Background
LINNER, Carl was born on June 15, 1917 in Stockholm. Son of Carl W. Linner and Hanna Hellstedt.
LINNER, Carl was born on June 15, 1917 in Stockholm. Son of Carl W. Linner and Hanna Hellstedt.
University of Stockholm, 1936-1938, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy. University of Uppsala, 1938-1943. Spoken languages: Swedish, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish, Italian.
Professor, of Greek, Uppsala University 1943. Delegate to Institute Red Cross, Greece 45. Director Bachelor of Arts Electrolux, Stockholm 1945-1950.
Director Swedish Employers' Confederation 1950-1951. Executive Vice-President Bachelor of Arts Bahco, Stockholm 1951-1957. President Swedish Lamco Syndicate 1957.
Executive Vice. President, and General Manager LiberianAmerican-Swedish Minerals Company, Monrovia 1958-1960. Chief United Nations Civilian Operations, later United Nations Mission, in the Congo 1960-1961. Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General in Brussels and London 1962.
United Nations Representative in Greece, Turkey, Israel and Cyprus 1962-1965, in London 1965-1968, in Tunis 1968-1971, UNDP, New York 1971-1973. Resident Representative UNDP in Egypt 1973-1977. Senior Consultant, FAO 1977-1987.
Giorgios Seferis, 1963. Roms Konungahävder, 1964. Fredrika Bremer i Grekland, 1965.Syntaktische und Lexikalische Studien zur Historia Lausiaca des Palladios, 1943. William Humphrey’s First Journal on the Greek War of Independence, 1967.
Royal Swedish Academy, of Letters, History and Antiquities, Royal Academy, of Arts and Sciences, Uppsala.
Developement economics. Swimming, reading.
Married Clio Tambakopoulos in 1944.