Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 28 April 1950, page 1


ENVOY DIES SUDDENLY

Minister For

Sweden

The Minister for Sweden in Australia, Mr. O. Constans G. Lundquist, collapsed and died suddenly yesterday morning at the Swedish Legation in Sydney.

He was 59.

Mr. Lundquist first came to Australia in 1945, as thc ConsulGeneral for Sweden. In 1947, when a Swedish Legation was established in Sydney, he became Sweden's first Minister in Aus-tralia.

He was not married. Officers of the Legation are awaiting instructions from his relatives in Sweden on whether he should bc buried in Sydney.

A service will be held at St. James' Church, Sydney, at 3 o'clock next Monday.