Raoul Wallenberg
Support to independent research on Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg
Twice a year, the Government allocates and approves funds for independent research projects on Raoul Wallenberg. Before a decision on a grant is made, an opinion is obtained from a special reference group.
The closing date for applications for the next round of decisions is 2 april 2008. Read more about the grant and the application procedure under the heading Government grant to independent research on Raoul Wallenberg.
International seminar on 11 December
On 11 December 2007 an international seminar will be held in Stockholm with researchers from Hungary and Sweden. They will be presenting the results of studies that have been entirely or partially financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The seminar will be held at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and subject to space, will be open to the general public.
Wallenberg inquiry: "A failure of diplomacy"
The Commission of inquiry into the actions of the Swedish foreign policy leadership in the Raoul Wallenberg case has presented its report "A failure of diplomacy". Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat with a US assignment. The inquiry has found a previously unknown dossier in the archives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that shows that, at an early stage, the Swedish Foreign Service was disoriented by rumours indicating that Wallenberg had disappeared by car and subsequently been murdered.
Investigation on the fate of Raoul Wallenberg
On 12 January 2001, the Swedish-Russian working group presented the results of almost ten years investigatory work into the fate of Raoul Wallenberg. Here you can access the report in full and other information published in connection with the presentation of the report.
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenbergs accomplishments and his fate have engaged many people in a large number of countries ever since he was taken out of Budapest by Soviet troops in January 1945. It is largely thanks to this engagement that Raoul Wallenberg is as much at the centre of attention today as he ever was.
The fate of Raoul Wallenberg has been our single largest and most protracted case at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It is in itself regrettable that the matter has dragged on for so long but it is no more than right that such great efforts have been made to try and solve the case. Quite simply, we owe it to Raoul Wallenberg and his heroic deeds in Budapest not forgetting the efforts of his colleagues at the Swedish diplomatic mission.
