Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt


Baron Israël Karl-Gustav "K-G" Eugène Lagerfelt was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life

Lagerfelt was born on 21 November 1909 in Jönköping, Sweden, the son of Captain, Baron Gustaf Adolf Lagerfelt and Baroness Gertrud. He received a Candidate of Law degree in 1932 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1935 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in 1935.

Career

Lagerfelt served in Helsinki in 1936 and in London in 1938 as well as at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1938. He was second secretary in 1939 and first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1943. Lagerfelt was first secretary in London in 1943 and in Paris in 1947 as well as at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1948. He was director at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1950. Lagerfelt was diplomatic representative in Japan in 1951 and envoy in Tokyo from 1952 to 1956 during the time of the case of Sweden v. Yamaguchi.
He then served as the Permanent Representative of Sweden to the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community in Luxembourg from 1956 to 1963, the Permanent Representative of Sweden to the Council of Europe from 1957 to 1963, and to the European Atomic Energy Community as well as the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1959 to 1963. Lagerfelt was ambassador in Vienna from 1964 to 1969 and in The Hague from 1969 to 1972. He was Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations in Geneva from 1972 to 1975 and was chairman of the council of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development from 1976 to 1977. Lagerfelt was consultant at the Volvo International Development Corporation from 1978 to 1979 and was chairman of the parliamentary Inter-American Development Bank investigations from 1980 to 1982. He was also deputy counsel and expert in the United Nations General Assembly in 1967, 1976 and 1977.

Personal life

In 1947 Lagerfelt married Sara Champion de Crespigny, the daughter of the British major Vierville Champion de Crespigny and Nora. In 1974 he married Monique Suetens, the daughter of the Belgian director Albert Suetens and Madeleine. Lagerfelt was the father of Caroline and Johan.
Lagerfelt was the owner of the mansion Säbylund in Kumla Municipality until his son Johan bought the property in 1970.

Death

Lagerfelt died on 11 December 1986 and was buried at Kumla Cemetery in Kumla.

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Honours