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Karin Olofsdotter (diplomat)

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Karin Olofsdotter and Alf Karlsson, 2017

Karin Olofsdotter is a Swedish diplomat, and Swedish Ambassador to the United States.

Career

She studied at University of California, Los Angeles. In 1994, she entered the Swedish Foreign Service.[1] From 2008 and 2011, she was Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, D.C. From 2011 to August 2014, she was Swedish Ambassador to Hungary.[2] 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".[3]

She served at the Swedish NATO Delegation and the Swedish EU Representative.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Xpat Interview: Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador To Hungary". Xpat. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Karin Olofsdotter". AIDEX 2017. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. ^ "Budapest - Hungary Dedicates Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park". www.vosizneias.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  4. ^ Radio, Sveriges (2017-06-25). "Uppgifter: Karin Olofsdotter ny ambassadör i Washington - Nyheter (Ekot)". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-12-07.