Albert Ehrensvärd
Johan Jakob Albert Ehrensvärd (9 May 1867 – 6 March 1940) was a Swedish diplomat. He was Sweden's envoy to Washington D.C between 1910 and 1911. He became Sweden's Foreign Minister in Liberal leader and Prime Minister Karl Staaff's Second Cabinet. As Foreign Minister of Sweden he instituted reforms in the Swedish Foreign Service and worked to ease tensed relations with Czarist Russia.
Albert Ehrensvärd | |
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.jpg.webp) Ehrensvärd c. 1912 | |
| State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1906–1908 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Haraldsson Strömfelt |
| Succeeded by | Fredrik Ramel |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 October 1911 – 17 February 1914 | |
| Preceded by | Arvid Taube |
| Succeeded by | Knut Wallenberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johan Jacob Albert Ehrensvärd 9 May 1867 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Died | 6 March 1940 (aged 72) Lund, Sweden |
| Resting place | Uppenbarelsekyrkan |
| Relatives | Carl August Ehrensvärd (brother) |
| Education | Lund University |
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