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{{Short description|Swedish diplomat (born 1966)}}
[[File:Informal meeting of competitiveness and telecommunications ministers (COMPET). Round table Karin Olofsdotter and Alf Karlsson (35161857764).jpg|alt=|thumb|Karin Olofsdotter and Alf Karlsson, 2017]]
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'''Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter''' is a Swedish diplomat, and [[Swedish Ambassador to the United States]].<ref name="The Male Dominance in Diplomacy Is Changing">{{cite web | url=https://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=180330&CultureCode=en | title=The Male Dominance in Diplomacy Is Changing | publisher=University of Gothenburg | date=25 October 2017 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>
{{Patronymic name|Karin|Olofsdotter}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Karin Olofsdotter
|image = Governor Dayton meets with Swedish Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter (cropped).jpg
|imagesize = 165px
|caption = Olofsdotter in 2018
|office = [[List of ambassadors of Sweden to Russia|Ambassador of Sweden to Russia]]
|term_start = 15 August 2023
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[Malena Mård]]
|successor =

|office2 = [[List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States|Ambassador of Sweden to the United States]]
|term_start2 = 2017
|term_end2 = 14 August 2023
|predecessor2 = Björn Lyrvall
|successor2 = [[Urban Ahlin]]
|office3 = [[List of ambassadors of Sweden to Hungary|Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary]]
|term_start3 = 2011
|term_end3 = 2014
|predecessor3 = Cecilia Björner
|successor3 = Niclas Trouvé
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|16}}
|birth_place = [[Sweden]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party =
|parents = Olle and Eivor Svensson
|alma_mater = [[Lund University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], 1994)<br>[[University of California, Los Angeles]]
|footnotes=<ref name=allgov>{{Cite web |accessdate=2020-02-07 |title=Ambassador of Sweden to the United States: Who Is Karin Olofsdotter?
|date=December 3, 2017
|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/ambassador-of-sweden-to-the-united-states-who-is-karin-olofsdotter-171203?news=860379}}</ref>
}}

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'''Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter''' (born June 16, 1966) is a Swedish diplomat and [[Swedish Ambassador to the Russian Federation]]. She was [[Swedish Ambassador to the United States]] from 2017 to 2023.<ref name="The Male Dominance in Diplomacy Is Changing">{{cite web | url=https://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=180330&CultureCode=en | title=The Male Dominance in Diplomacy Is Changing | publisher=[[University of Gothenburg]] | date=25 October 2017 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> She started her role as Ambassador of Sweden to the United States on September 1, 2017.


==Career==
==Career==
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Karin Olofsdotter entered the Foreign Service in 1994, and served as Chief of Staff to several Swedish Foreign Ministers and as Director of the Ministers Office in Stockholm before joining the Embassy in Washington.<ref name="Xpat Interview: Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador To Hungary">{{cite web | url=http://www.xpatloop.com/interview/553 | title=Xpat Interview: Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador To Hungary | publisher=Xpat | date=19 April 2013 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Karin Olofsdotter älskar sitt uppdrag">{{cite web | url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/ImageVaultFiles/id_12448/cf_347/Karin_Olofsdotter-_Interview_in_Hallandsposten-_20.PDF | title=Karin Olofsdotter älskar sitt uppdrag | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>
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Olofsdotter studied at [[University of California, Los Angeles]].
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In 1994, she entered the [[Swedish Foreign Service]].<ref name="Xpat Interview: Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador To Hungary">{{cite web | url=http://www.xpatloop.com/interview/553 | title=Xpat Interview: Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador To Hungary | publisher=Xpat | date=19 April 2013 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Karin Olofsdotter älskar sitt uppdrag">{{cite web | url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/ImageVaultFiles/id_12448/cf_347/Karin_Olofsdotter-_Interview_in_Hallandsposten-_20.PDF | title=Karin Olofsdotter älskar sitt uppdrag | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>


In the past, Olofsdotter was the as director-general for trade in the Swedish Foreign Ministry.<ref name="Ambassador of Sweden to the United States: Who Is Karin Olofsdotter?">{{cite web | url=http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/ambassador-of-sweden-to-the-united-states-who-is-karin-olofsdotter-171203?news=860379 | title=Ambassador of Sweden to the United States: Who Is Karin Olofsdotter? | publisher=AllGOV | date=3 December 2017 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>
Before her assignment to Washington, D.C., Olofsdotter served as Director-General for Trade at the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]] in Sweden from September 1, 2016. Olofsdotter has also held the position of Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department for Promotion of Sweden, Trade and CSR in Stockholm in the two years prior.<ref name="Ambassador of Sweden to the United States: Who Is Karin Olofsdotter?">{{cite web | url=http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/ambassador-of-sweden-to-the-united-states-who-is-karin-olofsdotter-171203?news=860379 | title=Ambassador of Sweden to the United States: Who Is Karin Olofsdotter? | publisher=AllGOV | date=3 December 2017 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>


