Name Gustaf Bonde | ||
Count Gustaf Bonde af Björnö (8 October 1911 – 21 September 1977) was a Swedish diplomat.
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Career
Bonde was born at Trolleholm Castle, Sweden, the son of count Gustaf Trolle-Bonde (1868–1951) and countess Henriette Falkenberg (1883–1932). He became a second lieutenant in the Scanian Cavalry Regiment's (K 2) reserve in 1932 and graduated with an administrative degree (kansliexamen) in 1935. Bonde graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1937 and became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1937. He served in Paris, Budapest, Washington, D.C., Cairo and Athens from 1937 to 1956. Bonde was chief of protocol at the Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 1962 and deputy introducer for foreign emissaries from 1960. He was ambassador in Santiago from 1962 to 1965, in Rio de Janeiro from 1966 to 1970, in Tehran and Kabul from 1970 to 1973 and finally in Budapest from 1973 to 1977.
Personal life
In 1935 he married countess Jacqueline Barck (1914–2009), daughter of count Nils Barck and Juliette Eberlin. He married a second time in 1961 with Elisabeth Ljunglöf (born 1922), daughter of captain Oscar Dyrssen and Maria Hallin. Bonde was the father of Carl (born 1937), Nils (born 1942) and Fredrik (born 1947).
Awards and decorations
Bonde's awards: