Johan Hultman
Johan Erik Evald Hultman was a Swedish diplomat.Career
Hultman was born in Malmö, Sweden, the son of factory owner Johan Hultman and his wife Eveline. He passed studentexamen in 1893 and after a few years of employment in a store, Hultman devoted himself to studying abroad for some years. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Uppsala University in 1903 with a major in language and a Juris utriusque candidate degree in 1905. Hultman served as an assistant at the Ministry of Finance in 1905 before becoming an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1906.
He served as an attaché in London in 1906 and then in Cape Town. Hultman was then vice consul in Saint Petersburg and Arkhangelsk in 1909 and consul general in Shanghai in 1911. Hultman was chargé d'affaires in Helsinki in 1920 and consul general in Hamburg in 1921. He was then envoy in Tokyo in from 1928 to 1936, envoy in Beijing from 1929 to 1936 and envoy in Bangkok from 1931 to 1936.Personal life
In 1910 he married Ella Eklund, the daughter of the pharmacist Edward Eklund and Gretchen. Hultman was the father of Brita. Hultman died on 9 November 1958 and was buried at the Old Cemetery in his hometown Malmö.Awards and decorations
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