From 2008 and 2011, Olofsdotter was Deputy Chief of Mission in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Ambassador on the bright side of life">{{cite web | url=http://www.dteurope.com/diplomacy/interviews/ambassador-on-the-bright-side-of-life.html | title=Ambassador on the bright side of life | publisher=Diplomacy & Trade online | date=19 April 2013 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>
From 2011 to August 2014, Olofsdotter was Swedish Ambassador to [[Hungary]].<ref name="AIDEX 2017 2016">{{cite web | title=Karin Olofsdotter | website=AIDEX 2017 | date=2016-09-01 | url=https://www.aid-expo.com/speakers/karin-olofsdotter | access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> While in Hungary, on 9 September 2012, Olofsdotter attend the "dedication ceremony yesterday of the [[Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park]], which was held in the courtyard of the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest".<ref name="Budapest - Hungary Dedicates Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park">{{cite web | url=https://www.vosizneias.com/113288/2012/09/10/budapest-hungary-dedicates-raoul-wallenberg-memorial-park-against-a-backdrop-of-increased-anti-semitism/ | title=Budapest - Hungary Dedicates Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park | date=10 September 2012 | publisher=www.vosizneias.com | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> From 2008 and 2011, Olofsdotter was Deputy Chief of Mission in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Ambassador on the bright side of life2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dteurope.com/diplomacy/interviews/ambassador-on-the-bright-side-of-life.html|title=Ambassador on the bright side of life|date=19 April 2013|publisher=Diplomacy & Trade online|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>


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She has also served at the Swedish EU Representation in Brussels, Belgium, working with European security policy and defense issues. She chaired the EU's Political-Military Group during the Swedish Presidency of the EU in 2001. Prior to this she worked at the Swedish delegation to NATO.<ref name="Radio 2017">{{cite news | last=Arenander| first=Inger | title=Uppgifter: Karin Olofsdotter ny ambassadör i Washington |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |work=[[Dagens Eko]] | date=2017-06-25 | url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6724259 | language=sv | access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> Her first posting was in Moscow, Russia, where she was mainly responsible for covering Belarus.
From 2011 to August 2014, Olofsdotter was Swedish Ambassador to Hungary.<ref name="AIDEX 2017 2016">{{cite web | title=Karin Olofsdotter | website=AIDEX 2017 | date=2016-09-01 | url=https://www.aid-expo.com/speakers/karin-olofsdotter | access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref> While in Hungary, on 9 September 2012, Olofsdotter attend the "dedication ceremony yesterday of the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park, which was held in the courtyard of the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest".<ref name="Budapest - Hungary Dedicates Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park ">{{cite web | url=https://www.vosizneias.com/113288/2012/09/10/budapest-hungary-dedicates-raoul-wallenberg-memorial-park-against-a-backdrop-of-increased-anti-semitism/ | title=Budapest - Hungary Dedicates Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park | publisher=www.vosizneias.com | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>


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As a part of diplomatic outreach, Olofsdotter, with [[Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg]] was part of a town hall style meeting in Peters Township, south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<ref name="The Swedish ambassador’s search for answers in Trump country">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-swedish-ambassadors-searches-for-answers-in-trump-country/2017/11/05/6aab69be-bfe1-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html | title=The Swedish ambassador's search for answers in Trump country | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=5 November 2017 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>
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Olofsdotter served at the Swedish NATO Delegation and the Swedish EU Representative.<ref name="Radio 2017">{{cite web | last=Radio | first=Sveriges | title=Uppgifter: Karin Olofsdotter ny ambassadör i Washington - Nyheter (Ekot) | website=Sveriges Radio | date=2017-06-25 | url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6724259 | language=sv | access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>


Ambassador Olofsdotter has a B.A. in psychology, economics and Russian. She studied at the [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] Anderson School of Management and speaks Swedish, Russian, French and English.
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As a part of diplomatic outreach, Olofsdotter, with [[Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg]] was part of a town hall style meeting in Peters Township, south of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.<ref name="The Swedish ambassador’s search for answers in Trump country">{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-swedish-ambassadors-searches-for-answers-in-trump-country/2017/11/05/6aab69be-bfe1-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html?utm_term=.463db7078308 | title=The Swedish ambassador’s search for answers in Trump country | publisher=Washington Post | date=5 November 2017 | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>


== Media ==
In addition, Olofsdotter wrote, in some cases with other authors, research publications concerning economics and trade.<ref name="Karin Olofsdotter">{{cite web | url=https://sites.google.com/site/karinmolofsdotter/research | title=Karin Olofsdotter | publisher=Google Publications Search | accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>
On 22 July 2024, she acted as ''[[Sommar (radio program)|Sommar]]'' host.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/karin-olofsdotter-sommarpratare-2024|title=Karin Olofsdotter|publisher=Sveriges Radio|language=Swedish|date=22 July 2024|accessdate=23 July 2024}}</ref>

