Arne Fältheim

Fältheim was born on 5 August 1923 in Helsingborg, Sweden, the son of Bror Fältheim, an accountant, and his wife Astrid (née Håkansson). He had one sister, Margit Rimborg. He earned a Master of Political Science degree from Lund University in 1948 and studied at the Graduate Institute in Geneva in 1949. ==Career==

After completing practical training at the chambers of commerce in London, Paris, and Vienna, Fältheim was appointed attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in 1949. In 1960, he represented Sweden as delegate to the Customs Conference in Geneva. He was then appointed first secretary of the EEC delegation in Brussels in 1962 and became embassy counselor there in 1963. In 1965, he was posted to London as commercial counselor. He represented Sweden as Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe from 1971 to 1976 and was appointed ambassador in 1971. From 1976 to 1981, he served as ambassador to Kuala Lumpur and Rangoon. Between 1981 and 1983, he was ambassador-at-large for the Indian Ocean, covering Aden, Antananarivo, Mogadishu, Moroni, Port Louis, and Victoria, with his station at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. From 1983 to 1988, he was posted in Nairobi, overseeing Bujumbura, Kampala, and Kigali, while also serving as Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Later, from 1991 to 1994, he was regional head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in the former Yugoslavia. ==Personal life==

In 1960, Fältheim married Ulla Wallin. After retirement in 1988, he settled with his wife in Arcangues, France. ==Death==

Fältheim died on 10 July 2001 in Arcangues, France. ==Awards and decorations==

• For Zealous and Devoted Service of the Realm (22 August 1979) • Knight of the Order of the Polar Star (1967) • Knight of the Order of Leopold II ==References==