Harald Sandberg

For the Olympic sailor, see Harald Sandberg (sailor).

Harald Sandberg (born March 12, 1950) is a Swedish diplomat and civil servant who served as Swedish ambassador to Indonesia (1998–2003),[1] East Timor (2002–2003)[2] and South Korea (2003–2005). Having acted as an observer in the 1999 East Timorese elections and headed up the Swedish response to the 2002 Bali bombing,[3] Sandberg was selected in July 2006 by the Swedish government to head up its mission to evacuate Swedish citizens from war ravaged Lebanon. After acting as the Head of Human Resources for the Swedish foreign service between 2008 and 2012, Sandberg was appointed as the new Swedish ambassador to India in June 2012, he assumed the position in July.[4]

In September 2005, Ambassador Sandberg received a decoration from the Korean national Red Cross for his work for Human Rights in North Korea [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Asia-Pacific | UN fears for Aceh civilians". BBC News. 2003-05-30. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  2. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-53125190.html
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Press Release from the embassy (2012)". swedenabroad.com. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  5. ↑ "Article: (Diplomatic Pouch) Swedish ambassador to receive Red Cross medal. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy". AccessMyLibrary. 2005-09-20. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Mikael Lindström		 Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia
1998–2003 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
?		 Ambassador of Sweden to East Timor
2002–2003 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Bo Lundberg		 Ambassador of Sweden to South Korea
2003–2005 		Succeeded by
Lars Vargö
Preceded by
Lars-Olof Lindgren		 Ambassador of Sweden to India
2012–present 		Succeeded by


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