== Publications ==
* ''Sweden refused to impose a coronavirus lockdown. The country's ambassador explains why'', Los Angeles Times, 2020<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-05-02/sweden-coronavirus-voluntary-strategy | language=English | title=Sweden refused to impose a coronavirus lockdown. The country's ambassador explains why | date=May 2, 2020 | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | accessdate=March 13, 2023}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite web | title=Karin Olofsdotter - New Ambassador to the United | website=SwedenAbroad | date=2017-08-28 | url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Washington/Current-affairs/News/Karin-Olofsdotter---New-Ambassador-to-the-United-States-sys/ | ref={{sfnref | SwedenAbroad | 2017}} | access-date=2017-12-07}}
* {{cite web | title=Karin Olofsdotter - New Ambassador to the United | website=SwedenAbroad | date=2017-08-28 | url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Washington/Current-affairs/News/Karin-Olofsdotter---New-Ambassador-to-the-United-States-sys/ | ref={{sfnref | SwedenAbroad | 2017}} | access-date=2017-12-07 | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 8, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208191832/http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Washington/Current-affairs/News/Karin-Olofsdotter---New-Ambassador-to-the-United-States-sys/ }}
* {{cite web | title=The Swedish ambassador’s search for answers in Trump country | website=Washington Post | date=2017-11-05 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-swedish-ambassadors-searches-for-answers-in-trump-country/2017/11/05/6aab69be-bfe1-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html | ref={{sfnref | Washington Post | 2017}} | access-date=2017-12-07}}
* {{cite news | title=The Swedish ambassador's search for answers in Trump country | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2017-11-05 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-swedish-ambassadors-searches-for-answers-in-trump-country/2017/11/05/6aab69be-bfe1-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html | ref={{sfnref | Washington Post | 2017}} | access-date=2017-12-07}}

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Latest revision as of 19:48, 12 December 2024

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Karin, and not as Olofsdotter.
Karin Olofsdotter
Olofsdotter in 2018
Ambassador of Sweden to Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 August 2023
Preceded byMalena Mård
Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
In office
2017 – 14 August 2023
Preceded byBjörn Lyrvall
Succeeded byUrban Ahlin
Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary
In office
2011–2014
Preceded byCecilia Björner
Succeeded byNiclas Trouvé
Personal details
Born (1966-06-16) June 16, 1966 (age 58)
Sweden
Parent(s)Olle and Eivor Svensson
Alma materLund University (BA, 1994)
University of California, Los Angeles
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Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter (born June 16, 1966) is a Swedish diplomat and Swedish Ambassador to the Russian Federation. She was Swedish Ambassador to the United States from 2017 to 2023.[2] She started her role as Ambassador of Sweden to the United States on September 1, 2017.

Career

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Karin Olofsdotter entered the Foreign Service in 1994, and served as Chief of Staff to several Swedish Foreign Ministers and as Director of the Ministers Office in Stockholm before joining the Embassy in Washington.[3][4]

Before her assignment to Washington, D.C., Olofsdotter served as Director-General for Trade at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Sweden from September 1, 2016. Olofsdotter has also held the position of Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department for Promotion of Sweden, Trade and CSR in Stockholm in the two years prior.[5]

From 2011 to August 2014, Olofsdotter was Swedish Ambassador to Hungary.[6] While in Hungary, on 9 September 2012, Olofsdotter attend the "dedication ceremony yesterday of the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park, which was held in the courtyard of the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest".[7] From 2008 and 2011, Olofsdotter was Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, D.C.[8]

She has also served at the Swedish EU Representation in Brussels, Belgium, working with European security policy and defense issues. She chaired the EU's Political-Military Group during the Swedish Presidency of the EU in 2001. Prior to this she worked at the Swedish delegation to NATO.[9] Her first posting was in Moscow, Russia, where she was mainly responsible for covering Belarus.

As a part of diplomatic outreach, Olofsdotter, with Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was part of a town hall style meeting in Peters Township, south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[10]

Ambassador Olofsdotter has a B.A. in psychology, economics and Russian. She studied at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and speaks Swedish, Russian, French and English.

Media

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On 22 July 2024, she acted as Sommar host.[11]

Publications

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  • Sweden refused to impose a coronavirus lockdown. The country's ambassador explains why, Los Angeles Times, 2020[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Ambassador of Sweden to the United States: Who Is Karin Olofsdotter?". December 3, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Male Dominance in Diplomacy Is Changing". University of Gothenburg. October 25, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Xpat Interview: Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador To Hungary". Xpat. April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Karin Olofsdotter älskar sitt uppdrag" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  5. ^ "Ambassador of Sweden to the United States: Who Is Karin Olofsdotter?". AllGOV. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  6. ^ "Karin Olofsdotter". AIDEX 2017. September 1, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  7. ^ "Budapest - Hungary Dedicates Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park". www.vosizneias.com. September 10, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  8. ^ "Ambassador on the bright side of life". Diplomacy & Trade online. April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  9. ^ Arenander, Inger (June 25, 2017). "Uppgifter: Karin Olofsdotter ny ambassadör i Washington". Dagens Eko (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Swedish ambassador's search for answers in Trump country". The Washington Post. November 5, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  11. ^ "Karin Olofsdotter" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  12. ^ "Sweden refused to impose a coronavirus lockdown. The country's ambassador explains why". Los Angeles Times. May 2, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Cecilia Björner
 Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary
2011–2014 		Succeeded by
Niclas Trouvé
Preceded by
Björn Lyrvall
 Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
2017–2023 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador of Sweden to Russia
2023–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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