Iwo Dölling

Iwo Dölling
Born	Fritz Dölling (1923-01-12)12 January 1923 Vaxholm, Sweden
Died	22 April 2019(2019-04-22) (aged 96) Lidingö, Sweden
Alma mater	Stockholm University College
Occupation	Diplomat
Years active	1949–1993
Spouse	Tatiana Dushmanitch ​ ​ (m. 1950⁠–⁠2019)​
Children	4

Fritz "Iwo" Dölling (12 January 1923 – 22 April 2019) was a Swedish diplomat.[1]

Early life

Dölling was born on 12 January 1923 in Vaxholm, Sweden, the son of Major Fritz Dölling and Margit (née Zander). He passed his reserve officers exam in 1944 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1949.[2]

Career

Dölling was employed as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1949.[2] Dölling served as an attaché and secretary with the Swedish OEEC delegation in Paris from 1950 to 1955, followed by a post as secretary at the Swedish embassy in Bonn from 1955 to 1957 and at the legation in Pretoria from 1957 to 1960. From 1960 to 1963, he was a first secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, then served as a commercial counsellor in London from 1963 to 1964, and later as embassy counsellor and deputy head of the Swedish EEC delegation in Brussels from 1965 to 1970. He was appointed minister in Brussels from 1970 to 1972.[2]

Following his time in Brussels, Dölling became the Swedish ambassador to Lusaka from 1972 to 1975, holding additional accreditations to Zomba (1972–74), Gaborone (1974–75), and Lilongwe (1974–75).[3][4][5] He later served as ambassador in Tel Aviv from 1975 to 1979 and in Athens from 1980 to 1985.[2]

Dölling also took on UN assignments, working as a trade policy advisor in Kenya from 1964 to 1965 and serving in the UN delegation in 1979. From 1986 to 1993, he was a counselor at Atlas Copco.[6]

Personal life

In 1950 Dölling married Tatiana Dushmanitch (born 1924), daughter of Colonel Vladimir Dushmanitch and Constance Rowan.[2]

References

1. "Dölling, Fritz Iwo". www.svenskagravar (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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. 248. ISBN 91-1-914072-X. SELIBR 8261513.
3. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1975). Sveriges statskalender 1975 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 400, 412, 425. ISBN 91-38-02088-2. SELIBR 3682757.
4. Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 248. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
5. Sandström, Margareta, ed. (1972-05-07). "Bryssel-Zambia" [Brussels-Zambia]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 18. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
6. Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 248. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Olof Kaijser	Ambassador of Sweden to Zambia 1972–1975	Succeeded by Ove Heyman
Preceded by Olof Kaijser	Ambassador of Sweden to Malawi 1972–1975	Succeeded by Ove Heyman
Preceded by Carl Johan Rappe	Ambassador of Sweden to Botswana 1974–1975	Succeeded by Ove Heyman
Preceded by Sten Sundfeldt	Ambassador of Sweden to Israel 1975–1979	Succeeded by Torsten Örn
Preceded by Ivar Öhman	Ambassador of Sweden to Greece 1980–1985	Succeeded by Hans Colliander