Torsten Hammarström

Torsten Ludvig Hammarström (10 June 1896 – 9 May 1965) was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life Hammarström was born on 10 June 1896 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of county governor and his wife Maria (née Engellau). He received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1920 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921.

Hammarström was head of the Foreign Ministry's agency for inheritance and compensation matters in 1936, the trade department's first agency in 1939 and was legation counsellor in Rome in 1940. He was an expert and representative of trade negotiations with Germany in 1940 and Italy from 1941 to 1944. Hammarström stayed as envoy in Prague to 1947 and was then ambassador in Nanking from 1947 to 1950. which was quite unusual, and a sign that China attached great importance to this diplomatic breakthrough. Hammarström was ambassador in Beijing from 1950 to 1951 as well as being accredited as envoy in Bangkok and Manila from 1947 to 1951. Hammarström was envoy in Bern from 1951 to 1957 and ambassador in Bern from 1957 to 1962.

Death Torsten Hammarström's family grave at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

Hammarström died on 9 May 1965. He was interred on 27 May 1965 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

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