Erik Belfrage

Erik Jean Christian Antoine Belfrage (13 April 1946 – 18 April 2020) was a Swedish diplomat, banking executive, and political consultant.

Erik Belfrage
Born
Erik Jean Christian Antoine Belfrage

(1946-04-13)13 April 1946
Died18 April 2020(2020-04-18) (aged 74)
Stockholm, Sweden
EducationStockholm School of Economics
RelativesFrank Belfrage (brother)

Early life and education

Belfrage was the son of diplomat Kurt-Allan Belfrage and his wife, Renée France Paule Puaux. His brother, Frank Belfrage, is an economist and diplomat. Belfrage graduated from Stockholm School of Economics in 1970.[1]

Career

Belfrage worked in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1970 to 1987 as a diplomat in Geneva, Washington, D.C., Bucharest, Beirut, and Paris. In 1987, he became vice president at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and as an adviser to Investor AB. Belfrage also served as an advisor to Peter Wallenberg and the Wallenberg family between 1987 and 2012.

Death

After suffering from COVID-19 during the pandemic, Belfrage died at Saint Göran Hospital in Stockholm on 18 April 2020.[2]

References
  1. Bodin, Bo Göran; Öhman, Daniel (2014-08-15). Saudivapen (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers Förlag. ISBN 978-91-0-014198-1.
  2. Erik Belfrage död i coronaviruset, Aftonbladet, 18 April 2020.


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