Carl-George Crafoord

Carl-George "CG" Wilhelm Crafoord (3 September 1921 – 10 July 2006) was a Swedish diplomat. Crafoord had a long career in the Swedish diplomatic service. After studying law and working as a cryptographist during World War II, he began his diplomatic career in 1945. He held postings in Washington, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Tokyo, Seoul, and Bonn, and served as ambassador to Kenya, Uganda, Czechoslovakia, and Spain. In Stockholm, he played a key role in negotiating textile trade agreements and served as deputy state secretary for foreign affairs. He was also active in the United Nations and in Sweden’s foreign trade policy. Outside his official duties, Crafoord was a committed Rotarian and a keen hunter. After retiring in 1986, he continued to support Swedish businesses from Spain.

Early life Crafoord was born on 3 September 1921 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Colonel and his wife Elsa (née Kumlin). His brothers were Colonel and psychiatrist . He passed his studentexamen in 1940 and served during his mandatory military service for a period during the years 1942 to 1943 at the legation in London as a cryptographist. Crafoord continued as cryptographist at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm during the remainder of the war, alongside his law studies. At age 22 in 1944, he was sent to Åland as deputy consul. Crafoord took a Candidate of Law degree in Stockholm in 1945 and became attache in June 1945 at the Foreign Ministry's press agency. Crafoord was then director at the Foreign Ministry in 1962, commercial counsellor in Bonn in 1964, ambassador in Nairobi in 1968 (with dual accreditation in Kampala from 1969 ), Prague in 1973 and served in the common foreign trade departments at the Foreign Ministry and at the Ministry of Commerce in 1976. He was head of the PA-unit at the Foreign Ministry in 1977, was deputy state secretary for foreign affairs in 1978 and ambassador in Madrid from 1980 to 1986. He was interred on 3 September 2006 at Åkers Cemetery in Åkers styckebruk, Strängnäs Municipality.

Awards

Landstorm' silver medal