Harald Sandberg (born March 12, 1950) is a Swedish diplomat and civil servant who served as Swedish ambassador to Indonesia (1998–2003),[1] East Timor (2002–2003)[2] and South Korea (2003–2005). Having acted as an observer in the 1999 East Timorese elections and headed up the Swedish response to the 2002 Bali bombing,[3] Sandberg was selected in July 2006 by the Swedish government to head up its mission to evacuate Swedish citizens from war ravaged Lebanon. Sandberg is currently acting as Head of Human Resources for the Swedish foreign service.[4]
In September 2005, Ambassador Sandberg received a decoration from the Korean national Red Cross for his work for Human Rights in North Korea [5]