Anders Thunborg Explained

Office:Minister of Defense
Term Start:December 1983
Term End:1985
Predecessor:Börje Andersson
Primeminister:Olof Palme
Birth Name:Anders Ingemar Thunborg
Birth Date:9 June 1934
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse:Ingalill Thunborg
Occupation:Diplomat

Anders Thunborg (9 June 1934 – 3 December 2004) was a Swedish social democratic politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister between 1983 and 1985. He was also Swedish ambassador to the United Nations, Moscow, Washington and the Vatican City. He was one of the senior experts on Nordic security.

Biography

Thunborg was born in 1934.[1] In the 1950s he was a motorcycle racer.[2]

He was state secretary at the Ministry of Defense between 1969 and 1974.[3] Then he was named as the Sweden's ambassador to the United Nations which he held until 1983 when he was appointed minister of defense to the second cabinet of Olof Palme. Thunborg replaced Borje Andersson who resigned from the post on 2 December 1983.[4] Thunborg resigned from office in 1985.[5] [6] The reason for his resignation was the remarks by Foreign Minister Lennart Bodström about the Swedish military force.[6]

Thunborg's next post was ambassador to the Soviet Union which he served between 1986 and 1989. Then he was appointed Swedish ambassador to the United States and was in office until 25 January 1993 when he was replaced by Henrik Liljegren in the post.[7] He served as the Swedish ambassador to the Vatican City State in 1996.[8] Next Thunborg was named as the Swedish ambassador to Greece in 1997.[7] It was his last diplomatic post which he could hold just for a short period because of his asthma problems.[2] [9]

In addition to his diplomatic service Thunborg was the chairman of the Swedish Motorcycle Association.[10] He published several articles in Finnish international relations magazine Ulkopolitiikka.[11]

Personal life and death

His wife was Ingalill Thunborg.[12] Anders Thunborg died in December 2004.[13]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ambassadör Anders Thunborg har avlidit. SVT. 10 December 2004. 12 August 2021. sv.
  2. News: Motorbike racer became Swedish ambassador. Associated Press. The Globe and Mail. 17 October 2021. 4 December 2004. .
  3. Ola Tunander. The Uneasy Imbrication of Nation-State and NATO: The Case of Sweden. 34. Cooperation and Conflict. 1999. 2. 179. 10.1177/00108369921961825. 155052521.
  4. News: Swedish Defense Chief Gives Up His Job. The New York Times. 12 August 2021. 2 December 1982. 5.
  5. News: När Palme dog gick även livlinan till Nato i graven. Press Norrköping. 12 August 2021. 2 November 2020. sv.
  6. News: Swedish minister quits. 17 October 2021. The Gazette. Reuters. 6 February 1985. Stockholm. .
  7. News: Henrik Liljegren is new Swedish Ambassador to the U.S.. 12 August 2021. Vestkusten. 2. UCR. 1 February 1993.
  8. Web site: Address of his Holiness John Paul II TO H.E. Mr. Anders Thunborg Ambassador of Sweden to The Holy See. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 12 August 2021. 6 July 1996.
  9. News: Deaths of Note. 18 July 2023. The Herald. Associated Press. 12 December 2004. 3B.
  10. News: Michael Kilian. Chicago Tribune. Count Wilhelm Wachtmeister, Swedish ambassador to the. 12 August 2021. 21 May 1989. Washington DC.
  11. Book: Ingemar Lindahl. The Soviet Union and the Nordic Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone Proposal. 1988. Palgrave Macmillan. London. 978-1-349-09322-9. 10.1007/978-1-349-09320-5_7. 108–109.
  12. News: Author peddling computer-assisted novel. Tampa Bay Times . 12 August 2021 . 13 October 2005.
  13. News: Anders Thunborg död. 12 August 2021. Aftonbladet. 10 December 2004. sv.