Background
Edberg, Rolf Filip was born on March 14, 1912 in Lysvik, Sweden. Son of Carl Filip and Mandis (Carlsson) Edberg.
Edberg, Rolf Filip was born on March 14, 1912 in Lysvik, Sweden. Son of Carl Filip and Mandis (Carlsson) Edberg.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Gothenburg University, 1974.
Chief editor Oskarshamns (Sweden) Nyheter, 1934-1937, Östgöten, Linköping, 1938-1945, Ny Tid, Gothenburg, 1945-1956. Ambassador to Norway Oslo, 1956-1967. Governor Province Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden, 1967-1977.
Delaware Council of Europe, 1949-1952, Northern Council, 1952-1956, United Nations, 1952-1957, 60-61, Disarmament Conference, Geneva, 1962-1964.
(Book by Edberg, Rolf, Yablokov, Alexei)
(Book by Rolf Edberg)
Author: On the Shred of a Cloud, 1966, At the Foot of the Tree, 1972, Letters to Columbus, 1973, On Earth's Terms, 1974, A House in the Cosmos, 1974, Dream of Kilimanjaro, 1976, Shadows Across the Savanna, 1977, Land of Glistening Waters, 1980, Drops of Water Drops of Life, 1984, And They Sailed All the Time, 1986, Born with the Pleiades, 1987, (with Alexey Yablokov) Tomorrow is Too Late, 1988, Eye of the Earth, 1989, To Live with Words, 1990, Rest-places, 1992, And the Sea Never Rests, 1995.
Member Swedish Parliament, 1941-1944, 1949-1956. President International Peace Research Institute Stockholm, 1973-1978. Member Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (chairman environmental committee 1974-1981), Swedish Authors Organization, Amnesty, Red Cross, Planetary Society, Pen Club, Swedish Press Club (president 1951-1953).
Married Astrid Persson, July 7, 1937 (deceased 1991). Children: Ranveig, Birgitta, Jörgen.