Farewell to Per Carlsen, former Danish Ambassador to Latvia and Chairman of the BALTBAT Steering Committee
Yesterday, with sorrow, Latvia received the news that Per Carlsen, a former Danish Ambassador to Latvia, had passed away.
A seasoned diplomat (he had been the Danish Ambassador to Lithuania, Russia and Latvia), Per had also headed the Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI), in Copenhagen. After retiring from the diplomatic service, he continued his work to support Baltic projects.
Less known is his central role in the development of the Baltic Peacekeeping Battalion (BALTBAT) in the 1990s. As one of the earliest supporters of this project, he was appointed Chairman of the BALTBAT Steering Group. This initiative, together with other projects for Baltic military cooperation which he led, formed the basis for the support of many Western countries to the democratic development of the Estonian, Latvian a