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26 Jun. 2009, Lecture by Ambassador Stefan Noreén,Embassy of Sweden

Title: "Swedish Presidency of the European Union 2009"
Date: Friday, 26th June, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Venue: East No. 2 Hall, Room 2201 at Hitotsubashi University
Class "Introductory to the EU"
Moderator: Vice President Susumu Yamauchi
Organized by EU Studies Institute in Tokyo

Agenda:
1. Introduction on EU (by DVD)
2. Introduction on EU (PowerPoint)
3. Introduction on Sweden
4. Q & A

Profile:
Born in 1951 in Karlskoga

Education
1971-1975 Studies at the Universities of Uppsala and Gothenburg. Graduated from the University of Gothenburg in political science in 1974

Positions held
Oct. 2006 - Ambassador to Japan ( side accredited to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands – April 2007 and to the Republic of Palau in October, 2008)

2002-2006 State Secretary for Nordic cooperation　
Government offices of Sweden

2000-2002 Ambassador and foreign policy adviser, Prime Minister’s Office

1996-2000 Ambassador to Poland

1994-1995 Head of Secretariat, Commission on Global Governance, Geneva

1992-1994 Minister, Swedish Embassy in Moscow

1987-1992 Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York

1983-1987 Foreign policy officer, Prime Minister’s Office

1980-1983 First Secretary, Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU, Brussels

1978-1980 First Secretary, Swedish Embassy, Mozambique

1975-1977 Employed at Ministry of Trade