Arvid Taube

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Arvid Taube

Arvid Fredrik Taube (19 January 1853 – 14 October 1916) was a Swedish aristocrat who served as the foreign minister between 1909 and 1911 and also, held various diplomatic posts.

Biography[]

Taube was born in 1853.[1] He served as the head of the political department of the foreign ministry from 1892 to 1895.[2] His next post was the secretary to the cabinet between 1895 and 1900.[2]

He was the foreign minister for two years in the period of 1909-1911 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Arvid Lindman.[3] Taube replaced Eric Trolle in the post.[3] Taube's successor was Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger.[3] Before and after his post as foreign minister Taube was the ambassador of Sweden to Germany.[4]

Taube had a conservative political stance.[5] He was a supporter Germany, and when he was in office as foreign minister he proposed a close alliance between Sweden and Germany against the Russian Empire in the case of war.[4] Taube also redesigned the foreign policy of Sweden due to the likelihood of war.[6] He died in 1916.[1][7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Tobias C. Bringmann (2012). Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer (in German). De Gruyter. p. 382. ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9.
  2. ^ a b Chris Cook; Tim Kirk; Bob Moore (1989). Sources in European Political History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 166. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-05098-7_20. ISBN 978-1-349-05100-7.
  3. ^ a b c Aryo Makko (2019). "Appendix Swedish Foreign Ministers (of the United Kingdoms), 1814–1905". European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire. Leiden; Boston: Brill Nijhoff. pp. 225–226. doi:10.1163/9789004414389. ISBN 978-90-04-41437-2.
  4. ^ a b Rikard Bengtsson (2000). "Uncertainty, risk, and trust: The Swedish—German general staff negotiations of 1910". Diplomacy and Statecraft. 11 (2): 40, 50. doi:10.1080/09592290008406156. S2CID 154133227.
  5. ^ Michael Jonas (2014). "Activism, Diplomacy and Swedish–German Relations during the First World War". New Global Studies. 8 (1): 39. doi:10.1515/ngs-2014-004.
  6. ^ Claudiu-Lucian Topor (2011). "Germany's policy and the diplomatic agenda of Romanian neutrality (1914-1916). The Prospect of a plan for an alliance with Sweden". Revista Română de Studii Baltice şi Nordice. 3 (1): 136.
  7. ^ Franklin D. Scott (June 1967). "Gustaf V and Swedish Attitudes toward Germany, 1915". The Journal of Modern History. 39 (2): 115. JSTOR 1877459.

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