Dag Hartelius

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Dag Hartelius (born 8 November 1955 in Härnösand) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Moderate Party (M).

Hartelius was Director-General of The National Defence Radio Establishment, assuming office 1 November 2013,{{cite web|title=Ambassadör Dag Hartelius utses till ny generaldirektör för Försvarets Radioanstalt |url=http://www.government.se/sb/d/17017/a/223461 |publisher=The Swedish Government Offices |accessdate=12 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313001213/http://www.government.se/sb/d/17017/a/223461 |archivedate=13 March 2014 }} and leaving office June 2019. In September 2019, he became the Swedish Ambassador to Hungary.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/utlandsmyndigheter/ungern-budapest/om-oss/ambassad%C3%B6ren/|title=Ambassadören|website=Sweden Abroad|accessdate=23 March 2024}}

He has previously been ambassador to Poland (2008–2010), Estonia (2003–2008), stationed in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin and London, Vice President and Director for the programme for European security at the EastWest Institute in New York, and a Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union.

On 10 September 2024, the government announced that Hartelius had been appointed the new State Secretary for Foreign Affairs following a government reshuffle.