In Conversation: Peter Mansbridge with Urban Ahlin, Ambassador of Sweden

The Munk School hosted a hybrid event with Peter Mansbridge, Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Urban Ahlin, Ambassador of Sweden to Canada o.  They discussed the future of NATO, arctic cooperation and Swedish-Canadian relations.  

Speaker Bios:  

Urban Ahlin is the Ambassador of Sweden to Canada, since February 2019. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, Mr. Ahlin was a member of Parliament, representing the Social Democratic Party. Following the 2014 parliamentary election Mr. Ahlin was elected Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Sveriges Riksdag.  Urban Ahlin first became a member of Parliament in 1994. Mr. Ahlin has since then worked in the field of foreign policy in various capacities including Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, member of the War Delegation and he is also a former member of the  Swedish Defence Commission Mr. Ahlin also held the position of Foreign Policy Spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party and was a member of the party’s Executive Board.  Furthermore, Mr. Ahlin is one of the founding members of the first pan-European think-tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).  

Peter Mansbridge is one of Canada’s most celebrated broadcasters. He was the longtime host of CBC’s The National. He is the host of the current affairs podcast, The Bridge by Peter Mansbridge and a Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.