Erik Boheman

Erik Carlsson Boheman (19 January 1895 – 18 September 1979), was a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party.[1][2]

Boheman (right) and King Gustaf V in Paris in 1947.

Early life and education

Boheman was born in Stockholm, the son of Ellen Gustava (née Abramson) and Carl Helmar Boheman.[3] His paternal grandfather was entomologist Carl Henrik Boheman. His nephew was actor Erland Josephson. Boheman studied at the Stockholm University College and graduated in 1918 with a Master of Laws degree.

Biography

In 1918, he was appointed attaché to the Swedish foreign mission in Paris, and the following year to London. In 1920, he got a permanent position at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and during the beginning of the 1930s he was Sweden's envoy to Istanbul, Sofia, Athens, Warsaw and Bucharest. In 1938, he was appointed State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and held that position during World War II, up until 1945. During the war he was also Sweden's envoy to Paris, so the Deputy State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Vilhelm Assarsson, had to step in as Acting Secretary on a number of occasions. He was appointed Ambassador of Sweden to the United Kingdom 1947–48, and Ambassador to the United States 1948–58. He was nominated for Secretary-General of the United Nations in the 1953 selection, but he declined the nomination.[4]

He was a member of the Riksdag 1959–1970 for the Liberal People's Party, the Gothenburg constituency, where he sat in the First Chamber of the then-bicameral Riksdag. He was Speaker of the First Chamber from 1965 until 1970, when the two Chambers merged into one.[2]

Alongside his political mandates Boheman was also chairman of the board of directors of Saab Automobile (1958–1970),[2] Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and several other companies within the heavy industry sector.

Family and death

Boheman was married two times. His first marriage was to countess Gunilla Wachtmeister 1919–1927, daughter of university chancellor, count Fredik Wachtmeister and baroness Louise af Uggla, and secondly to Margaret Mattson 1932–1979(his death) daughter of wholesaler Allan Mattsson and Karin Danielsson. Erik Boheman is great-grandfather to actor Richard Ulfsäter. Erik Boheman died on 18 September 1979 in Gränna, Sweden.

Awards

He received honorary degrees at Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter's College, Augustana College (Illinois), Tufts College and the Uppsala University.

On 6 June 1968, he received the Royal Order of the Seraphim.[5]

In popular culture

In the Sveriges Television movie, Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige (Four Days that shook Sweden - The Midsummer Crisis 1941), 1988, the role of Boheman is played by Swedish actor Lars-Erik Berenett.[6]

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References

Boheman, Erik Cson in Vem är det, 1977 edition
Erik C:son Boheman, biographical entry in Nationalencyklopedin, retrieved 8 June 2013
Burckel, Christian E, ed. (1951). Who's who in the United Nations: the authoritative, illustrated, biographical dictionary of key persons associated with the United Nations. New York: Christian E Burckel & Associates.
"Document 202: The Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Hickerson) to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge), February 27, 1953". Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III.
Nordenvall, Per (1998). Kungliga Serafimerorden: 1748-1998 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kungl. Maj:ts orden. ISBN 91-630-6744-7.
"Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige". www.oppetarkiv.se. Sveriges Television. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

Bibliography

"Tvåkammarriksdagen 1867–1970". Almqvist & Wiksell International (in Swedish). 4. 1990. p. 66.

Political offices
Preceded by Christian Günther	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1938–1945	Succeeded by Stig Sahlin
Preceded by Gustaf Sundelin	First Chamber President 1965–1970	Succeeded by first chamber ceases
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Carl von Heidenstam	Envoy of Sweden to Turkey 1931–1934	Succeeded by Wilhelm Winther
Preceded by Carl von Heidenstam	Envoy of Sweden to Bulgaria 1931–1934	Succeeded by Wilhelm Winther
Preceded by Jonas Alströmer	Envoy of Sweden to Greece 1933–1934	Succeeded by Wilhelm Winther
Preceded by Einar Hennings	Envoy of Sweden to Poland 1934–1937	Succeeded by Joen Lagerberg
Preceded by Einar Hennings	Envoy of Sweden to Romania 1934–1935	Succeeded by Patrik Reuterswärd
Preceded by Einar Henning	Envoy of Sweden to France 1944–1947	Succeeded by Karl Ivan Westman
Preceded by Björn Prytz	Ambassador of Sweden to the United Kingdom 1947–1948	Succeeded by Gunnar Hägglöf
Preceded by Herman Eriksson	Ambassador of Sweden to the United States 1948–1958	Succeeded by Gunnar Jarring

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[vem-1] Boheman, Erik Cson in Vem är det, 1977 edition

[ne-2] Erik C:son Boheman, biographical entry in Nationalencyklopedin, retrieved 8 June 2013

[3] Burckel, Christian E, ed. (1951). Who's who in the United Nations: the authoritative, illustrated, biographical dictionary of key persons associated with the United Nations. New York: Christian E Burckel & Associates.

[4] "Document 202: The Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Hickerson) to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge), February 27, 1953". Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III.

[5] Nordenvall, Per (1998). Kungliga Serafimerorden: 1748-1998 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kungl. Maj:ts orden. ISBN 91-630-6744-7.

[6] "Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige". www.oppetarkiv.se. Sveriges Television. Retrieved 12 November 2014.