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Mikael Lindström. Photo: Xie Fei

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Mr Mikael Lindström
Photo: Xie Fei

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Ambassaden / The Embassy

The Ambassador

Curriculum Vitae, Ambassador Mikael Lindstrom

Born: 20 August 1944, Solna, Sweden

Marital Status/family: Married to Mrs. Kerstin Lindstrom, nee Davidson. Three Children: Oskar, Sofia and Olof

Academic

1967 Juris kandidat-examen (law degree), Uppsala University
1968-69 Ford Foundation Fellow in International Law
1968-69 United States Fulbright-Hays Scholarship
Master of Laws degree (LL.M.), Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, U.S.A.
1970 Filosofie kandidat-examen (economics degree), Uppsala University

Employment

1969-70 Amanuensis in international law, Uppsala University
1970 Foreign service officer, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1973-76 Second Secretary, Embassy of Sweden, Rabat
1976-79 First Secretary, Embassy of Sweden, Paris
1979-81 Head of Section for European Coal and Steel Community, Trade Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1981-83 Head of Section for Nuclear and Non-proliferation Affairs, Political Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1983-87 First Secretary, Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C.
1987-89 Deputy Head of Department for Trade with Africa, Asia and Latin America, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1989-90 Deputy Head of Department for Multilateral Trade Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1990-94 Minister Plenipotentiary and Uruguay Round negotiator, Swedish Delegation to the International Organisations in Geneva
1990-94 Member of Working Group on China's Accession to GATT (WTO)
1994-98 Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta
1998-2000 Head of the Trade Minister's office (rank of Ambassador), Stockholm
2000-02 Chief Co-ordinator for Trade and Investment Promotion, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm
2002-06

Ambassador to Japan, Tokyo

2006- Ambassador to China, Beijing
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