June 10 in Swedish history

The European Union chooses former Swedish Prime Minister (and leader of the Moderate Party) Carl Bildt as mediator in the Balkan conflict. (1995) 

  • On June 10, 1995, the European Union selects Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt as mediator in the Balkan conflict. Photo: Janwikifoto
  • June 10 in Swedish history
    1995: The European Union chooses former Swedish Prime Minister (and leader of the Moderate Party) Carl Bildt as mediator in the Balkan conflict. Bildt begins service as the EU’s special envoy to the former Yugoslavia in June, becomes co-chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference in November and high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 1995 to June 1997, immediately after the Bosnian War. From 1999 to 2001, Bildt serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans.

  • Bildt served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994, leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999 and served as Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2006 until 2014.