Anders Thunborg

Thunborg began his career as secretary of the Planning Committee of the Health and Social Services (Socialvårdens planeringskommitté) in 1958, served as ombudsman of the Stockholm Labour Union [sv] from 1958 to 1960, secretary of the Social Democratic Party Executive from 1961 to 1969, and state secretary at the Ministry of Defence from 1969 to 1974. He was chair of the 1974 Defence Inquiry before joining the Ministry for Foreign Affairs later that year.^[2]

Thunborg then served as the Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations between 1977 and 1983. During this time, he served as chair of the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa from 1977 to 1983, was a member of the UN Study Group on Nuclear Weapons from 1979 to 1980, and vice president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1981 to 1982.^[2]

In 1983, Thunborg was appointed minister of defence to the second cabinet of Olof Palme.^[4] Thunborg replaced Börje Andersson [sv] who resigned from the post on 2 December 1983.^[5] Thunborg resigned from office in 1985.^[6][7] The reason for his resignation was the remarks by Foreign Minister Lennart Bodström about the Swedish military force.^[7]

Thunborg's next post was ambassador to the Soviet Union which he served between 1986 and 1989.^[4] Then he was appointed Swedish ambassador to the United States and was in office until 25 January 1993 when he was replaced by Henrik Liljegren in the post.^[8] He served as the Swedish ambassador to the Vatican City State in 1996.^[9] Next Thunborg was named as the Swedish ambassador to Greece in 1997.^[8] It was his last diplomatic post which he could hold just for a short period because of his asthma problems.^[3][10]

In addition to his diplomatic service Thunborg was the chairman of the Swedish Motorcycle Association.^{[11][failed verification]} He published several articles in Finnish international relations magazine Ulkopolitiikka.^[1]

Thunborg was married to Ingalill Holm (born 1934), the daughter of the merchant John Holm and Signe (née Glaes).^[2]

Thunborg died on 3 December 2004 in Stockholm. He was interred on 16 June 2005 at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm.^[12]