Iwo Dölling

Fritz "Iwo" Dölling (12 January 1923 – 22 April 2019) was a Swedish diplomat whose career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs spanned more than three decades. After joining the ministry in 1949, he served in Paris, Bonn, Pretoria, London, Brussels, and Kenya, where he worked as a United Nations trade policy adviser. He later served as Sweden's ambassador to Zambia, Israel, and Greece, and was a member of the Swedish delegation to the United Nations in 1979. From 1986 to 1993, Dölling was a counselor at Atlas Copco, advising the company on international political and trade issues, including its operations in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Early life Dölling was born on 12 January 1923 in Vaxholm, Sweden, the son of Major Fritz Dölling and Margit (née Zander). He passed studentexamen in Gothenburg in 1942, and became a reserve officer in 1944. Dölling received a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1949. after which he became embassy counsellor and deputy head of the Swedish EEC delegation in Brussels from 1965 to 1970. He was appointed minister in Brussels from 1970 to 1972. He later served as ambassador in Tel Aviv from 1975 to 1979, was a member of the Swedish delegation to the United Nations in 1979, and then served as ambassador in Athens from 1980 to 1985.

Personal life In 1950, Dölling married Tatiana Dushmanitch (1924–2019), daughter of Colonel Vladimir Dushmanitch and Constance Rowan.

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