Ambassador Ulf Hjertonsson has worked for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 1965. His career in the Swedish foreign service has included a number of key appointments, both in Stockholm and abroad.Most recently, from 2001 to 2006, he was Ambassador of Sweden in Helsinki, Finland. Prior to this, he served as Special Adviser to the Foreign Minister and Chairman of the EU-US Task Force during the Swedish EU Presidency in 2001.Previous appointments include Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in 1995; Ambassador of Sweden in Madrid, Spain, in 1989; Minister at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC in 1985; Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1984; and Assistant Under-Secretary for Political Affairs in 1983.His first diplomatic assignment was at the Swedish Embassy in Santiago de Chile, followed by the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York in 1967, and the Swedish delegation to the European Communities in Brussels in 1978.Ulf Hjertonsson has a special interest in language and literature and has published a number of literary translations, including works by Pablo Neruda and Michel Tournier.He is married to Mrs. Karin Oldfelt Hjertonsson. They have two children, Johan and Katarina.> Contact the Consul General's Office