Ragnvald Bagge

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Ragnvald Bagge
Born
Ragnvald R:son Bagge

(1903-11-12)12 November 1903
Quebec City, Canada
Died24 March 1991(1991-03-24) (aged 87)
Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
Other names"Kenty"[1]
Alma materStockholm University College
OccupationDiplomat
Years active1928–1969
Spouse
Susanna Lagerborg
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(m. 1948)​
Children4

Ragnvald Richardson (R:son) Bagge (12 November 1903 – 24 March 1991) was a Swedish diplomat. Bagge began his diplomatic career at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1928 as an attaché. He held early postings in Washington, D.C., Madrid, and Tokyo, and served as secretary to the minister for foreign affairs and later as secretary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He progressed through the ranks as legation counsellor in Helsinki, director at the Ministry, and chargé d'affaires and envoy in Bogotá and Panama City.

Bagge then served as embassy counsellor and minister plenipotentiary in Washington, D.C., before taking up envoy and ambassadorial positions in Tehran (also accredited to Baghdad and Karachi), Warsaw, Ottawa, and Copenhagen, concluding his career as ambassador in Copenhagen from 1965 to 1969.

Early life

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Bagge was born on 12 November 1903 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the son of the consul general there, Richard Bagge, and his wife Lily (née Schwartz). He received a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1926 and then studied abroad for a couple of years.[2][1]

Career

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Bagge joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm as an attaché in 1928. He served in Washington, D.C., from 1929 to 1930 and in Madrid in 1931, and was secretary to the minister for foreign affairs from 1932 to 1933. Bagge was second secretary in Tokyo from 1934 to 1936 and first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1937. Between 1938 and 1939, he was notary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and became its secretary in 1940.

Subsequently, Bagge served as legation counsellor in Helsinki from 1941 to 1943, director in 1944, chargé d'affaires in Bogotá from 1948 to 1949, and envoy in Bogotá and non-resident envoy in Panama City from 1949 to 1950.[2][3] He was embassy counsellor and minister plenipotentiary in Washington, D.C., in 1950, and envoy in Tehran—also accredited to Baghdad from 1953 to 1959 and to Karachi from 1953 to 1956. He served as ambassador in Tehran from 1957 to 1959, ambassador in Warsaw from 1959 to 1962, ambassador in Ottawa from 1962 to 1965, and finally ambassador in Copenhagen from 1965 to 1969.[2]

Personal life

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In 1948, Bagge married Finnish-born Susanna Renata Lagerborg (1913–2004), the daughter of the professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki Rolf Lagerborg [sv; fi; tr] and Elna (née Selin).[4][5]

Bagge had four children: Alette, Richard, Madeleine, and Veronica.[1]

Death

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Bagge died on 24 March 1991 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County, Sweden. The funeral took place on 3 April 1991 in Saltsjöbaden Church.[6] He was interred on 24 May 1991 at Skogsö Cemetery in Saltsjöbaden.[7]

Awards and decorations

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Bibliography

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  • Bagge, Ragnvald (1978). Släkten Bagge från Marstrand: andra huvudgrenens 2:a gren [The Bagge family from Marstrand: the 2nd branch of the second main branch] (in Swedish). [Stockholm]: The author. SELIBR 367255.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Dahlman, Sven (1991-04-02). "RAGNVALD BAGGE DÖD. En verklig trotjänare inom utrikestjänsten" [RAGNVALD BAGGE DIED. A true servant in the Foreign Service]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 24. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 81. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. pp. 280, 285.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. 1, Stor–Stockholm (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 87. SELIBR 53509.
  5. ^ Turcotte, Helen (31 January 1963). "New Evoy's Wife Feels Close Ties With Canada". Ottawa Journal. Ottawa. p. 27. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Döda" [Deaths]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1991-03-26. p. 25. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Bagge, Ragnvald Richardson". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  8. ^ Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 301.