Jens Malling

Jens Henrik Peder Arnold Malling (11 April 1909 – 25 January 1969) was a Swedish diplomat. After finishing his university studies, Malling became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1938. He then served within the Swedish foreign service for over 30 years.

Malling (left) as Ambassador of Sweden to the Netherlands in 1966.

Career

Malling was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Henrik Malling and his wife Ingrid (née Asklund). He passed studentexamen in Lund in 1928 and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1932, a Politices Magister (MA in political science) degree in 1938 and a Candidate of Law degree in 1938.[1] Malling became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1938 and served in Rome the same year and in Chicago in 1939 and in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Malling was acting second vice consul in New York City in 1943 and second secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1944.[1]

Malling was first vice consul in Hamburg in 1946 and first legation secretary and acting chargé d’affaires in Vienna in 1946. He served as first secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1948 and was secretary in the Committee on Foreign Affairs in 1950.[1] Malling was then legation counselor and chargé d’affaires in Tel Aviv in 1953[2] and mediator at the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Korea in 1955.[1]

Malling was appointed envoy in Tel Aviv in 1956 and was ambassador in Jakarta and non-resident ambassador in Manila from 1956 to 1959 as well as non-resident ambassador in Kuala Lumpur from 1958 to 1959. He was then minister at the UN delegation in New York City in 1959 and resident at the representation of UN's technical assistance operations in Iraq from 1959 to 1961. Malling succeeded Carl Douglas as ambassador in Rio de Janeiro in 1961 after Douglas had died in a car accident there on 21 January.[3] He became honorary chairman of the Swedish-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in 1961.[4] Malling stayed as ambassador there until 1965 before becoming ambassador in The Hague in 1966.[2] Malling died suddenly on 25 January 1969.[5][6] He was buried at the Northern Cemetery in Lund.[6]

Malling had been described by Jan Mårtenson as being a "chubby, white-haired and blue-eyed bachelor, jovial and humorous, a little of an aging cherub".[7]

Awards and decorations

Malling's awards:[1]

Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
Commander of the Order of Merit of Argentina (Orden Al Mérito)
Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross
Commander of the Order of St. Olav
Second Class of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
Officer of the Order of Civil Merit
Knight of the Order of the Aztec Eagle

References

Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 889. SELIBR 53509.
Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 641. SELIBR 3681519.
"Jens Malling Rio-ambassadör". Vestkusten (in Swedish) (17). San Francisco & Oakland, Cal. 27 April 1961. p. 1. SELIBR 4085814. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. p. 892.
"Curt återvände till Asige". Hallandsposten (in Swedish). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
"Malling, Jens Henrik Peder Arnold" (in Swedish). Svenskagravar.se. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
Mårtenson, Jan; Öström, Arne (2014). Att kyssa ett träd (in Swedish). Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN 9789146222477. SELIBR 13414072.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Gösta Hedengran as Chargé d’affaires	Chargé d’affaires and envoy of Sweden to Israel 1953–1956	Succeeded by Östen Lundborg
Preceded by Malte Pripp as Envoy	Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia 1956–1959	Succeeded by Tord Göransson
Preceded by Malte Pripp as Envoy	Ambassador of Sweden to the Philippines 1956–1959	Succeeded by Tord Göransson
Preceded by None	Ambassador of Sweden to Malaysia 1958–1959	Succeeded by Tord Göransson
Preceded by Sven Fredrik Hedin as Acting Chargé d’affaires	Ambassador of Sweden to Brazil 1961–1965	Succeeded by Gustaf Bonde
Preceded by Brynolf Eng	Ambassador of Sweden to the Netherlands 1966–1969	Succeeded by Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt

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[Harnesk_(1962),_p._889-1] Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 889. SELIBR 53509.

[Lagerström_(1968),_p._641-2] Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 641. SELIBR 3681519.

[3] "Jens Malling Rio-ambassadör". Vestkusten (in Swedish) (17). San Francisco & Oakland, Cal. 27 April 1961. p. 1. SELIBR 4085814. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[4] Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. p. 892.

[5] "Curt återvände till Asige". Hallandsposten (in Swedish). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

[Svenskagravar.se-6] "Malling, Jens Henrik Peder Arnold" (in Swedish). Svenskagravar.se. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[7] Mårtenson, Jan; Öström, Arne (2014). Att kyssa ett träd (in Swedish). Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN 9789146222477. SELIBR 13414072.