John Coulson (diplomat)

Sir John Eltringham Coulson KCMG (1909–1997) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Sweden and secretary-general of EFTA.

He was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

[1] He served at Bucharest, Paris, New York and Washington, D.C., before being appointed Ambassador to Sweden 1960–1963.

[2] He was then Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1963–1965, Chief of Administration of HM Diplomatic Service briefly from January to September 1965, and Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association 1965–1972.

[4] The Swedish government made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star.