Dag Hartelius (born 8 November 1955 in

Härnösand Härnösand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 25,012 inhabitants in 2023. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just ...

) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the

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(M). Hartelius was Director-General of The National Defence Radio Establishment, assuming office 1 November 2013, and leaving office June 2019. In September 2019, he became the Swedish Ambassador to Hungary. He has previously been ambassador to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

(2008–2010),

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(2003–2008), stationed in

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and

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, Vice President and Director for the programme for European security at the

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in New York, and a Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union. On 10 September 2024, the government announced that Hartelius had been appointed the new State Secretary for Foreign Affairs following a government reshuffle.

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CV for Dag Hartelius, Swedish embassy in Warsaw
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartelius, Dag 1955 births Living people People from Härnösand 21st-century Swedish diplomats Uppsala University alumni Ambassadors of Sweden to Estonia Ambassadors of Sweden to Poland Ambassadors of Sweden to Hungary Ambassadors of Sweden to Slovenia Permanent representatives of Sweden to the European Union Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class