Anders Thunborg

Anders Thunborg (1934–December 2004) was a Swedish social democratic politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister between 1983 and 1985. He was also Swedish ambassador to the United Nations, Moscow, Washington and the Vatican City. He was one of the senior experts on Nordic security.[1]

Anders Thunborg
Minister of Defense
In office
December 1983 – 1985
Prime MinisterOlof Palme
Preceded byBörje Andersson
Personal details
Born
Anders Ingemar Thunborg

9 June 1934
Stockholm, Sweden
Died3 December 2004(2004-12-03) (aged 70)
Stockholm, Sweden
Political partySwedish Social Democratic Party
SpouseIngalill Thunborg
OccupationDiplomat

Biography

Thunborg was born in 1934.[2] In the 1950s he was a motorcycle racer.[3]

He was state secretary at the Ministry of Defense between 1969 and 1974.[4] Then he was named as the Sweden's ambassador to the United Nations which he held until 1983 when he was appointed minister of defense to the second cabinet of Olof Palme.[5] Thunborg replaced Borje Andersson who resigned from the post on 2 December 1983.[6] Thunborg resigned from office in 1985.[7][8] The reason for his resignation was the remarks by Foreign Minister Lennart Bodström about the Swedish military force.[8]

Thunborg's next post was ambassador to the Soviet Union which he served between 1986 and 1989.[5] Then he was appointed Swedish ambassador to the United States and was in office until 25 January 1993 when he was replaced by Henrik Liljegren in the post.[9] He served as the Swedish ambassador to the Vatican City State in 1996.[10] Next Thunborg was named as the Swedish ambassador to Greece in 1997.[9] It was his last diplomatic post which he could hold just for a few months because of asthma problems.[3][11]

In addition to his diplomatic service Thunborg was the chairman of the Swedish Motorcycle Association.[12] He published several articles in Finnish international relations magazine Ulkopolitiikka.[1]

Personal life and death

His wife was Ingalill Thunborg.[13] Anders Thunborg died in December 2004.[5]

References
  1. Ingemar Lindahl (1988). The Soviet Union and the Nordic Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone Proposal. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 108–109. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-09320-5_7. ISBN 978-1-349-09322-9.
  2. "Ambassadör Anders Thunborg har avlidit". SVT (in Swedish). 10 December 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. "Motorbike racer became Swedish ambassador". The Globe and Mail. Associated Press. 4 December 2004. ProQuest 383714867. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. Ola Tunander (1999). "The Uneasy Imbrication of Nation-State and NATO: The Case of Sweden". Cooperation and Conflict. 34 (2): 179. doi:10.1177/00108369921961825. S2CID 155052521.
  5. "Anders Thunborg död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 10 December 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. "Swedish Defense Chief Gives Up His Job". The New York Times. 2 December 1982. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. "När Palme dog gick även livlinan till Nato i graven". Press Norrköping (in Swedish). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. "Swedish minister quits". The Gazette. Stockholm. Reuters. 6 February 1985. ProQuest 431195118. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  9. "Henrik Liljegren is new Swedish Ambassador to the U.S." Vestkusten. No. 2. UCR. 1 February 1993. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. "Address of his Holiness John Paul II TO H.E. Mr. Anders Thunborg Ambassador of Sweden to The Holy See". Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 6 July 1996. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  11. "Deaths of Note". The Herald. Associated Press. 12 December 2004. p. 3B. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. Michael Kilian (21 May 1989). "Count Wilhelm Wachtmeister, Swedish ambassador to the". Chicago Tribune. Washington DC. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  13. "Author peddling computer-assisted novel". Tampa Bay Times. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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