What is Axel Lewenhaupt?
Count '''Axel Charles Emil Lewenhaupt''' (27 May 1917 – 20 November 2018) was a Swedish [[diplomat]] and [[Master of Ceremonies (Sweden)|Grand Master of Ceremonies]] at the [[Royal Court of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/den-heliga-birgitta-far-sallskap-av-elisabeth/ |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |title=Den heliga Birgitta får sällskap av Elisabeth |trans-title=Saint Birgitta is joined by Elisabeth |first=Peter |last=Loewe |date=2016-06-05 |access-date=22 July 2016 |language=Swedish}}</ref> He was born in [[Helsingborg]], Sweden. He was second secretary at the Foreign Ministry from 1948 to 1952 and first legation secretary in [[Madrid]] from 1952 to 1956. Lewenhaupt was first secretary at the Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 1958 and director at the Foreign Ministry from 1958 to 1960. Lewenhaupt was embassy counsellor in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 1960 to 1962 and ambassador in [[Kinshasa|Leopoldville]] from 1962 to 1963. Lewenhaupt was acting head of the political department at the Foreign Ministry from 1964 to 1965 and its administrative department from 1965 to 1967. He was ambassador in [[Bangkok]], [[Yangon|Rangoon]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] and [[Singapore]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |date=1968 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=Swedish |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0570.html |page=554}}</ref> He died in November 2018. He was 101 years old.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/familj/minnesord-axel-lewenhaupt-1/ |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |title=Minnesord: Axel Lewenhaupt |first1=Hans |last1=Ewerlöf |first2=Lars |last2=Grundberg |first3=Johan |last3=Molander |first4=Christer |last4=Sylvén |first5=Magnus |last5=Vahlquist |date=2018-12-10 |access-date=17 December 2018 |language=Swedish}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewenhaupt, Axel}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category