Gunnar Reuterskiöld

Gunnar Reuterskiöld
Born
Gunnar August Casimir Reuterskiöld

(1893-01-11)11 January 1893
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died9 January 1970(1970-01-09) (aged 76)
Gothenburg, Sweden
EducationWhitlockska samskolan
Alma materStockholm University College
Stockholm School of Economics
OccupationDiplomat
Years active1914–1959
Spouse
Marit Berg
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(m. 1932)​
Children2

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 on 11 November 1893 in Gothenburg Cathedral Parish in Gothenburg, Sweden,[1] the son of bank manager Leonard Reuterskiöld and his wife Emelie J:son Öman.[2] He had two sisters and two brothers, one of whom was the lyricist Lennart Reuterskiöld (1898–1986).[3]

He completed his secondary school examinations at the Whitlockska samskolan in Stockholm in May 1910.[a] 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.[3][2]

Career

Reuterskiöld worked at a law firm in Stockholm from 1914 to 1915 and then served at the Stockholm City Court from 1915 to 1916.[2] He joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 5 July 1916, becoming an attaché (diplomatic trainee) at the ministry on 7 February 1917, and was posted to Rome on 24 February the same year. He was appointed acting second secretary on 31 May 1918, continuing his service as attaché in Rome. On 12 September 1919, he became acting administrative officer (byråsekreterare).[3]

In 1920, he served as assistant secretary at the Nordic Ministerial Meeting in Kristiania (now Oslo) and as notary for the Riksdag's special committee handling Sweden's accession to the League of Nations. On 27 February 1920, he was appointed acting second legation secretary in Paris, and on 6 May 1921, he became second legation secretary on special duty at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Later that year, on 18 December 1921, he was promoted to first legation secretary and, between 16 December 1921 and 28 August 1922, served as acting director (byråchef) at the ministry.

He was secretary to the Swedish delegation at the Genoa Economic and Financial Conference in 1922, secretary to the minister for foreign affairs from 1922 to 1923, and deputy secretary of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs in 1923 and 1924. He was acting director at the ministry from 2 February to 27 June 1924, and subsequently served as counsellor at the legation in Moscow from 27 June 1924. He became consul in Tallinn) on 9 December 1927 and counsellor at the legation in Berlin on 2 May 1930.[3]

Reuterskiöld later served as chargé d’affaires ad interim in Tehran from 1934 to 1936 and in Bogotá from 1936 to 1937.[5] From 1937 to 1945, he was envoy to Peru, with concurrent accreditation to Bolivia, Colombia (until 19433[6])), Ecuador, and Venezuela (until 1938[7]). 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.[2]

Personal life

In 1932, Reuterskiöld married Marit Berg (1901–1996), the daughter of the wholesaler Edvard Berg and Clarita Krüger. They had two children: Claes (born 1936) and Viveca (born 1938).[2]

Death

Reuterskiöld died on 9 January 1970 in Vasa Parish in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1] The funeral service was held on 23 January 1970 at Saint Matthew's Chapel (S:t Lukas Kapell) at the Western Cemetery in Gothenburg.[8]

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Footnotes

  1. ^ 18 May 1910 according to one source[3] and 28 May 1910 according to another.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Sveriges dödbok 9: 1815-2022 (in Swedish) (Version 9.0 ed.). Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2023. SELIBR p7r39b8bm406gwwp.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1965). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. 3, Götaland, utom Skåne, Halland, Blekinge (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 884. SELIBR 53511.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1931). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 6 Posse-von Scheven. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 269. SELIBR 10076758.
  4. ^ "Studentexamen". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 142. 29 May 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  5. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 889. SELIBR 8261511.
  6. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1943 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1943. p. 242.
  7. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1938 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1938. p. 219.
  8. ^ "Döde" [Deaths]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 13 January 1970. p. 2a. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Matriklar (D 1)" [Directory (D 1)]. Kungl. Maj:ts Ordens arkiv (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 1950–1959. p. 121. Retrieved 11 October 2025 – via National Archives of Sweden.
  10. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 56.


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