Background
EGELAND, Leif was born on January 19, 1903 in Durban. Son of the late J. J. and Ragnhild (née Konsmo) Lgeland.
EGELAND, Leif was born on January 19, 1903 in Durban. Son of the late J. J. and Ragnhild (née Konsmo) Lgeland.
Durban High School, Natal University College, and Trinity College, Oxford.
Minister to Sweden 1943-1946, to Neths. and Belgium 1946-1948. High Commissioner for Union of South Africa in London 1948-1950. South. African Delegate to San Francisco Conference 1945.
Leader of South. African Delegate to Final Assembly L.N., Geneva 1946.
South. African Delegate to First and Third General Assemblies of United Nations, Paris, to Paris Peace Conference 1946 and President Commission, for the political and territorial questions in the draft Peace Treaty with Italy at that Conference. Chairman Smuts Memorial Trust.
Life Trustee of the South Africa Foundation. President South African Guide Dogs Association.
Honorary President South African Institute for Institute Affairs.
Honorary Bencher Middle Temple. F.R.S.A. 1948; Honorary Doctor of Laws (Cambridge). Honorary Fellow, Brasenose College (Oxford).
Knight Commander with Star of Saint Olav (Norway), Knight Grand Cross of the North Star (Sweden).
Married Marguerite Doreen de Zwaan in 1942 (deceased in 1984).