Johan Hultman

Hultman was born on 10 April 1876 in Malmö, Sweden, the son of Johan Hultman, a factory owner, and his wife Eveline (née Svensson).[1] He passed studentexamen in 1893 and after a few years of employment in a store, Hultman devoted himself to studying abroad for some years.[2] He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Uppsala University in 1903 with a major in language[2] and a Juris utriusque candidate degree in 1905.[1]

Hultman served as an assistant at the Ministry of Finance in 1905 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1906.[1] He served as an attaché in London in 1906 and then in Cape Town.[2] Hultman was then vice consul in Saint Petersburg and Arkhangelsk in 1909 and consul general in Shanghai in 1911.

Consul General Johan Hultman carried in sedan chair in honorary procession in Jiaozhou, China, 1912

In 1912 not long after his arrival in Shanghai Hultman traveled to Jiaozhou in Shandong province and took part in the groundbreaking of a new church built under the leadership of Johan Alfred Rinell, a member of the Baptist Union of Sweden. Hultman expressed his appreciation of the Baptist Union of Sweden's church work including the establishment of schools and a medical clinic in Shandong on behalf of the Chinese people.[3]

Hultman was chargé d'affaires in Helsinki in 1920 and consul general in Hamburg in 1921. He was then envoy in Tokyo in from 1928 to 1936, envoy in Beijing from 1929 to 1936 (accredited from Tokyo) and envoy in Bangkok from 1931 to 1936 (accredited from Tokyo).[1]

In 1910 he married Ella Eklund (1881–1952), the daughter of the pharmacist Edward Eklund and Gretchen (née Winge).[4] Hultman was the father of Brita (1912–1975).[1]

Hultman died on 9 November 1958 and was buried at the Old Cemetery in his hometown Malmö.[5]

Hultman's awards:[1]

• Commander First Class of the Order of the Polar Star
• Commander First Class of the Order of Vasa
• First Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
• First Class of the Order of Brilliant Jade
• First Class of the Order of the Crown of Siam
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic
• Second Class of the Order of the Golden Grain
• Knight Third Class of the Order of Saint Anna
• Knight Third Class of the Order of Saint Stanislaus