Just how down is this guy?!

Introducing... Mr Sverker Åström!
The other day I was invited to listen to the one and only Swedish diplomat after Raul and Dag, Mr Sverker Åström! An honour on my part and extremely interesting. It was an evening of connecting diplomacy with communication, which really isn't that farfetched.

Mr Åström was properly introduced, having worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1039! He has lived through 2 world wars (b. 1915) and here is a couple of milestones in his career, where he has represented Sweden.

A global career
1940-1943 Moscow
1943-1946 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, STHLM
1946 -1948 Washington
1948 - 1953 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, STHLM
1953-1956 London
1964 - 1970 UN
1970 - 1972 Brussels
1972 - 1977 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, STHLM
1978 - 1982 Paris

Some quite heavy achievements
Not only did Mr Åström pull the great environmental conference in the UN in 1972, he has also been a known critic agains the US foregin policy. And aside from that, in his late 80s he has interpreted Michelangelos forgotten Love Poems!

Charm and Honesty
In short what Mr Åström declared was that besides being a decent civil servant, there are two attractive features in his line of work; Charm and Honesty. The quintessence being "The truth should always be persued, firm and engaged!"

Related Links:
Wikipedia on Mr Åstöm (in English)
Wikipedia on Mr Åsröm (in Swedish)
QX on Mr Åström
Kärleksdikter, Love Poems by Michelangelo, interpreted by Mr Sverker Åström