Carl-Johan Sundström

Carl-Johan Sundström (born July 1, 1902 in Hamina , † May 5, 1959 in Stockholm ) was a Finnish politician and diplomat .

Life

Carl-Johan Sundström studied odontology and was active in the trade union movement. From 1936 to 1940 he sat in parliament for the Social Democratic Party of Finland .

After the Winter War , he belonged to a group of six in this parliamentary group, which demanded peace with the Soviet Union and was therefore expelled from the party. They formed the Socialist Group . After the beginning of the Continuation War on June 22, 1941, he was arrested. After the end of the war in 1944, the Democratic Union of the Finnish People was founded , which he chaired from 1944 to 1946.

In September 1945 Sundström was appointed ambassador to the government of the Soviet Union under Stalin in Moscow , where he was accredited from 1947 to 1953; He was also ambassador to Romania , based in Moscow . From 1953 to 1959 he was ambassador to Beijing.

predecessor	Office	successor
Karl H. Wiik	Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Finnish People from 1944 to 1946	Jaakko W. Keto
Juho Kusti Paasikivi	Appointed Finnish Ambassador to Moscow September 1945 from 1947 to 1953	Åke Gartz
Eduard Hjalmar Palin	Finnish ambassador to Romania from 1949 to 1953	Åke Gartz
Helge von Knorring	Finnish ambassador to China 1953 to 1959	Hugo Valvanne

personal data
SURNAME	Sundström, Carl-Johan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sundstrom, Cay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish diplomat and politician, member of the Reichstag
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamina
DATE OF DEATH	May 5th 1959
Place of death	Stockholm