Jens Malling
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Jens Henrik Peder Arnold Malling (11 April 1909 – 25 January 1969) was a Swedish diplomat. After finishing his university studies, Malling became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1938. He then served within the Swedish foreign service for over 30 years.
Career
Malling was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Henrik Malling and his wife Ingrid (née Asklund). He passed studentexamen in Lund in 1928 and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1932, a Politices Magister (MA in political science) degree in 1938 and a Candidate of Law degree in 1938.[1] Malling became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1938 and served in Rome the same year and in Chicago in 1939 and in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Malling was acting second vice consul in New York City in 1943 and second secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1944.[1]
Malling was first vice consul in Hamburg in 1946 and first legation secretary and acting chargé d’affaires in Vienna in 1946. He served as first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1948 and was secretary in the Committee on Foreign Affairs in 1950.[1] Malling was then legation counselor and chargé d’affaires in Tel Aviv in 1953[2] and mediator at the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Korea in 1955.[1]
Malling was appointed envoy in Tel Aviv in 1956 and was ambassador in Jakarta and non-resident ambassador in Manila from 1956 to 1959 as well as non-resident ambassador in Kuala Lumpur from 1958 to 1959. He was then minister at the UN delegation in New York City in 1959 and resident at the representation of UN's technical assistance operations in Iraq from 1959 to 1961. Malling succeeded Carl Douglas as ambassador in Rio de Janeiro in 1961 after Douglas had died in a car accident there on 21 January.[3] He became honorary chairman of the Swedish-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in 1961.[4] Malling stayed as ambassador there until 1965 before becoming ambassador in The Hague in 1966.[2] Malling died suddenly on 25 January 1969.[5][6] He was buried at the Northern Cemetery in Lund.[6]
Malling had been described by Jan Mårtenson as being a "chubby, white-haired and blue-eyed bachelor, jovial and humorous, a little of an aging cherub".[7]
Awards and decorations
Malling's awards:[1]
- Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
- Commander of the Order of Merit of Argentina (Orden Al Mérito)
- Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross
- Commander of the Order of St. Olav
- Second Class of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
- Officer of the Order of Civil Merit
- Knight of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
References
- ^ a b c d e Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 889. SELIBR 53509.
- ^ a b Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 641. SELIBR 3681519.
- ^ "Jens Malling Rio-ambassadör". Vestkusten (in Swedish). No. 17. San Francisco & Oakland, Cal. 27 April 1961. p. 1. SELIBR 4085814. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. p. 892.
- ^ "Curt återvände till Asige". Hallandsposten (in Swedish). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Malling, Jens Henrik Peder Arnold" (in Swedish). Svenskagravar.se. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Mårtenson, Jan; Öström, Arne (2014). Att kyssa ett träd (in Swedish). Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN 9789146222477. SELIBR 13414072.
- CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
- 1909 births
- 1969 deaths
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Israel
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Indonesia
- Ambassadors of Sweden to the Philippines
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Malaysia
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Brazil
- Ambassadors of Sweden to the Netherlands
- People from Stockholm
- Knights of the Order of the Polar Star