Fritz Stackelberg

Count Fritz Carl Louis Stackelberg (31 May 1899 – 18 November 1988^[1]) was a Swedish diplomat.

Career[]

Stackelberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of ryttmästare, count Adolf Stackelberg (1850–1906) and countess Charlotte Lewenhaupt (born 1861). He passed studentexamen in Linköping in 1917^[2] and attended the Royal Military Academy in 1919 and served as fänrik at the Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1) from 1920 to 1922.^[3] Stackelberg received a Candidate of Law degree in Stockholm in 1925 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs the year after. He served in Copenhagen, Bern, London, Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade from 1926 to 1930 and was lieutenant at the Svea Artillery Regiment's reserve from 1928 to 1929.^[2] Stackelberg was the Foreign Minister's private secretary from 1930 to 1932 and was second secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1931 and in Oslo and Rouen in 1932.^[2]

He served as secretary in trade negotiations with Italy in 1935^[3] and was first vice consul in London in 1935. Stackelberg was first legation secretary in Rome in 1938 and legation counsellor in 1940 and director at the Foreign Ministry the same year. He was representative at the trade negotiations with Italy and Finland from 1941 to 1945 and was head of delegation in the trade negotiations with Bulgaria in 1944 and was legation counsellor in Paris in 1944 and in Copenhagen in 1947.^[3] Stackelberg was representative at the trade negotiations with Denmark from 1947 to 1948 and was envoy in Caracas, Havana, Ciudad Trujillo and in Port-au-Prince from 1948 to 1953. He was chief of protocol from 1953 to 1956 and ambassador in Athens from 1956 to 1962 and in Bern from 1962 to 1965. After that, Stackelberg served in the central board of the International Red Cross from 1966 to 1979.^[3]

Personal life[]

In 1937 he married Marianne Schumacher (1915–1999), the daughter of lawyer Adolf Schumacher and Greta (née Lindström). He was the father of Claes-Erik (born 1938), Katarina (born 1939) and Madeleine (born 1948).^[2]

Awards and decorations[]

Stackelberg's awards:^[2]

Herald of the Kungl. Maj:ts Orden
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star
Knight of the Order of St John in Sweden
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
Grand Officer of the Order of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Commander First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
Grand Officer of the Order of Menelik II
Commander of the Order of the Falcon with Star
Grand Officer of the Order of Bolivar
Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Commander of the Order of the Golden Star of China
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Officer of the Austrian Badge of Honor
First Class of the Greek Red Cross of Badge of Honor with laurel wreath

References[]

^ Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 [Swedish death index 1901-2009] (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8. SELIBR 11931231.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. pp. 1200–1201. SELIBR 53509.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1020. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by as Chargé d’affaires	Envoy of Sweden to Venezuela 1948–1953	Succeeded by
Preceded by None	Envoy of Sweden to Cuba 1948–1953	Succeeded by
Preceded by None	Envoy of Sweden to the Dominican Republic 1948–1953	Succeeded by
Preceded by None	Envoy of Sweden to Haiti 1948–1953	Succeeded by
Preceded by Tage Grönwall as Envoy	Ambassador of Sweden to Greece 1956–1962	Succeeded by Tage Grönwall
Preceded by Torsten Hammarström	Ambassador of Sweden to Switzerland 1962–1965	Succeeded by Klas Böök

[1] Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 [Swedish death index 1901-2009] (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8. SELIBR 11931231.

[Harnesk_(1962),_pp._1200-1201-2] Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. pp. 1200–1201. SELIBR 53509.

[Vem_är_det_(1984),_p._1020-3] Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1020. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.

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