August Ekengren

Ekengren in 1917.

Wilhelm August Ferdinand Ekengren (10 November 1861 – 26 November 1920) was a Swedish diplomat. He was envoy of Sweden to the United States from 1912 to 1920.[1]

Career

Ekengren was born in Stockholm, Sweden to Vilhelm Ferdinand Ekengren (1835-1923) and his wife Augusta Bachertz.[2] Ekengren graduated from Uppsala University in 1895 and began his diplomatic career in 1896. He was vice consul in Rouen in 1896,[3] which was followed by appointments as vice consul in Bordeaux and vice consul Le Havre and consul in Lübeck.[1]

Ekengren was vice consul in New York City from 1899 to 1900 and from 1902 to 1903.[3] He was second secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1905 and legation secretary in Washington, D.C. in 1906 (thereunder serving longer periods as chargé d'affaires). He became legation counsellor there in 1910 and was envoy from March 1912.[2] During World War I when diplomatic relations with the Austro-Hungarian Empire were severed, he was in charge of relations between Austria-Hungary and the United States.[1]

Personal life

In 1909 he married Laura Wolcott Jackson.[1][4] He died on 26 November 1920 in Washington, D.C. after a brief illness. Funeral services was held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.[1] Ekengren's remains was then brought to Sweden on the American battleship USS New Hampshire which arrived in Stockholm on 15 February 1921.[3] He was buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Solna Municipality.[5]

Dates of appointment

Ekengren's dates of appointment:[6]

Awards and decorations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Wilhelm Ekengren, Swedish Envoy, Dies. Minister Succumbs at Washington Legation After Brief Illness at 59. Diplomat For 25 Years. During the War He Was in Charge of Austro-Hungarian Affairs In the United States". The New York Times. November 27, 1920. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  2. 1 2 Vem var det?: biografier över bortgångna svenska män och kvinnor samt kronologisk förteckning över skilda ämbetens och tjänsters innehavare [Who was it?: biographies of deceased Swedish men and women and chronological list of different office and services holders] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1944. p. 54.
  3. 1 2 3 Westrin, Th. (1923). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi. Bd 35 (in Swedish) (Ny, rev. och rikt ill. uppl. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. p. 485. LIBRIS 8072220.
  4. ↑ Key, Helmer (1920). En amerikaresa 1920 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. p. 410. LIBRIS 1654244.
  5. ↑ "Norra begravningsplatsen, kvarter 11B, gravnummer 69" (in Swedish). Hittagraven.se. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ekengren har blifvit utnämnd till Sveriges envoyé i Washington" [Ekengren has been appointed Sweden's envoy in Washington]. Vestkusten (in Swedish) (14). San Francisco & Mill Valley, California. 4 April 1912. p. 1. LIBRIS 4085814.
  7. 1 2 3 Sveriges statskalender för år 1915 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1915. p. 168.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Albert Ehrensvärd		 Envoy of Sweden to the United States
1912–1920 		Succeeded by
Axel Wallenberg
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