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Frank Belfrage
Office:State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Primeminister:Fredrik Reinfeldt
1Blankname:Minister
1Namedata:Carl Bildt
Term Start:6 October 2006
Term End:3 October 2014
Predecessor:Hans Dahlgren
Successor:Annika Söder
Office2:Ambassador of Sweden to France
Term Start2:December 2001
Term End2:6 October 2006
Predecessor2:Örjan Berner
Successor2:Gunnar Lund
Office3:Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Term Start3:1984
Term End3:1987
Predecessor3:Fredrik Bergenstråhle
Successor3:Lennart Alvin
Birth Name:Frank Kurt Claude Belfrage
Birth Date:13 March 1942
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Alma Mater:Stockholm School of Economics
Foreign Ministry Diplomat School

Frank Kurt Claude Belfrage (born 13 March 1942) is a Swedish economist and diplomat who was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 2006 and 2014, heading the Ministry for Foreign Affairs under then Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt. He was previously Ambassador of Sweden to the European Union from 1994 to 1999 and Ambassador of Sweden to France from 2001 to 2006.

Belfrage is a member of the noble Belfrage family. He is the son of diplomat Kurt-Allan Belfrage and his wife, Renée France Paule Puaux. He is the nephew of Leif Belfrage who was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 1967. He is married and has four daughters.

Belfrage was part of the 2016 SVT documentary "Springnotan"[1] revealing to the Swedish people how some of their political leaders hid money from tax authorities. Belfrage used a temporary tax amnesty, avoiding imprisonment, where his name was revealed.

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  1. http://www.svt.se/ug/ug-referens/springnotan "Springnotan"
  2. Web site: Medaljförläningar . . Medal presentations . 2016-01-28 . 2 February 2016 . Swedish . 2016-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205160159/http://www.kungahuset.se/press/pressmeddelanden/2016pressmeddelanden/medaljforlaningar.5.62bcead5151c413603e1364.html . dead .