Knut Agathon Wallenberg
Foreign Minister
✶ 19 May 1853 in Stockholm
✟ 1 June 1938 in Stockholm
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 6 June 1916
motto
Quære et invenies (Search and you will find)
shield
Painted 1918 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1938 by the same artist.
other awards
Knight of the Order of Vasa 1888
Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1890
Commander of the Order of Vasa (2nd class) 1893
Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (2nd class) 1902
Commander of the Order of Vasa (1st class) 1897
The golden medal of Illis quorum meruere labores 18th size with chain 1926
King Gustaf V’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1928
Biography
Bank executive and CEO of Stockholm Enskilda Bank 1886-1911
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1914-1917
Chairman of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce 1912-1914 and 1917-1928
Member of the first chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1907-1919