Gunnar Lund

Gunnar Lund
Ambassador of Sweden to France
In office 2007–2014
Preceded by	Frank Belfrage
Succeeded by	Veronika Wand-Danielsson
Swedish Ambassador to the United States
In office 2004–2007
Preceded by	Jan Eliasson
Succeeded by	Jonas Hafström
Swedish Minister for International Monetary Exchange
In office 21 October 2002 – 2004
Personal details
Born	23 July 1947 Stockholm, Sweden
Alma mater	Stockholm University, Uppsala University, Columbia University

Nils Gunnar Wiggo Lund (born 26 July 1947) is a Swedish diplomat and politician

Gunnar Lund did his military service as an interpreter in Uppsala and was educated in Russian. He graduated from Stockholm University and Uppsala University with a Bachelor's degree in political economics, political science and Russian in 1971. Lund received a Master's degree in political economics and international law from Columbia University in 1972.

Lund has served as a diplomat in Copenhagen, at the OECD in Paris and as the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union.

From 2002 until 2004 he served as minister for International Monetary Exchange in the Swedish cabinet. From 2004 to 2007 he was the Swedish Ambassador to the United States. From the fall of 2007 he served as the Swedish ambassador to France.

Personal life

Lund is married to Kari Lotsberg. They have three children: Gustav (born 1984) Harald (1987) and Ingrid (1990).

External links

• Washington Diplomat Bio