Sven Allard

Allard began his diplomatic career as an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign in Stockholm in 1921, serving in various roles in Warsaw, Riga, and other cities throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

He played a significant role in the Swedish-British trade agreement negotiations and later served as first legation secretary in several capitals, including Rome and Paris.

In December 1943, he became Sweden's first envoy to Chungking, China, after a long gap in diplomatic relations, and worked on dismantling extraterritorial rights concerning Swedish interests.

The position of envoy to Chiang Kai-shek had been vacant for several years, leaving Sweden without diplomatic relations with the Chinese Nationalist Government.

[2] It wasn't until June 1944 that Allard could begin his journey to China aboard the ship Sagoland, traveling to Lisbon and then via Portuguese East Africa.

These rights encompassed specific economic and legal privileges, notably in the well-known international concessions in Shanghai, which had already been abolished by most other countries.

[5] On 1 March 1949, he presented his credentials in Bucharest to Professor Constantin Ion Parhon, President of Romania's Supreme Council.