Lennart Finnmark

Tor Lennart Finnmark (18 January 1917 – 2 September 1993) was a Swedish diplomat.

Biography

Finnmark was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and was the son of pharmacist Frithiof Finnmark and Signe, née Lindberg. He passed his studentexamen in 1936 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Lund University in 1940. Finnmark became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1940 and served in Madrid in 1941, at the gonsulate-general in London in 1942, at the embassy in London in 1943 and was acting second legation secretary in 1946.^[1] He served in Moscow in 1947 and was back serving at the Foreign Ministry in 1948 and then in Moscow again in 1948. Finnmark became extra first secretary in 1949. Finnmark then served at the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) in Paris in 1949, was extraordinary first secretary in 1952 and extraordinary first secretary with embassy counsellor's position at the delegation of the European Coal and Steel Community in Luxembourg in 1952. He became first secretary in 1956 and served at the United Nations Secretariat in New York from 1956 to 1958 and was acting embassy counsellor in Paris from 1958 to 1961.^[1]

He served in Moscow from 1961 to 1964, had minister's position in 1963, was ambassador in Karachi and Rawalpindi from 1964 to 1969, Belgrade and Tirana from 1969 to 1975, New Delhi and Dhaka from 1975 to 1977 as well as Colombo and Kathmandu from 1975 to 1983. He also served as a mediator in the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Korea in 1968.^[2] Finnmark was sent to Korea to try and resolve the crisis over the North Korean capture of the United States Navy intelligence ship, the USS Pueblo.^[3][4]

Finnmark was secretary representative and chairman of bilateral trade negotiations and representative at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) in Geneva in 1947 and was chairman in aid policy negotiations with India and Pakistan in 1964.^[2]

In 1953 Finnmark married Britt Nilsson (born 1922), daughter of Fritjof Nilsson and Signe, née Göransson.^[2] Finnmark died on 2 September 1993 in Täby, Sweden and was buried at Djursholm cemetery.^[5]

Awards

• Knight of the Order of the Polar Star^[6]
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Civil Merit^[1]

References

1. 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. 385–386.
2. Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 328. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
3. Troan, John, ed. (15 March 1968). "Swedish Honor Roll". The Pittsburgh Press 84 (262). p. 22. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
4. "South Koreans Set To Boost Reserves". Sarasota Journal 16 (222). 28 February 1968. p. 2. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
5. "Tor Lennart Finnmark" (in Swedish). Finngraven.se. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
6. Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. p. 314.