Gylfe Anderberg

Anderberg was born on 5 May 1878 in {{ill|Harg Parish|sv|Hargs församling}}, Uppsala County, Sweden.{{cite book |title=Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009 |trans-title=Swedish death index 1901–2009 |edition=Version 5.0 |year=2010 |publisher=Sveriges släktforskarförbund |location=Solna |language=sv |isbn=9789187676598 |id={{LIBRIS|11931231}}}} He was the brother of the commander in the Swedish American Line, sea captain Gunnar Anderberg. He also had a sister, Gullen.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1946-02-11/7/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Gylfe Anderberg död |trans-title=Gylfe Anderberg has died |page=A7 |date=11 February 1946 |access-date=23 August 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} He graduated with an administrative degree (kansliexamen) from Uppsala University in 1905.{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1945/0038.html |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945 |year=1945 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Norstedt |language=sv |id={{SELIBR|8261511}} |page=38}}

Anderberg was an assistant clerk (kammarskrivare) in the Swedish Customs Service when he was appointed attaché (consular trainee) in October 1906.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1906-10-02/4/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Konsulstaten |trans-title=The consular service |page=4 |number=268 |date=2 October 1906 |access-date=26 August 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} Anderberg became an attaché in Helsinki in 1906, in Hamburg later that same year, acting vice-consul in Lübeck in 1907, acting vice-consul in Hamburg that same year, and acting vice-consul in London in 1908. He also served at the consulates in Antwerp and Rouen.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1921-10-01/3/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Östersjöstaterna och Mexiko få svenska ministrar |trans-title=The Baltic states and Mexico get Swedish ministers |page=3 |date=1 October 1921 |access-date=22 November 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} Anderberg served as vice-consul in New York City from 23 December 1909 to 31 December 1913.{{cite book |url=https://arkis2dok.riksarkivet.se/ra/231/Konsulathistorik.pdf |last=Almquist |first=Johan Axel |title=Kommerskollegium och Riksens Ständers Manufakturkontor samt konsulsstaten 1651–1910: administrativa och biografiska anteckningar |series=Meddelanden från svenska Riksarkivet, Ny följd. Ser. 2, 99-0506720-5; 4 |year=1914 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|844316}} |page=347}}

He became acting consul in Montreal on 22 November 1912, and was the regular consul from 31 December 1913.{{cite book |url=https://arkis2dok.riksarkivet.se/ra/231/Konsulathistorik.pdf |last=Almquist |first=Johan Axel |title=Kommerskollegium och Riksens Ständers Manufakturkontor samt konsulsstaten 1651–1910: administrativa och biografiska anteckningar |series=Meddelanden från svenska Riksarkivet, Ny följd. Ser. 2, 99-0506720-5; 4 |year=1914 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |id={{LIBRIS|844316}} |page=371}} On 11 April 1914, the Foreign Office approved Anderberg as Consul of Sweden at Montreal for British North America, with the exception of British Columbia.{{London Gazette |issue=28822 |date=17 April 1914 |pages=3225}} In the Council on 10 December 1915, the King in Council appointed and commissioned Anderberg at the Swedish consulate in Montreal as consul in Chicago from 1 January 1916.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1915-12-12/5/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Svenskt generalkonsulat i Kanada – Dr David Bergström postens förste innehafvare |trans-title=Swedish Consulate General in Canada – Dr. David Bergström, the post's first holder |page=5 |number=338 |date=12 December 1915 |access-date=8 February 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

He was appointed acting consul general and chargé d'affaires in Mexico from 23 February 1917.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1917-03-15/4/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Ny svensk chargé d'affaires i Mexiko |trans-title=New Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico |page=4 |number=72 |date=15 March 1917 |access-date=22 November 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} He became the regular consul general and chargé d'affaires there through a cabinet decision on 21 December 1917.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1917-12-23/12/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Generalkonsulaten i Moskva och Mexiko |page=12 |number=345 |date=23 December 1917 |access-date=22 November 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} From the fall of 1919 to the beginning of 1920, he held the position of acting consul general and chargé d'affaires in Rio de Janeiro, and was later transferred back to Mexico. He was appointed acting envoy to Mexico and Havana on 30 September 1921.

