Introduction
Dag Erik Bergman (23 October 1914 – 10 December 1984), was a Swedish diplomat.
Biography
Bergman was the son of the parish minister Erik Bergman and Karin Bergman, née Åkerblom, and brother of film director Ingmar Bergman and novelist Margareta Bergman. According to Karin Lannby, Bergman was employed by the intelligence organization C-byrån and was part of the Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War in Finland and active in the National League of Sweden.
Bergman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Uppsala University in 1938 and a Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University in 1944 before he became an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1945. He was first secretary in Athens in 1963, embassy counsellor in 1970 (acting in 1965) and ambassador from 1972 to 1973. Bergman was then consul general in Hong Kong from 1973 to 1980.
Bergman was from the 1960s seriously ill, paralyzed by polio and wheelchair bound. He died in Athens in 1984.