Pär Axel Kettis

Background

Kettis, Pär Axel was born on December 26, 1933 in Norrtalje, Sweden. Son of Axel Herman and Olga Elisabeth (Nordin) Kettis.

Education

Degree in Law, Stockholm University, 1958.

Career

Clerk, Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, 1957-1958; attache, Foreign Ministry, Stockholm, 1959; attache, Swedish Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1960-1962; consellor, Swedish Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1974-1976; 1st secretary, Swedish Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1962-1965; 1st secretary, Swedish Embassy, Khartoum, Sudan, 1962-1965; 1st secretary, Foreign Ministry Political Department, Stockholm, 1965-1969; deputy assistant secretary, Foreign Ministry, Stockholm, 1977-1981; minister, Foreign Ministry, Washington, 1982-1984; deputy secretary general, Nordic Council Secretariat, Stockholm, 1974-1976; director general, National Defense Radio Communication Institute, Stockholm, 1985-1989; ambassador to India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal, New Delhi, since 1989. Deputy secretary Foreign Relations Committee, 1966-1967.

Achievements

• Pär Axel Kettis has been listed as a noteworthy Swedish diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Gunilla Lindh-Foster. Children: Anna Magdalena, Eva Alexandra, Agneta Elisabeth.

Father:

Axel Herman Kettis

Mother:

Olga Elisabeth (Nordin) Kettis

Spouse:

Gunilla Lindh-Foster

child:

Eva Alexandra Kettis

child:

Anna Magdalena Kettis

child:

Agneta Elisabeth Kettis