Gunnar Reuterskiöld

Gunnar August Casimir Reuterskiöld (11 January 1893 – 9 January 1970) was a Swedish diplomat. After joining the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1916, he advanced quickly, serving in Rome, Paris, and key administrative posts in Stockholm. He later held senior positions abroad, including counsellor in Moscow and Berlin, and consul in Tallinn.

In the 1930s and 1940s, he was chargé d'affaires in Tehran and Bogotá, and envoy to Peru with concurrent accreditation to several South American countries. After World War II, he served as envoy to Yugoslavia and Belgium—becoming ambassador there in 1956—and was later appointed ambassador to Poland (1956–1959).

Early life Reuterskiöld was born into the noble family on 11 November 1893 in in Gothenburg, Sweden, the son of bank manager Leonard Reuterskiöld and his wife Emelie J:son Öman. He had two sisters and two brothers, one of whom was the lyricist (1898–1986). and 28 May 1910 according to another. He then pursued studies in Germany and France, and later at Stockholm University College, where he was a student from 1911 and served as chairman of the student association from 1914 to 1916. Between 1910 and 1916, he studied at both Stockholm University College and the Stockholm School of Economics, earning his Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College on 15 September 1915. From 1937 to 1945, he was envoy to Peru, with concurrent accreditation to Bolivia, Colombia (until 1943 ), Ecuador, and Venezuela (until 1938 ). He then served as envoy to Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1948, to Belgium from 1948 to 1956 (becoming ambassador in 1956) with concurrent accreditation to Luxembourg from 1948 to 1956, and finally as ambassador to Poland from 1956 to 1959.

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