Krister Kumlin

Ralf Krister Sten Wilhelm Kumlin (born 2 December 1938) is a Swedish diplomat who served in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1962 until his retirement in 2012. Over the course of his career, he held postings in Washington, D.C., Guatemala City, Bangkok, and Paris, and served in senior positions at the ministry in Stockholm. In 1982, he was appointed minister at Sweden's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City and later served as vice president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He was ambassador to Brasília (1986–1990), ambassador to Athens (from 1993), and ambassador to Tokyo (1997–2002), with concurrent accreditation to the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.

After returning to Stockholm, he served at the Prime Minister's Office, was appointed Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in 2005, and acted as senior adviser to the Swedish Emergency Management Agency until 2012. He also chaired several cultural and international committees and contributed to the establishment of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology.