Olof Skoglund

Karl Olof Martin Skoglund (12 May 1925 – 16 April 2018) was a Swedish diplomat with a long career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, beginning in 1955 after completing his judicial clerkship. He held a series of international postings, including Lisbon, Washington, D.C., Moscow, and Sweden's Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York City.

He was appointed ambassador in 1976, based in Monrovia, with multiple concurrent accreditations in West Africa. He later served as minister in London and became ambassador to Prague in 1981. From 1985 to 1990, he held several ambassadorial assignments in Central Africa, based in Stockholm, with responsibility for multiple countries simultaneously. Toward the end of his career, he worked directly under the minister for foreign affairs on special negotiation assignments.

Early life Skoglund was born on 12 May 1925 at the family farm in , in in Finspång Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden, the son of First Deputy Speaker Martin Skoglund (1892–1976) and his wife Elsa, née Andersson (1893–1973). He had an older sister named Brita (born 1918).

He received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1951 and became a reserve officer at the Norrbotten Regiment (I 19). Between 1990 and 1991, he was at the disposal of the minister for foreign affairs, including for negotiation assignments.

Personal life On 13 May 1962, at Saint Lawrence Church in Falkenberg, Skoglund married Monica Schlanbusch, née Kylén (1926–2013), the daughter of dentist Gert Kylén and gymnastics director Rigmor (née Strige).

Skoglund took over the family farm, Doverstorp in Östergötland, from his parents. He had a strong interest in the history of Östergötland and , as well as in the church and the local heritage association. In 2015, he founded the Olof Skoglund Foundation, whose purpose is to support and promote cultural and historical activities in Östergötland.

Death Skoglund died on 16 April 2018 in Stockholm. In his final years, he lived at the Kampementet nursing home on Gärdet in Stockholm. The funeral service took place at on 24 May 2018. He was interred on 6 July 2018 in his parents' grave at in Finspång.