In March 1923, he was reported to the Parliamentary Ombudsman by {{ill|Folke Cronholm|sv}}, his predecessor in the consul general position in Mexico, who accused Anderberg of unlawfully handling cash funds entrusted to Cronholm.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1923-03-15/16/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Generalkonsul Cronholm går till J. O. |trans-title=Consul General Cronholm goes to the Parliamentary Ombudsman |page=16 |number=72 |date=15 March 1923 |access-date=22 November 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} In February 1924, it was reported that the Parliamentary Ombudsman, after reviewing all the documents in the case, decided not to take any further action.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1924-02-13/5/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=F.d. generalkonsul Cronholms klagomål |trans-title=Former Consul General Cronholm's complaint |page=A5 |date=13 February 1924 |access-date=22 November 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

Anderberg served as acting envoy in Mexico and Cuba from 1921 to 1937, also in Guatemala and Panama from 1930 to 1937, and in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador from 1936 to 1937. He then served as acting honorary consul general in Tangier from 1939 until his death in 1946.

On 28 November 1920, in Mexico City, Anderberg married Miss Rosario de Carrére (1893–1927), the daughter of the Spanish envoy Don Pedro de Carrére y Lembeye and his wife, née Gómez Farías.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1920-12-24/7/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Bröllop |trans-title=Wedding |page=7 |number=349 |date=24 December 1920 |access-date=23 August 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

Anderberg died on 9 February 1946 in Tangier, Morocco. Anderberg was buried at the English-Protestant cemetery in Tangier on 11 February 1946, in the presence of the Swedish and Hungarian communities as well as the diplomatic corps. His remains were later cremated and sent home on the {{ill|Swedish Orient Line|sv|Svenska Orient Linien}} ship Boreland. The urn was interred in the family grave at Harg on 5 May of the same year.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1946-05-01/11/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Gylfe Anderbergs stoft hem |trans-title=Gylfe Anderberg's remains sent home |page=A11 |date=1 May 1946 |access-date=23 August 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

• 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (6 June 1932){{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/64208/gupea_2077_64208_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1946 |year=1946 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Uppsala |language=sv |page=46}}
• 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Polar Star (23 September 1924){{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/64209/gupea_2077_64209_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 |year=1925 |publisher=Almqvist & Wiksell |location=Uppsala |language=sv |page=878}}
• 50px {{flagicon|Sweden}} Knight of the Order of Vasa (1916){{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/64208/gupea_2077_64208_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1946 |year=1946 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Uppsala |language=sv |page=126}}
• 50px {{flagicon|Mexico}} Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle{{cite book |url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/64208/gupea_2077_64208_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Sveriges statskalender för året 1946 |year=1946 |publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer |location=Uppsala |language=sv |page=289}}
• 50px {{flagicon|Hungary}} Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
• 50px {{flagicon|Cuba}} Grand Officer of the Order of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes

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{{succession box |before=Einar Henrik Lindquist |title=Consul of Sweden to Montreal |years=1913–1915 |after=David Bergström}}

{{succession box |before=Carl Gösta Puke |title=Consul of Sweden to Chicago |years=1916–1917 |after=Claës Bonde}}

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{{s-ttl | title = Consul general and chargé d'affairs of Sweden to Mexico | years = 1917–1921}}

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{{s-ttl | title = Envoy of Sweden to Mexico | years = 1921–1938}}

{{s-aft | after = Vilhelm Assarsson}}

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{{succession box |before=None |title=Envoy of Sweden to Guatemala |years=1921–1938 |after=Vilhelm Assarsson}}

{{succession box |before=None |title=Envoy of Sweden to Panama |years=1930–1938 |after=Vilhelm Assarsson}}

{{succession box |before=None |title=Envoy of Sweden to Nicaragua |years=1936–1938 |after=Vilhelm Assarsson}}

{{succession box |before=None |title=Envoy of Sweden to Costa Rica |years=1936–1938 |after=Vilhelm Assarsson}}

{{succession box |before=None |title=Envoy of Sweden to El Salvador |years=1936–1938 |after=Vilhelm Assarsson}}

{{succession box |before=None |title=Envoy of Sweden to Honduras |years=1936–1938 |after=Vilhelm Assarsson}}

{{succession box |before=Nils Fröberg |title=Honorary Consul General of Sweden to Tangier |years=1939–1946 |after=None}}

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