Constans Lundquist
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10 March 1891
Constans Lundquist | |
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| Born | Oscar Constans Görgodt Lundquist 10 March 1891 Lycksele, Sweden |
| Died | 26 April 1950 (aged 59) Sydney, Australia |
| Alma mater | Stockholm School of Economics University of Marburg |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Years active | 1917–1950 |
Oscar Constans Görgodt Lundquist (10 March 1891 – 26 April 1950) was a Swedish diplomat. After completing his education in Stockholm and Marburg, Germany, he embarked on a career in diplomacy, serving in various roles across Europe and the United States. Notably, he held positions in London, New York City, and Chicago before assuming the role of Consul General in Montreal and later Calcutta. Transferred to Australia in 1945, he played a pivotal role in establishing the Swedish legation in Sydney and overseeing its relocation to Canberra, dying before its completion in 1951, along with his architect brother.
Lundquist was born on 10 March 1891 in Lycksele, Sweden, the son of Pehr Fredrik Lundquist, a district medical officer, and his wife Alma Malmberg.[1] He had two brothers: the architect Edvard Lundquist[2] and the physician Otto Lundquist.[3] After passing his mogenhetsexamen in 1911 in Stockholm, Lundquist graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1913 and earned his administrative degree (kansliexamen) in 1915.[1] He studied at the University of Marburg in Marburg, Germany, from 1915 to 1916.[2]
Career
Lundquist was employed as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in 1917, served in Copenhagen the same year, Moscow from 1917 to 1918, and in Hamburg from 1918 to 1920.[2] He was acting vice-consul in London in 1920, in New York City in 1921, and in Rotterdam in 1923, and served at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs the same year. Lundquist returned to London in 1926, where he became acting legation counselor in 1927. That same year, he became acting director (byråchef) at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and head of the 2nd Office (2:a byrån) in the Legal Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1928. He had a special assignment in the United States in 1929 and was consul in Chicago in 1930. In 1933, he was the Swedish commissioner at the Chicago World's Fair.[4] Lundquist became Consul General in Montreal in 1936.[2] From 1 January 1940, he was Consul General in Calcutta.[5] In 1942, the consulate general in Calcutta moved to Bombay.[6]
Lundquist was subsequently Consul General in London in 1944.[1] During his stay in London, his private residence was somewhat damaged due to a bomb strike near Hyde Park. In September 1944, parts of the Swedish consulate general in Holborn were destroyed by an air raid.[7] In 1945, he was transferred to Australia, where he became Consul General at Sydney with jurisdiction in the Fiji Islands.[8] He was appointed Envoy to Sydney in August 1947 when the Swedish legation was established and the consulate general closed.[9] In October 1947, he presented his credentials as Sweden's first envoy to Australia to Governor-General William McKell.[10]
That same year, plans began for moving the legation from Sydney to Canberra, and Lundquist was tasked with leading the construction project on the 30,000 square meter plot in the southern part of Canberra. He contacted his older brother Edvard Lundquist, who was then the county architect in Västmanland.[11] Both brothers died before the legation was completed in 1951.
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