Arvid Taube

Arvid Fredrik Taube (19 January 1853 – 14 October 1916) was a Swedish aristocrat who served as the foreign minister between 1909 and 1911 and also, held various diplomatic posts.

Arvid Taube
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1909–1911
Prime MinisterArvid Lindman
Preceded byEric Trolle
Succeeded byAlbert Ehrensvärd the Younger
Personal details
Born
Arvid Fredrik Taube

19 January 1853
Died14 October 1916(1916-10-14) (aged 63)
Alingsås, Älvsborg County, Sweden
NationalitySwedish

Biography

Taube was born on 19 January 1853.[1][2] He served as the head of the political department of the foreign ministry from 1892 to 1895.[3] His next post was the secretary to the cabinet between 1895 and 1900.[3]

He was the foreign minister for two years in the period of 1909–1911 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Arvid Lindman.[4] Taube replaced Eric Trolle in the post.[4] Taube's successor was Albert Ehrensvärd the Younger.[4] Before and after his post as foreign minister Taube was the ambassador of Sweden to Germany.[5]

Taube had a conservative political stance.[6] He was a supporter Germany, and when he was in office as foreign minister he proposed to establish a close alliance between Sweden and Germany against the Russian Empire in the case of war.[5] Taube also redesigned the foreign policy of Sweden due to the likelihood of war.[7]

Taube died in Alingsås on 14 October 1916.[1][2][8] He was buried there on 19 October.[2]

See also

References
  1. Tobias C. Bringmann (2012). Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer (in German). De Gruyter. p. 382. ISBN 978-3-11-095684-9.
  2. "Taube, Arvid Fredrik". svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. Chris Cook; Tim Kirk; Bob Moore (1989). "T". Sources in European Political History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 166. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-05098-7_20. ISBN 978-1-349-05100-7.
  4. Aryo Makko (2019). European Small States and the Role of Consuls in the Age of Empire. Leiden; Boston: Brill Nijhoff. pp. 225–226. doi:10.1163/9789004414389. ISBN 978-90-04-41437-2. S2CID 203203746.
  5. Rikard Bengtsson (2000). "Uncertainty, risk, and trust: The Swedish—German general staff negotiations of 1910". Diplomacy and Statecraft. 11 (2): 40, 50. doi:10.1080/09592290008406156. S2CID 154133227.
  6. Michael Jonas (2014). "Activism, Diplomacy and Swedish–German Relations during the First World War". New Global Studies. 8 (1): 39. doi:10.1515/ngs-2014-004.
  7. Claudiu-Lucian Topor (2011). "Germany's policy and the diplomatic agenda of Romanian neutrality (1914-1916). The Prospect of a plan for an alliance with Sweden". Revista Română de Studii Baltice şi Nordice. 3 (1): 136.
  8. Franklin D. Scott (June 1967). "Gustaf V and Swedish Attitudes toward Germany, 1915". The Journal of Modern History. 39 (2): 115. JSTOR 1877459.
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