Harald Pousette

Sven Harald Pousette (18 June 1886 – 6 May 1975[1]) was a Swedish diplomat.

Career

Pousette was born on 18 June 1886 in Gävle, Sweden, the son of captain Fredrik Pousette and his wife Valborg (née Bodman). He passed the reserve officer exam in 1907 and graduated with an administrative degree (kansliexamen) in Uppsala in 1908 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs the same year. Pousette served in Washington, D.C. in 1909, was legation secretary in Brussels and The Hague in 1911 and was secretary of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1920.[2]

He was first legation secretary in Tokyo in 1921, in Rome in 1924 and legation counsellor in 1928. Pousette was director at the Foreign Ministry in 1929 and legation counsellor in Berlin in 1934 and in London in 1938. He became minister plenipotentiary in 1941 and was acting chargé d'affaires in Tehran in 1941 (also accredited to Baghdad[3]) and envoy there from 1945 to 1947 as well as in Reykjavík from 1947 to 1951.[2]

Pousette was chairman of Alliance Française from 1952 to 1959.[2]

Personal life

In 1920 he married Cecilia Cedercrantz (1896–1987), the daughter of county governor Conrad Cedercrantz and Elisabeth (née Sjöcrona).[2] He was the father of the diplomat Tage Pousette (1921–2012).[4] Pousette died on 6 May 1975 in Stockholm[1] and was buried at Lidingö Cemetery.[5]

Awards and decorations

Pousette's awards:[2]

• King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (1928)
• Commander First Class of the Order of the Polar Star
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
• Grand Cross of the Iranian Order of Homayoun
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
• Grand Officer of the Order of Civil Merit
• Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy
• Grand Officer of the Order of the German Eagle
• Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
• Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
• 3rd Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
• 3rd Class of the Chinese Order of the Golden Harvest
• 3rd Class of the Order of the Lion and the Sun
• Officer of the Order of Leopold
• Officer of the Order of the Crown
• Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
• Officer of the Legion of Honour
• King Gustaf V's Olympic commemorative medal (Konung Gustaf V:s olympiska minnesmedalj)
• German Olympic Honorary Badge (Tyska olympiska hederstecknet)

References

1. Sveriges dödbok 1901–2013 [Swedish death index 1901-2013] (in Swedish) (Version 6.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2014. ISBN 9789187676642. SELIBR 17007456.
2. 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. 1063.
3. Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 278.
4. 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. 896. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
5. "Sven Harald Pousette" (in Swedish). Fingraven.se. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Hugo von Heidenstam	Chargé d'affaires of Sweden to Iran and Iraq 1941–1945	Succeeded by Himself (as Envoy)
Preceded by Himself (as Chargé d'affaires)	Envoy of Sweden to Iran and Iraq 1945–1947	Succeeded by Harry Eriksson
Preceded by Clas Otto Johansson	Emvoy of Sweden to Iceland 1947–1951	Succeeded by Leif Öhrvall (as Chargé d'affaires)