Eric Virgin

Eric Otto Gunnarsson Virgin (31 March 1920 – 9 September 2004) was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life Virgin was born on 31 March 1920 in in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Colonel and Elsie, née Ramel (aunt to Povel Ramel ). His grandfather was Major General who served as minister of war from 1903 to 1905.

Virgin passed his reserve officer exam in 1941 and received a Candidate of Law degree in 1942. Early in his career he was associate of Dag Hammarskjöld in cases involving international financial issues.

He became first administrative officer in 1949, first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1950 and was director there in 1955. Virgin was embassy counselor in Rome from 1957 to 1962 and was Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations in New York City from 1962 to 1963. Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Rangoon, and Vientiane from 1970 to 1976 and in East Berlin from 1976 to 1982. He was fiscal policy negotiator at the Foreign Ministry from 1982 to 1983 and ambassador in Rome and Valletta from 1983 to 1986. He was a consultant for FFV International in 1986, chairman of the Association of Friends of Swedish Museums (Svenska museivänföreningen), Association of Friends of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Föreningen Östasiatiska Museets Vänner) and the Swedish Committee Pro Venezia (Svenska kommittén Pro Venezia). He was interred on 14 September 2005 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Solna.

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