Arne Fältheim

Kjell Arne Fältheim (5 August 1923 – 10 July 2001) was a Swedish diplomat. Fältheim began his diplomatic career at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1949, with early postings in Brussels, Paris, and London. He served as Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe (1971–1976) and was appointed ambassador the same year. He later served as ambassador to Kuala Lumpur and Rangoon (1976–1981), ambassador-at-large for the Indian Ocean (1981–1983), and Sweden's Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat in Nairobi (1983–1988). He concluded his career as regional head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in the former Yugoslavia (1991–1994).

Early life Fältheim was born on 5 August 1923 in Helsingborg, Sweden, the son of Bror Fältheim, an accountant, and his wife Astrid (née Håkansson). He had one sister, Margit Rimborg.

He earned a Master of Political Science degree from Lund University in 1948 and studied at the Graduate Institute in Geneva in 1949. In 1960, he represented Sweden as delegate to the Customs Conference in Geneva.

After retirement in 1988, he settled with his wife in Arcangues, France.

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