Ragnvald Bagge

Ragnvald Richardson (R:son) Bagge (12 November 1903 – 24 March 1991) was a Swedish diplomat. Bagge began his diplomatic career at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1928 as an attaché. He held early postings in Washington, D.C., Madrid, and Tokyo, and served as secretary to the minister for foreign affairs and later as secretary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He progressed through the ranks as legation counsellor in Helsinki, director at the Ministry, and chargé d'affaires and envoy in Bogotá and Panama City.

Bagge then served as embassy counsellor and minister plenipotentiary in Washington, D.C., before taking up envoy and ambassadorial positions in Tehran (also accredited to Baghdad and Karachi), Warsaw, Ottawa, and Copenhagen, concluding his career as ambassador in Copenhagen from 1965 to 1969.