Fredrik Wetterqvist


Fredrik Wetterqvist is a Swedish diplomat and music administrator.
Fredrik Wetterqvist has been the Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 2017. Previously he was active as a diplomat at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he worked on questions related to the press, culture, and communication, as well as security policy. From 1998 to 2002 Wetterqvist was the First Secretary at the Swedish Embassy in Ottawa, and from 1995 to 1997, the Second Secretary at the Swedish Embassy in Tallinn.
From 2012 to 2016 Wetterqvist was the chair of Music Promotion Council at the Swedish Performing Rights Society. He also co-authored the Government Inquiry into International Cultural Relations, and was an expert for the Government Inquiry into Literature, “The Culture of Reading”

Selected bibliography

  • Wetterqvist, Fredrik. French security and defence policy: current developments and future prospects. FOA report. C. 1, 0281-0247 ; 10325. Stockholm: Dept. of Defence Analysis, National Defence Research Institute .
  • Wetterqvist, Fredrik; Johansson Lennart. Kriget vid Persiska viken 1990-91: förlopp, ärdomar och slutsatser. FOA report. A. 1, 0281-0204 ; 10026–1.4. Sundbyberg: Huvudavd. för försvarsanalys, FOA.
  • “Case Study of the Swedish Fighter Aircraft JAS Griffin” with Elisabeth Sköns in Forsberg Randall, ed.. The arms production dilemma: contraction and restraint in the world combat aircraft industry. CSIA studies in international security, 99-2091510-6 ; 7. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. . ISBN 0-262-06176-7
  • Wetterqvist, Fredrik. Försvarsindustriellt samarbete i Europa - organisationen IEPG. FOA report. A. 1, 0281-0204 ; 10032–1.3. Sundbyberg: Institution 13, Huvudavd. för försvarsanalys, FOA.
  • Internationella kulturutredningen. Internationella kulturutredningen 2003: betänkande. Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X ; 2003:121. Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. . ISBN 91-38-22046-6

Selected memberships and elected board positions

Current

Previous

  • Expert, Swedish Defence Commission
  • Executive member, Committee for the Promotion of Sweden Abroad, 2004-2012
  • Chair, NSU's Chief Information Officer's Group 2004-2012
  • Secretary and member, Jury for the Government Music Export Prize 2006-2012
  • Member, The Executive Committee for the Raoul Wallenberg Year 2012
  • Member, Delegation for the Swedish Language in Finland ”” 2007-2012
  • Sekretary, National committee for Sweden's Participation in EXPO 2010 Shanghai

Honours and Distinctions