Ragnvald Bagge

Ragnvald Bagge
Born
Ragnvald R:son Bagge

(1903-11-12)12 November 1903
Quebec City, Canada
Died24 March 1991(1991-03-24) (aged 87)
Stockholm, Sweden
Other names"Kenty"[1]
Alma materStockholm University College
OccupationDiplomat
Years active1928–1969
Spouse
Susanna Lagerborg
(m. 1948⁠–⁠1991)
Children4

Ragnvald Richardson (R:son) Bagge (12 November 1903 – 24 March 1991) was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life

Bagge was born on 12 November 1903 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the son of consul general Richard Bagge and his wife Lily (née Schwartz). He received a Candidate of Law degree in 1926 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1928.[2]

Career

Bagge served in Washington, D.C. from 1929 to 1930 and in Madrid in 1931 and was secretary of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1932 to 1933. Bagge was second secretary in Tokyo from 1934 to 1936 and first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1937. Between 1938 and 1939, he was notary in the Committee on Foreign Affairs and became secretary there in 1940.[2]

Subsequently Bagge was legation counsellor in Helsinki from 1941 to 1943, director in 1944, chargé d'affaires in Bogotá from 1948 to 1949 and envoy in Bogotá[2] and non-resident envoy in Panama City from 1949 to 1950.[3] He was embassy counsellor and minister plenipotentiary in Washington, D.C., in 1950 and envoy in Tehran, also accredited to Baghdad from 1953 to 1959, as well as accredited to Karachi from 1953 to 1956. He was ambassador in Tehran from 1957 to 1959, ambassador in Warsaw from 1959 to 1962, ambassador in Ottawa from 1962 to 1965 and finally ambassador in Copenhagen from 1965 to 1969.[2]

Personal life

In 1948 he married Finnish-born Susanna Lagerborg (1913–2004), the daughter of the professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki Rolf Lagerborg and Elna (née Selin).[4][5]

Awards and decorations

Bagge's awards:[4]

Bibliography

  • Bagge, Ragnvald (1978). Släkten Bagge från Marstrand: andra huvudgrenens 2:a gren (in Swedish). [Stockholm]: The author. SELIBR 367255.

References

  1. ^ Dahlman, Sven (1991-04-02). "RAGNVALD BAGGE DÖD. En verklig trotjänare inom utrikestjänsten". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 24. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 81. ISBN 91-1-843222-0.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. pp. 280, 285.
  4. ^ a b Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 87.
  5. ^ Turcotte, Helen (31 January 1963). "New Evoy's Wife Feels Close Ties With Canada". Ottawa Journal. Ottawa. p. 27. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  6. ^ Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 301.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Karl Yngve Vendel
Chargé d'affaires of Sweden to Colombia
1948–1949
Succeeded by
Himself
as Envoy
Preceded by
Himself
(as Chargé d'affaires)
Envoy of Sweden to Colombia
1949–1950
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Herbert Ribbing
Envoy of Sweden to Panama
1949–1950
Succeeded by
Preceded by Envoy of Sweden to Iran
1952–1957
Succeeded by
Himself
as Ambassador
Preceded by
Himself
as Envoy
Ambassador of Sweden to Iran
1957–1959
Succeeded by
Preceded by Envoy of Sweden to Pakistan
1953–1956
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Himself
Envoy of Sweden to Iraq
1953–1959
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Gunnar Reuterskiöld
Envoy of Sweden to Poland
1959–1962
Succeeded by
Erik Kronvall
Preceded by
Oscar Thorsing
Ambassador of Sweden to Canada
1962–1965
Succeeded by
Per Lind
Preceded by
Rolf R:son Sohlman
Ambassador of Sweden to Denmark
1965–1969
Succeeded by