Harald Sandberg
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Harald Sandberg (born March 12, 1950) is a Swedish diplomat and civil servant who served as Swedish ambassador to Indonesia (1998–2003),[1] East Timor (2002–2003),[2] South Korea (2003–2005), and India (2012-2017).[3] Having acted as an observer in the 1999 East Timorese elections and headed up the Swedish response to the 2002 Bali bombing,[4] Sandberg was selected in July 2006 by the Swedish government to head up its mission to evacuate Swedish citizens from war ravaged Lebanon. At the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm, Sandberg served as Head of the Private Office of the Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, as Deputy Head of the Cabinet Offices EU Co-ordination Secretariat, as Deputy Head of the Department for International Trade Policy and as Head of Department for the EU Internal Market and for Promotion of Swedish Trade.[5] Sandberg acted as the Head of Human Resources for the Swedish foreign service between 2008 and 2012. Following his retirement from the foreign service in 2017, he is now active as an adviser to Swedish industry.
In September 2005, Ambassador Sandberg received a decoration from the Korean national Red Cross for his work for Human Rights in North Korea [6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Asia-Pacific | UN fears for Aceh civilians". BBC News. 2003-05-30. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Press Release from the embassy (2012)". swedenabroad.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
- ^ "Expressen News (2003)". expressen.se. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "Sweden-India Business Counsel (2017)". sibc.se. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "Article: (Diplomatic Pouch) Swedish ambassador to receive Red Cross medal. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy". AccessMyLibrary. 2005-09-20. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mikael Lindström | Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia 1998–2003 | Succeeded by Lennart Linnér |
| Preceded by ? | Ambassador of Sweden to East Timor 2002–2003 | Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Bo Lundberg | Ambassador of Sweden to South Korea 2003–2005 | Succeeded by Lars Vargö |
| Preceded by Lars-Olof Lindgren | Ambassador of Sweden to India 2012–present | Succeeded by |
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