Hugo Wistrand

Tor Hugo Wilhelm Wistrand (2 April 1895 – 26 February 1983) was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life Wistrand was born on 2 April 1895 in Norrköping, Sweden, the son of Hugo Wistrand, an accountant, and his wife Anna (née Lindwall). He received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Uppsala University in 1915 and a Candidate of Law degree in 1918. Wistrand enrolled in the same year in the École des Sciences Politiques and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris where he later received a Doctor of law degree in 1922 and became Lauréat de la Faculté de Droit the year after.

Career Wistrand was honorary attaché in Bern in 1919, attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs the same year and became acting administrative officer in 1920.

He was attaché in New York City in 1921, in Berlin the same year and attaché in Paris in 1922.

Wistrand ended his diplomatic career by being ambassador in Brussels and in Luxembourg City from 1956 to 1961.

Personal life On 19 January 1928 he married Katharine Corbin Parsons (1905–1968 ), the daughter of William Usher Parsons (1873–1933) and Katharine (née Corbin) of 1 Lexington Avenue, New York City. The ceremony took place in the American Church in Paris. Katharine Corbin Parsons was the granddaughter of Lieutenant General Henry Clark Corbin. Wistrand and Corbin Parsons had two children; Sylvie (born 1928) and Philippa (1933–1990).

Wistrand was a resident of Châteauneuf-Grasse, France.

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign