Leif Öhrvall

Leif Hjalmar Öhrvall (born January 25, 1897 in Uppsala , † September 20, 1985 ) was a Swedish diplomat .

Life

Öhrvall was the son of the doctor Hjalmar Öhrwall and Elise Axelson. He passed the Bachelor of Arts in 1915. In 1919 he graduated with a law degree before being appointed attaché to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden in 1930. From 1931, Öhrvall worked in London, Vienna, Belgrade and Budapest. In 1934 he was appointed second secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 1934 foreign minister and in 1935 secretary in Buk and in 1937 in Sofia. Öhrvall was Chargé d'affaires in Lisbon in 1938, first Vice Consul in Oslo in 1941, Consul there in 1944 and served in the Foreign Ministry in 1945. He was then Consul in Baden-Baden in 1947, and Mission Councilor and Head of Mission in Tokyo in 1948 , Chargé d'affaires in Reykjavik 1951, there envoy 1953–1955, in Bogotá, Panama City and Quito 1955–1958. Öhrvall was ambassador to Dublin from 1958 to 1963 and from 1965 a member of the board of directors of the Hugo Alfvén Foundation.

Öhrvall died on September 20, 1985 and was buried on November 29, 1985 in the old Uppsala cemetery.

Awards

• Knight of the North Star Order (RNO)
• The Great Cross of the Colombian San Carlos Order (StkColSanCO)
• The Grand Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcons (StkIFO)
• Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland (KFinlLO)
• Commander of the Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (KNS: tOO)
• Commander of the Portuguese Order of Christ (KPKO)
• Officer of the Dutch Orange Nassau Order (OffNedONO)
• Officer of the Order of the Czechoslovak White Lion (OffTjslVLO)
• Knight of the Belgian Order of the Crown (RBKrO)
• Knight of the Order of the White Roses of Finland (RFinlVRO)
• Japanese rising sun of merit (JUSO)