Carl Johan Rappe

Baron Carl Johan Melcher Rappe (18 January 1918 – 7 January 2010) was a Swedish diplomat who served in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for several decades. After earning a law degree from Uppsala University in 1943, he joined the diplomatic service in 1945.

During his career he held postings in Warsaw, Helsinki, Pretoria, Tehran, Baghdad, and London, and served as Sweden's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City (1965–1967). He later served as ambassador in Bucharest, East Berlin, and Warsaw, and as envoy to Pretoria with accreditation to several southern African capitals. Toward the end of his career he represented Sweden at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in Madrid from 1980 to 1981.

Early life Carl Johan was born into the noble family at in Ryssby, Kalmar County, Sweden, on 18 January 1918. His father, Baron Carl Adolf Rappe (1875–1933), was an agronomist and owner of several estates, including Ryssbylund, Mossberga, Söregärde, and Stora Vångerslätt, all located in . His paternal grandfather was the Member of Parliament Baron (1843–1930).

His mother was Ingegerd Maria Ekströmer (1884–1972), from the noble family. His maternal grandfather was the railway builder, ironworks owner, and Member of Parliament (1835–1923), and his maternal great-grandfather was the physician and Member of Parliament (1793–1860).

Rappe had an older sister and an older brother. A younger brother died in infancy. and received Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1943.

Career Rappe served at the Stockholm City Court from 1943 to 1945. In 1945 he joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as an attaché and was posted to Warsaw from 1945 to 1947 and to Helsinki from 1947 to 1949. He then served at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm from 1949 to 1953. He was appointed legation secretary in Pretoria from 1953 to 1958, first embassy secretary in Tehran from 1958 to 1961, and served as chargé d'affaires ad interim in Baghdad from 1961 to 1962. From 1962 to 1965 he was embassy counsellor in London. in New York City. He was then amabssador in Bucharest from 1967 to 1970, and envoy to Pretoria with concurrent accreditation to Gaborone, Maseru, and Mbabane from 1970 to 1973. the daughter of the lawyer Bertil Fredelius and his wife, née Sjöman, from Gothenburg. They had two daughters: Ewa (1940–2004) and Anna (born 1948). after which he moved to Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France,

Death Rappe died on 7 January 2010 in Skanör, Sweden.