Harald Pousette


Sven Harald Pousette was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life

Pousette was born on 18 June 1886 in Gävle, Sweden, the son of Captain Fredrik Pousette and his wife Valborg. He passed the reserve officer exam in 1907 and graduated with an administrative degree in Uppsala in 1908.

Career

Pousette became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs the same year. Pousette served in Washington, D.C. in 1909, was legation secretary in Brussels and The Hague in 1911 and was secretary of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1920.
He was first legation secretary in Tokyo in 1921, in Rome in 1924 and legation counsellor in 1928. Pousette was director at the Foreign Ministry in 1929 and legation counsellor in Berlin in 1934 and in London in 1938. He became minister plenipotentiary in 1941 and was chargé d'affaires ad interim in Tehran in 1941 and envoy there from 1945 to 1947 as well as in Reykjavík from 1947 to 1951.
Pousette was chairman of Alliance française from 1952 to 1959.

Personal life

In 1920 he married Cecilia Cedercrantz, the daughter of county governor and Elisabeth. He was the father of the diplomat Tage Pousette.
Pousette resided in at Hazeliusbacken 18 on Djurgården in Stockholm.

Death

Pousette died on 6 May 1975 in Stockholm. He was buried on 27 August 1975 at Lidingö Cemetery in Lidingö.

Awards and decorations

Pousette's awards:

Swedish

Foreign