Krister Bringéus

Krister Bringéus
Bringéus, 20 May 2010
Ambassador of Sweden to Norway
In office
November 2018 – 2020
Preceded byAxel Wernhoff
Succeeded byCecilia Björner [sv]
Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia, and Montenegro
In office
2007–2010
Preceded byLars-Göran Engfeldt
Succeeded byChrister Asp [sv]
Personal details
Born (1954-09-07) 7 September 1954 (age 70)
Lund Cathedral Parish [sv], Malmöhus County, Scania, Sweden
Parent
Alma materUniversité Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III
Stockholm University
Uppsala University

Nils Krister Bringéus (born 7 September 1954) is a Swedish diplomat. He served as a member of diplomatic staff and as Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia and to Norway from the 1970s and into the 2020s.

Early life and postings

Bringéus was born on 7 September 1954 in Lund Cathedral Parish [sv], Malmöhus County, Scania, Sweden.[1] He is the son of ethnologist Nils-Arvid Bringéus [sv] and Doctor of Philosophy Gundis Bringéus (née Lindahl).[2] Bringéus did his military service at the Interpreting School [sv] and studied at the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III between 1973 and 1974, after which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Stockholm University in 1976 and a bachelor's degree in law from Uppsala University in 1979.[3] He served at the Embassy of Sweden, Moscow from 1975 to 1976 and was chancellery secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1979 to 1980. He was embassy secretary at the Embassy in Pyongyang from 1980 to 1981 and at the Embassy in London from 1981 to 1984, after which he was First Secretary at the Embassy in Moscow from 1984 to 1987. In 1987–1990, he was embassy secretary in the Personnel Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, after which he was First Secretary at the Embassy in Bonn between 1990 and 1992 and Embassy Counselor at the Embassy in Washington between 1992 and 1997. He was Ministerial Adviser at the Department for European Security Policy in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2002, first as Deputy Head of department from 1997 to 1998 and then as Head of the department from 1998 to 2002.[2]

Senior roles and ambassadorships

In 2002 Bringéus was appointed head of the Swedish delegation at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna, holding the post until 2007.[4] In 2007 he was appointed Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia, with dual accreditation to Montenegro.[5] He held this role until 2010, which was followed with a posting that year as Senior Civilian Representative at Mazar-e Sharif with responsibility for the overall political leadership and Swedish civilian activities in the area, until 2011.[4][6]

From 2011, Bringéus was an ambassador for Arctic issues at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and from 2015 to 2016 was a special investigator of Sweden's defence and security policy collaborations.[4][7] After being Ambassador for Nordic Affairs in the department for the European Union at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018, Bringéus was ambassador to Norway from November 2018 until 2020.[8][9][10]

Personal life and honours

Bringéus was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 2000.[4] On 25 September 2020 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.[11]

Bringéus is married to Veronika Bard-Bringéus, also a diplomat.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
  2. ^ a b c Moen, Ann, ed. (2006). Vem är det 2007: svensk biografisk handbok (in Swedish). Malmö: Nationalencyklopedin. p. 91. ISBN 919751327X. SELIBR 10171521.
  3. ^ Orton, Frank; Sundqvist, Sven-Ivan, eds. (2011). Sigge och hans 1000 elever: Tolkskolan i Uppsala 1957-1989 (in Swedish). Stockholm: SIS ägarservice.
  4. ^ a b c d Andersson, Björn (2016). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : 20 år med akademien och dess ledamöter 1996-2016 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien. p. 46. ISBN 9789198087888. SELIBR 20033514.
  5. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Belgrad" (in Swedish). Foreign Ministry. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Afghanistan" (in Swedish). Regjeringen.no. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  7. ^ Säkerhet i ny tid (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Regjeringen.no. 2016. p. 3. ISBN 978-91-38-24489-0.
  8. ^ "Ambassadör för nordiska frågor och ambassadör till Reykjavik" (in Swedish). Regjeringen.no. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Norge" [New ambassador in Norway] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Norge" [New ambassador in Norway] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  11. ^ ""Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer"" (in Norwegian). kongehuset.no. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Lars-Göran Engfeldt
 Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Christer Asp
Preceded by
Axel Wernhoff
 Ambassador of Sweden to Norway
2018–2020 		Succeeded by
Cecilia Björner