About Axel Wernhoff
Born 1958. Axel Wernhoff is a Swedish diplomat.
Sture Axel Wernhoff (born 23 June 1958) is a Swedish diplomat who served as the inaugural Permanent Representative of Sweden to NATO from 7 March 2024.
He was previously the ambassador to Norway from 2014 to 2018, when he was appointed the Permanent Delegate of Sweden to NATO at that time.
Biography Sture Axel Wernhoff was born on 23 June 1958.
Wernhoff has served at the embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Vienna as well as at the Cabinet Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) ministerial office. He has also been deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' unit for the European Union.
On 26 June 2014, Wernhoff became the ambassador to Norway, taking office in autumn of that same year.
On 7 March 2024, he became a member of the North Atlantic Council, as Sweden officially joined NATO.
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Axel Wernhoff was born on 23 June 1958.
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Axel Wernhoff is Swedish.
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