Ragnvald Bagge
Ragnvald Richardson (R:son) Bagge (12 November 1903 – 24 March 1991) was a Swedish diplomat.
Career
Bagge was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada and was the son of consul general Richard Bagge and Lily (née Schwartz). He received a Candidate of Law degree in 1926 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1928. 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.[1]
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 from 1949 to 1950. 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.[1]
Personal life
In 1948 he married Finnish-born Susanna Lagerborg (born 1913), the daughter of the professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki Rolf Lagerborg and Elna (née Selin).[2][3]
Awards and decorations
Bagge's awards:[2]
- Commander First Class of the Order of the Polar Star[4]
- Grand Officer of the Order of Boyaca
- Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- 3rd Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
- Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Kommander of the Order of St. Olav
- First Class Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- Officer of the Austrian Order of Merit
- Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Bibliography
- Bagge, Ragnvald (1978). Släkten Bagge från Marstrand: andra huvudgrenens 2:a gren (in Swedish). [Stockholm]: The author. SELIBR 367255.
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Turcotte, Helen (31 January 1963). "New Evoy's Wife Feels Close Ties With Canada". Ottawa Journal. Ottawa. p. 27. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- 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 Brynolf Eng |
| Preceded by Gunnar Jarring |
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 Dick Hichens-Bergström |
| Preceded by Gunnar Jarring |
Envoy of Sweden to Pakistan 1953–1956 |
Succeeded by Gösta Brunnström |
| Preceded by Himself |
Emvoy of Sweden to Iraq 1953–1959 |
Succeeded by Dick Hichens-Bergström |
| 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 Herman Kling |