Carl Tham
Carl Gustav Wilhelm Tham (born July 5, 1939 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish politician and diplomat .
Life
He studied literature and history at Stockholm University . In 1969 he became general secretary of the liberal Swedish party Folkpartiet . In the 1976 Reichstag elections , he was elected to the Swedish Reichstag . He was a member of the Reichstag until 1982. At the same time he took on the role of State Secretary in the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1978 and was then Minister of Energy from 1978/1979. From 1979 to 1981 he was special advisor to the Foreign Minister for questions of development aid and finally until 1982 State Secretary for Development Aid in the Foreign Ministry.
From 1982 he was Director General of the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation until he became Swedish Minister for Education and Science in 1994. Tham remained minister until 1998 and in 1999 took over the function of general secretary of the International Olof Palme Center.
In 2002 he became the Swedish ambassador to Germany . He held this position until 2006.
In 2008 he was part of the so-called education, training and science competence team of the Hamburg SPD candidate for mayor Michael Naumann .
Tham has various honorary functions. He was chairman of the House of Dance Foundation, Stockholm, the Central Committee for the Promotion of Artists and the Board of Directors of the Swedish Institute for Future Studies.
family
Carl Tham is married to Carin Norberg , the director of the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation.
Awards
Tham expressed himself to reject medal awards on principle. Against this background, in 2003 he also refused to be awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit, which led to irritation.
Works
- Europe 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall , Fürstenfeldbruck, 2005
- Berlin Republic , Stockholm, 2011
Web links
- Tham, Carl, SE Ambassador, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden on gut-goedelitz.de
- Biography on www.fize.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Rose, Naumann presents competent consultants from January 10, 2008 from www.hh-heute.de
- ↑ Sven Lemkemeyer, Ambassador regrets confusion about the Cross of Merit in Der Tagesspiegel, published online on August 15, 2003
Ingvar Carlsson | Jörgen Andersson | Leif Blomberg | Laila Freivalds | Sten Heckscher (1994–1996) | Anna Hedborg | Mats Hellström | Lena Hjelm-Wallén | Ylva Johansson | Anna Lindh | Jan Nygren | Göran Persson | Thage G. Peterson | Mona Sahlin (1994-1995) | Pierre Schori | Anders Sundström | Ingela Thalén | Carl Tham | Marita Ulvskog | Ines Uusmann | Margareta Winberg
Göran Persson | Annika Åhnberg (1996-1998) | Jörgen Andersson (1996–1998) | Berit Andnor (from 2002) | Erik Åsbrink (1996-1999) | Ibrahim Baylan (from 2004) | Leni Björklund (from 2002) | Leif Blomberg (1996–1998, †) | Thomas Bodström (from 2000) | Jan Eliasson (from 2006) | Lars Engqvist (1998-2004) | Laila Freivalds (1996-2006) | Lena Hallengren (from 2002) | Lena Hjelm-Wallén (1996-2002) | Barbro Holmberg (from 2003) | Cärin Jämtin (from 2003) | Morgan Johansson (from 2002) | Ylva Johansson (1996–1998) and (2004–2006) | Hans Karlsson (from 2002) | Jan O. Karlsson (2002-2003) | Maj-Inger Klingvall (1996-2001) | Kjell Larsson (1998-2002) | Anna Lindh (1996–2003, †) | Lars-Erik Lövdén (1998-2004) | Gunna Lund (2002-2004) | Ulrica brass | Pär Nuder (from 2002) | Ann-Christin Nykvist (from 2002) | Jens Orback (from 2004) | Sven-Erik Österberg (from 2004) | Thomas Östros | Leif Pagrotsky | Thage G. Peterson (1996-1998) | Bosse Ringholm (from 1999) | Björn Rosengren (1998–2002) | Mona Sahlin (from 1998) | Pierre Schori (1996-1999) | Lena Sommestad (from 2002) | Anders Sundström (1996-1998) | Ingel Thalén (1999-2002) | Carl Tham (1996-1998) | Marita Ulvskog (1996-2004) | Ines Uusmann (1996–1998) | Björn von Sydow (1996–2002) | Margot Wallström (1996-1998) | Ingegerd Wärnersson (1998–2002) | Margareta Winberg (1996-2003)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Mats Hellström |
Swedish Ambassador in Berlin 2002–2006 |
Ruth Jacoby |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tham, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tham, Carl Gustav Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |