{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["sweden-2805f687d43ab5"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/erik-boheman-01c3054995/","countrySlug":"sweden","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/erik-boheman-01c3054995/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Erik Boheman entered the foreign service in 1918 after legal studies. He held posts in Paris and London, led the foreign ministry's political department, and served in Ankara, Sofia, Athens, Warsaw, and Bucharest. As cabinet secretary during the Second World War, he chaired negotiations on trade with Britain and undertook special missions to London and Washington.","After assignments in Paris and London, Boheman became ambassador in Washington in 1948. He accompanied prime minister Tage Erlander during his American visit in April 1952. At their meeting with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Boheman asked about prospects for a Korean armistice; the discussion then turned to European integration and Franco-German relations.","Boheman left active diplomatic service in 1958 and entered parliamentary and business life. A Liberal member of the Riksdag's first chamber, he served as its speaker from 1965 to 1970. He also chaired industrial companies, including Saab, and published the memoir På vakt and reflections on parliamentary life."],"id":"sweden:erik-boheman","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-01c305499549e92e21f7.html","name":"Erik Boheman","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["src-771ccfda37adf119"],["src-771ccfda37adf119","src-2ae5b5b32376abc9"],["src-771ccfda37adf119"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-01c305499549e92e21f7.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"e019b93d069ab5a3","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"src-771ccfda37adf119","locator":"Named individual entry","publisher":"Project Runeberg","title":"126 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1977)","type":"reference","url":"https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1977/0146.html"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1952-04-14","id":"src-2ae5b5b32376abc9","locator":"FRUS 1952–1954 VI/2, document 821","publisher":"US Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"Memorandum of conversation: Swedish prime minister’s call","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v06p2/d821"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 25 October 2026","id":"mission-103b3e7eae0dda0bc833","locator":"Secondary cross-check of incoming ministers, chargés and ambassadors. Original biographical entries are separately linked below. Exact appointments are not silently converted to credential dates; acting intervals are not exhaustive.","publisher":"","title":"Incoming Swedish representatives in Washington — chronology and original-source leads","type":"Mission record","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Sweden_to_the_United_States"}],"topics":["Second World War","Korean War","European integration","Parliament"]},"schemaVersion":1}