{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["sweden-5d6bbf2033624f"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/severin-lorich-2d60f94852/","countrySlug":"sweden","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/severin-lorich-2d60f94852/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Severin Lorich began as a soldier, commanding a detachment on Swedish Saint Barthélemy in 1815–1816 before traveling through the Caribbean and the United States. His travels brought him into contact with the independence movements of Spanish America. A later report described meeting Simón Bolívar in Haiti while Bolívar was preparing another expedition to the mainland.","In 1823 Sweden sent Lorich to Gran Colombia to explore commercial arrangements without committing to formal recognition of independence. He negotiated with foreign minister Pedro Gual over shipping, port charges, and consular privileges, but no treaty resulted. He subsequently served as consul in Philadelphia and, from 1834, New York. His report on Colombia surveyed its institutions, trade, finances, and military resources. He died in Washington in 1837."],"id":"sweden:severin-lorich","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-2d60f94852f32c8de38b.html","name":"Severin Lorich","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["src-lorich-vidales"],["src-lorich-vidales"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-2d60f94852f32c8de38b.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"4daa286b4d9a370e","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1991-05","id":"src-lorich-vidales","locator":"Informes de Investigación 64; biographical introduction and account of the 1823 mission","publisher":"Carlos Vidales, Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos, Universidad de Estocolmo","title":"El agente diplomático sueco Severin Lorich y su misión en la Gran Colombia (1823)","type":"scholarship","url":"https://es.scribd.com/document/122034659/El-agente-diplomatico-sueco-Severin-Lorich-y-su-mision-en-la-Gran-Colombia-1823"},{"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"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 25 October 2026","id":"mission-d2401cf32dffb3531090","locator":"Swedish recognition of the United States 3 April 1783; reciprocal diplomatic relations 29 April 1818. Diplomatic relations continued through the 1972–1974 downgrade. The 1783 date refers to the treaty of amity and commerce.","publisher":"","title":"U.S. Office of the Historian — Sweden","type":"Mission record","url":"https://history.state.gov/countries/sweden"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 26 October 2026","id":"mission-3876c289b5ab68c5cf3b","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"Historical representation: United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway","type":"Mission record","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jack_of_Sweden_and_Norway_(1844%E2%80%931905).svg"}],"topics":["Gran Colombia","Consular privileges","Caribbean diplomacy"]},"schemaVersion":1}