Wilhelm Winther

Otto Wilhelm Winther (29 November 1891 – 5 April 1983) was a Swedish diplomat.

Biography

Winther was born in Helsingborg, Sweden and was the son of a merchant Otto Jönsson and Christina Winther. He passed his student exam in 1909 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Lund University in 1913. He was then a law clerk at Luggude judicial district from 1913 to 1914. Winther became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1916 and served at the Swedish mission in London in 1918 and was second secretary there in 1919. He was secretary to the Foreign Minister in 1920 and secretary of legation in Christiania in 1923. He was director at the Foreign Ministry's political department in 1924, and counsellor of the legation in Paris in 1928. Winther was envoy in Ankara, Athens and Sofia in 1934, Moscow in 1938, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Asunción in 1940, Prague in 1947, Madrid in 1951 and was ambassador there from 1956 to 1958.[1]

He was also representative at the International Aviation Conference in 1925, the conference for the repeal of export and import restrictions in Paris in 1929, the conference regarding the marketing of agricultural production in Paris in 1931, Bureau of International Expositions in Paris from 1931 to 1934, the International Council for German refugees in Lausanne in 1933, chairman of the Swedish delegation in trade negotiations with Czechoslovakia in 1947, and representative in trade negotiations with Spain from 1952 to 1956.[1] Winther was also the chairman of the Association of the Friends of the Postal Museum (Föreningen Postmusei Vänner) 1958-67 and became an honorary member in 1967.[2]

In 1922 Winther married Cornelia Kuylenstierna (born 1897), daughter of major Osvald Kuylenstierna and Elisabeth, née Hammarberg. He was the father of Otto (born 1923), Jan (born 1924), Wiveka (born 1928), Henry (born 1936) and Christian (born 1940).[1] Winther died on 5 April 1983 and was buried on 27 May 1983 at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.[3]

Awards

Winther's awards:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1965). Vem är vem?. 3, Götaland, utom Skåne, Halland, Blekinge [Who is Who?. 3, Götaland, except Scania, Halland, Blekinge] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. pp. 1137–1138.
  2. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 1115. ISBN 91-1-766022-X.
  3. "Norra begravningsplatsen, kvarter 11C, gravnummer 25" (in Swedish). Hittagraven.se. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Erik Boheman
Envoy of Sweden to Turkey
1934–1937
Succeeded by
Eric Gyllenstierna
Preceded by
Erik Boheman
Envoy of Sweden to Greece
1934–1937
Succeeded by
Eric Gyllenstierna
Preceded by
Erik Boheman
Envoy of Sweden to Bulgaria
1934–1935
Succeeded by
Patrik Reuterswärd
Preceded by
Eric Gyllenstierna
Envoy of Sweden to Soviet Union
1938–1940
Succeeded by
Vilhelm Assarsson
Preceded by
Einar Modig
Envoy of Sweden to Argentina
1940–1946
Succeeded by
Carl Olof Gisle
Preceded by
Einar Modig
Envoy of Sweden to Uruguay
1940–1946
Succeeded by
Carl Olof Gisle
Preceded by
Einar Modig
Envoy of Sweden to Paraguay
1940–1946
Succeeded by
Carl Olof Gisle
Preceded by
Torsten Hammarström
Envoy of Sweden to Czechoslovakia
1947–1950
Succeeded by
Sven Allard
Preceded by
Nils Berencreutz
Envoy of Sweden to Spain
1951–1956
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ambassador of Sweden to Spain
1956–1958
Succeeded by
Herbert Ribbing
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