Lars Hedström.

About Lars Hedström

Lars Erik Hedström was a Swedish diplomat who served the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for nearly four decades. After taking a law degree at Uppsala University and completing his clerkship, he joined the ministry in 1947. He served in London and Copenhagen, became consul in San Francisco in 1957, and in 1963 was appointed deputy head of the Department for International Law, with the rank of director-general for legal affairs. There, he worked on international treaty issues, including continental shelf matters. He was later appointed ambassador to Tunis and Tripoli (1967–1972), Addis Ababa (1972–1975), and Bucharest (1976–1979). From 1979 to 1985 he served as ambassador to Canberra, with concurrent accreditations in the Pacific.