Eyvind Bratt

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| birth_name = Björn Axel Eyvind Bratt

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|6|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|1|16|1907|6|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Spain

| other_names =

| occupation = Diplomat

| years_active = 1931–1973

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| spouse = {{marriage|Carin Robbert|1939|}}
{{marriage|Sonia Wyrill|1963|}}

| children = 3

| alma_mater = Uppsala University

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Björn Axel Eyvind Bratt (30 June 1907 – 16 January 1987) was a Swedish diplomat.

Early life

Bratt was born on 30 June 1907 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Arnold "Arne" Bratt, a lector, and Amy (née Berggren). Bratt was born on Södermalm in Stockholm, spent his school years in Falun, and his university years in Uppsala.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1987-02-04/19/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Eyvind Bratt till minne |trans-title=In Memory of Eyvind Bratt |first=Ragnvald |last=Bagge |author-link=Ragnvald Bagge |page=19 |date=1987-02-04 |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

Career

Bratt began his career as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1931. Bratt was appointed consul in New York City in 1946 and director at the Foreign Ministry in 1947.{{cite book |date=1984 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |isbn=91-1-843222-0 |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1985/0168.html |page=168}} Bratt was secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in 1949 and earned a Licentiate of Philosophy degree from Uppsala University the same year.{{cite book |editor1-last=Burling |editor1-first=Ingeborg |date=1962 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1963/0173.html |page=157}} He became consul (consul general's name) in Berlin in 1951 and in the same year he earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Uppsala University. Bratt was ambassador in Addis Ababa from 1953 to 1959, also accredited to Khartoum from 1957 to 1959, Pretoria from 1959 to 1963, Tehran and Kabul from 1964 to 1967 and finally in Dublin from 1967 to 1973.

Personal life

In 1939, Bratt married Carin Robbert (1915–1984), the daughter of the director Carl Johan Robbert and Ragnhild (née Boman). Bratt remarried in 1963 to Sonia Wyrill.{{cite book |editor-last=Lagerström |editor-first=Sten |date=1968 |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0151.html |page=135}} Bratt had three children from his first marriage: Carl Johan Bratt (born 1940), Aimee Bratt (born 1943), and Carl Gustaf Bratt (born 1955).{{cite web |url=http://www.genvagar.nu/show.asp?PersonId=16266 |publisher=Genvagar.nu |title=Eyvind Bratt (1907-1984) |access-date=10 November 2015 |language=sv}}

After his retirement, Bratt settled in Blackrock, Ireland.

Death

Bratt died on 16 January 1987 in a car accident in Spain. The funeral took place on 5 February 1987 in Bromma Church, Stockholm.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1987-01-24/16/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Döda |trans-title=Deaths |page=20(16) |date=1987-01-24 |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} He was interred in the Friedländer Cemetery (Friedländerska kyrkogården) in Gothenburg, Sweden.{{cite book |url=http://www.brattnet.com/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I252&ged=Brattree |publisher=Brattnet.com |title=Björn Axel Eyvind Bratt |access-date=10 November 2015 |language=sv}}

Awards and decorations

Commander of the Order of the Polar Star{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0223.html |editor1-last=Harnesk |editor1-first=Paul |date=1962 |title=Vem är vem? |volume=1, Stor-Stockholm |trans-title=Who's Who? |edition=2nd |location=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|53509}} |page=199}}
Grand Cross of the Order of Menelik II
Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Knight of the Order of the Three Stars

Bibliography

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Ön bortom ö-landet |trans-title=The island beyond the island country

|year=1977

|publisher=Zinderman

|location=Göteborg

|language=sv

|isbn=9152802132

|id={{LIBRIS|7412405}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Det nordirländska problemet |trans-title=The Northern Ireland problem

|series=Världspolitikens dagsfrågor, 0042-2754 ; 1975:5

|year=1975

|publisher=Utrikespolitiska institutet

|location=Stockholm

|language=sv

|isbn=9171821961

|id={{LIBRIS|7616472}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Ireland's link with Swedish monarchy

|year=1970

|publisher=Old Waterford society

|location=Waterford

|id={{LIBRIS|1762857}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Jesenin

|first=Sergej

|last2=Bratt |first2=Eyvind

|title=Persiska dikter |trans-title=Persian poems

|year=1970

|publisher=Karlstads Mekaniska Werkstad

|location=Karlstad

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|1201185}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Turistland - u-land: reseessayer från Främre Orienten |trans-title=Tourist country - developing country: travel essays from the Near East

|year=1967

|publisher=Geber

|location=Stockholm

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|1683002}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|last2=Rosen |first2=Björn von

|title=Arcadia Ethiopica

|series=Bokvännens bibliotek, 0347-8386 ; 60

|year=1962

|location=Stockholm

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|1630248}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Småstaterna i idéhistorien: en studie i äldre statsdoktriner |trans-title=Small states in the history of ideas: a study in older state doctrines

|series=Skrifter utgivna av Statsvetenskapliga föreningen i Uppsala, 0346-7538 ; 31

|year=1951

|publisher=Almqvist & Wiksell [distributör]

|location=Uppsala

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|8390029}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Förenta Nationerna och atomvapnet |trans-title=The United Nations and nuclear weapons

|series=Världspolitikens dagsfrågor, 0042-2754 ; 1948:5

|year=1948

|publisher=Utrikespolitiska institutet

|location=Stockholm

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|804584}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Björn Axel Eyvind

|title=Diplomater och konsuler |trans-title=Diplomats and consuls

|series=Värdspolitikens dagsfrågor. Utrikespolitiska institutets broschyrseries. 1942. Nr 8/9. 1943

|year=1943

|location=Stockholm

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|2577167}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Diplomater och konsuler |trans-title=Diplomats and consuls

|year=1942

|publisher=Utrikespolitiska institutet

|location=Stockholm

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|8210195}}

}}

{{cite book

|last=Bratt

|first=Eyvind

|title=Olof Bergklint: en nationspamp från frihetstiden |trans-title=Olof Bergklint: a national hero from the Age of Liberty

|year=1929

|location=Uppsala

|language=sv

|id={{LIBRIS|2577168}}

}}

Eyvind Bratt

Early life

Career

Personal life

Death

Awards and decorations

Bibliography

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