Nils Gunnar Wiggo Lund (born 26 July 1947) is a Swedish diplomat and politician.

Early life

Lund was born on 26 July 1947 in

Karlskoga Karlskoga () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. It is located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population o ...

, Sweden, the son of Wiggo Lund, a lawyer, and his wife Brita (née Wahlqvist), a librarian. Lund did his military service as an interpreter in

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

and was educated in Russian. He graduated from

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

and

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

with a bachelor's degree in political economics, political science and Russian in 1971. Lund received a master's degree in political economics and international law from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 1972.

Career

Lund worked at the

Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral rela ...

from 1972 to 1976 and as a desk officer (''departementssekreterare'') at the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

from 1976 to 1977, and at the

Ministry of Commerce and Industry A ministry of trade and industry, ministry of commerce, ministry of commerce and industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

from 1977 to 1980. He was financial advisor in the Swedish delegation at the

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; , OCDE) is an international organization, intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and international trade, wor ...

from 1980 to 1983, director (''departementsråd'') at the Ministry of Finance from 1983 to 1988, state secretary at the Ministry of Finance from 1988 to 1991, and ambassador at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1994. Lund worked at the National Swedish War Materials Inspectorate in 1994 and was state secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1994. Lund was Sweden's chief negotiator at the EU's intergovernmental conference from 1996 to 1997. Lund has served as a diplomat in Copenhagen and as the Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union. From 2002 until 2004 he served as minister for International Monetary Exchange in the Swedish cabinet. From 1 September 2005 until 2007 he was the Swedish Ambassador to the United States and from the fall of 2007 he served as the Swedish ambassador to France.

Personal life

In 1980, Lund married state secretary Kari Lotsberg (born 1950), the daughter of civil engineer Oddleiv Lotsberg and Helene (née Svane). They have three children: Gustav (born 1984) Harald (born 1987), and Ingrid (born 1990).

Awards and decorations

AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 3rd Class BAR

Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1997)

References

External links

Washington Diplomat Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Gunnar 1947 births Living people Ambassadors of Sweden to the United States Ambassadors of Sweden to France Permanent representatives of Sweden to the European Union People from Karlskoga Municipality School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni