Lennart Nylander


Karl Lennart Hjalmar Nylander was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life

Nylander was born on 4 September 1901 in Edefors, Sweden, the son of Emil Nyland, a physician, and his wife Hedvig von Post. He passed studentexamen in Växjö in 1920 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1925 and a bachelor's degree in 1928. Nylander was Grand Marshal at the university's 450th anniversary in 1927.

Career

Nylander became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in 1928 and served at the [Consulate General of Sweden, New York (state)|New York City|Swedish Consulate General] in New York City the same year. Nylander then served as an attaché in Bern in 1930 and as second secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1933.
Nyland was a first legation secretary in Riga, Tallinn and Kovno from 1936 to 1938. Nylander became first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1938 and legation secretary in Moscow in 1940 and Director at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1942. In 1942, Nylander was posted in Berlin as trade counsellor, and in 1944 he was appointed legation secretary there. In 1945, Nylander was appointed consul general in New York City. He served 10 years as consul general before being appointed envoy at the Swedish Embassy in Mexico City in 1955. Nylander served as ambassador there from 1956 to 1962, also as non-resident ambassador to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Nylander was a board member of the Chesapeake Corp of Virginia, of the Swedish Seamen's Welfare Fund, Inc., and the Seamen of Sweden, Inc. in New York City. He was also an honorary member of the American Swedish Historical Foundation. Nylander was an honorary doctor of the Bard College in New York and Upsala College in New Jersey.

Personal life

Nylander was first married from 1929 to 1952 with Margareta Fjellander, the daughter of Gunnar Fjellander and Elisabeth Svedberg. In 1952 he married Inga Olsson, the daughter of Elis Olsson. He was the father of Carl, Anne Marie, Mary Anne, and Elisabeth. Nylander lived in retirement in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States.

Death

Nylander died of a stroke on 15 July 1966 at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States.

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign