Ambassador (R) Ingmar Karlsson

Ambassador (R) Ingmar Karlsson
Ingmar Karlsson is a member of the High Advisory
Board at the Global Political Trends Center. He
graduated from the School of Economics,
Gothenburg, and has a BA degree from the
University of Gothenburg, Sweden in Economics.
He also holds the degree, Doctor of Divinity from
Lund University and Doctor of Political Science hc
at the University of Vaxjo. He is currently a Senior
Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at
the University of Lund.From 1967 onwards, he has
been employed at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. After working at the Swedish embassies in
Bogota, Vienna, Alger, Damascus, Beijing and
Bonn, he became Ambassador and Head of policy
planning at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. In 1996 - 2001, he served as an Ambassador
in Prague and Bratislava. Between 2001 and 2009, he
was the Consul General in Istanbul. Ambassador
Karlsson has published 15 books on a variety of
subjects including Turkey-EU Relations, Kurdish
question, Islam and Europe.