew Johnston Sundberg (born 9 August 1971 in New York City, New York, USA), a lawyer.

Death

Sundberg died on 7 November 1993. On 1 December 1993, he was interred at Uppsala Old Cemetery.

Awards

References

  1. ^ Davidsson, Åke, ed. (1968). Vem är vem?. 5, Norrland : supplement, register [Who's Who?. 5, Norrland : supplements, directory] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 935. SELIBR 53513.
  2. ^ "HENRIK LINDSTRÖMS SLÄKTGREN" (PDF). www.edh-family.com (in Swedish). Edh-släktens förening. pp. 45–47. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1047. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
  4. "Sundberg, Kaj Ingemar". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2014-10-28.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byBengt Odhner Ambassador of Sweden to Iran
1978–1980 		Succeeded byGöran Bundy
Preceded byBengt Odhner Ambassador of Sweden to Afghanistan
1978–1979 		Succeeded byNone until 2002
Preceded bySten Sundfeldt Ambassador of Sweden to Finland
1980–1984 		Succeeded byKnut Thyberg
Preceded byJean-Jacques von Dardel Ambassador of Sweden to Belgium
1984–1989 		Succeeded byHenrik Liljegren
Preceded byJean-Jacques von Dardel Ambassador of Sweden to Luxembourg
1984–1989 		Succeeded byHenrik Liljegren
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