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Harry Eriksson
Johan Fridolf ''Harry'' Eriksson (20 October 1892 – 14 March 1957) was a Swedish diplomat. He served as Swedish envoy in Pretoria (1945–1948), in Tehran and in Baghdad (1948–1951), in Islamabad (1949–1951), and finally in Lima and La Paz in 1951. Early life Eriksson was born on 20 October 1892 in Stockholm, Sweden. Career Eriksson served as third chancery officer at the Consulate General in London in 1918, as acting second vice consul there 1921, in Dublin in 1926, and consul there in 1930 (acting in 1926). He was appointed commercial counselor at the Swedish legation in Washington, D.C. in 1937. When Sweden established a legation in Pretoria, South Africa in 1944 and Eriksson was appointed Acting Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and became a regular in 1945. Eriksson then served as envoy in Tehran with a dual accreditation to Baghdad from 1948 to 1951. On 24 October 1949, Eriksson handed over his letter of credence to Governor General Khawaja Nazimudd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar's Church
Oscar's Church () is one of the major churches in Stockholm, Sweden. The three-aisled hall church, which holds 1,200 people, has an tower in the south-western part of the building. Oscar's Church is located in the south-eastern part of Östermalm, where Storgatan and Narvavägen meet, near the Swedish History Museum. Narvavägen is together with the nearby Strandvägen—from which the church is also visible—one of the city's main boulevards, lined with several residential palaces. History The church was inaugurated in September 1903 as the result of a design competition nine years earlier. The competition was won by Gustaf Hermansson, who also designed the Sofia Church. It was King Oscar II himself, after whom the church is named, who laid the foundation stone in 1897. Criticised from the start for its Gothic Revival style, it was originally meant to be partly clad in brick; this changed to a uniformly white façade, clad in limestone and marble. The construction work was de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Pousette
Sven Harald Pousette (18 June 1886 – 6 May 1975) was a Swedish diplomat. Early life Pousette was born on 18 June 1886 in Gävle, Sweden, the son of captain Fredrik Pousette and his wife Valborg (née Bodman). He passed the reserve officer exam in 1907 and graduated with an administrative degree (''kansliexamen'') in Uppsala in 1908. Career Pousette became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Ministry for Foreign Affairs the same year. Pousette served in Washington, D.C. in 1909, was legation secretary in Brussels and The Hague in 1911 and was secretary of the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1920. He was first legation secretary in Tokyo in 1921, in Rome in 1924 and legation counsellor in 1928. Pousette was director at the Foreign Ministry in 1929 and legation counsellor in Berlin in 1934 and in London in 1938. He became Plenipotentiary, minister plenipotentiary in 1941 and was ''chargé d'affaires, chargé d' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
