Frank Belfrage

Frank Belfrage
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
In office
6 October 2006  3 October 2014
Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt
MinisterCarl Bildt
Preceded byHans Dahlgren
Succeeded byAnnika Söder
Ambassador of Sweden to France
In office
December 2001  6 October 2006
Preceded byÖrjan Berner
Succeeded byGunnar Lund
Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union
In office
1994–1999
Preceded byLars Anell
Succeeded byGunnar Lund
Ambassador of Sweden to Saudi Arabia
In office
1984–1987
Preceded byFredrik Bergenstråhle
Succeeded byLennart Alvin
Personal details
Born
Frank Kurt Claude Belfrage

(1942-03-13) 13 March 1942
Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse
Helena Östberg
(m. 1978)
Alma materStockholm School of Economics

Frank Kurt Claude Belfrage (born 13 March 1942) is a Swedish economist and diplomat who was state secretary for foreign affairs between 2006 and 2014, heading the Ministry for Foreign Affairs under then Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt. He was previously Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union from 1994 to 1999 and Ambassador of Sweden to France from 2001 to 2006.