Background
Seidenfaden, Gunnar was born on February 24, 1908 in Varde, Denmark. Son of Aage and Annelise (Teilman-Harck) Seidenfaden.
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Seidenfaden, Gunnar was born on February 24, 1908 in Varde, Denmark. Son of Aage and Annelise (Teilman-Harck) Seidenfaden.
Candidate Political, University Copenhagen, 1940. Doctor of Science honoris causa, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 1964. Doctor Phil honoris causa, Copenhagen University, 1969.
Doctor Phil honoris causa, Maejo Institute, Chiang Mai, 1992.
Arctic explorers Greenland Administration, 1928-1934. Entered Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1940. Economic counselor Danish Embassy, Washington, 1945-1950.
Ambassador to Bangkok, Rangoon, Manila, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Kuala Lumpur, Saigon, 1955-1959, Moscow, 1959-1961. Deputy undersecretary state Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, 1961-1967, chairman Committee for National Security, 1968-1970. Ambassador international environments cooperative Danish Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1968-1981, Danish representative international organizations for environmental and nature consultant, 1971-1981.
Retired
Danish representative Havana Conference on International Trade, 1947, General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, 1953-1955. Chairman United Nations European Committee on International Trade, 1954-1955. Honorary research associate Harvard University, since 1970, Royal Botanical Gardens, England, 1990.
(Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)
Author: Modern Arctic Exploration, 1938, books on Eastasiatic orchids. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow Linnean Society London. Member Royal Academy of Sciences, Copenhagen, Siam Society (honorary member), Explorers Club.
East-Asiatic orchids.
Married Alix Arnstedt, January 3, 1939. Children: Marianne, Annette, Erik, Kirsten, Eva.