Carl-George Crafoord | |
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_in_1969.jpg) Carl-George Crafoord as ambassador inNairobi in 1969 | |
| Born | Carl-George Wilhelm Crafoord (1921-09-03)3 September 1921 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 10 July 2006(2006-07-10) (aged 84) Viken, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University College |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Years active | 1945–1986 |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Harald Hægermark (father-in-law) |
Carl-George "CG" Wilhelm Crafoord (3 September 1921 – 10 July 2006) was a Swedishdiplomat.
Crafoord was born on 3 September 1921 inStockholm, Sweden, the son of ColonelCasa Crafoord [sv] and his wife Elsa (née Kumlin)[1] and brother of the ColonelJohn Crafoord [sv] and psychiatristClarence Crafoord [sv].[2] He passed hisstudentexamen in 1940 and served during his mandatory military service for a period during the years 1942 to 1943 at thelegation in London as acryptographist. Crafoord continued as cryptographist at theMinistry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm during the remainder of the war, alongside his law studies. At age 22 in 1944, he was sent toÅland as deputy consul. Crafoord took aCandidate of Law degree in Stockholm in 1945 and became attache in June 1945 at the Foreign Ministry's press agency.[2]
Crafoord served inWashington, D.C. in 1946,Buenos Aires in 1948 and was second secretary in Buenos Aires in 1950.[1] He also had a sojourn inSantiago as a member of Sweden's delegation to the first meeting with theUnited Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)[2] before returning to the Foreign Ministry in 1951. Crafoord served at the UN agency of the Foreign Ministry's political department and then with bilateral issues in the trade department.[2] He was then first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1953,Tokyo in 1955 and inSeoul in 1959 and was the first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1960.[3] Crafoord was then director at the Foreign Ministry in 1962, commercial counsellor inBonn in 1964, ambassador inNairobi in 1968 (withdual accreditation inKampala from 1969[4]),Prague in 1973 and served in the common foreign trade departments at the Foreign Ministry and at the Ministry of Commerce in 1976. He was head of the PA-unit at the Foreign Ministry in 1977, was deputystate secretary for foreign affairs in 1978 and ambassador inMadrid from 1980 to 1986.[1]
Crafoord's perhaps greatest efforts was during the periods he served in Stockholm at the trading area where he negotiated textile limitation agreements. Crafoord became over the years an avidRotarian, and co-founded a Rotary Club in Nairobi as well as in Stockholm. One of his main interests were hunting. Crafoord also came to engage deeply in the case of Karolina Johnsson (daughter of ambassadorLave Johnsson), a Swedish citizen accused of attempting to smuggleheroin fromBangkok.[2] After retiring in 1986, he and his wife Anne lived part of the year inSan Pedro de Alcántara, Spain,[1] where he for some years had assignments for different Swedish companies.[2]
In 1946 Crafoord married Lena Hægermark (1923–2012), the daughter of Lieutenant GeneralHarald Hægermark and Aina Tour. He was the father of Carl (born 1948), Eva (born 1950), Patrick (born 1953), Cecilia (born 1957), and John (born 1960).[3] In 1969, Crafoord married Anne Hedlund (born 1937), the daughter of attorney Knut Hedlund and Anna-Lisa Nilsson.[1]
Crafoord died on 10 July 2006 and was buried on 3 September 2006 atÅkers cemetery inÅkers styckebruk.[5]
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Carl Gustaf Béve | Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya 1968–1973 | Succeeded by Lennart Rydfors |
| Preceded by Carl Gustaf Béve | Ambassador of Sweden to Uganda 1969–1973 | Succeeded by Lennart Rydfors |
| Preceded by | Ambassador of Sweden to Czechoslovakia 1973–1976 | Succeeded by Marc Giron |
| Preceded by Lennart Petri | Ambassador of Sweden to Spain 1980–1986 | Succeeded by |
| Civic offices | ||
| Preceded by | DeputyState Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1978–1980 | Succeeded by |