Ambassador Nicola Clase is an associate of the Program on Transatlantic Relations at the WCFIA at Harvard University. She served as State Secretary for Foreign and EU affairs in the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office from 2006 – 2008. Prior to this she was the chief foreign policy adviser to the leader of the Swedish Moderate Party. From 1991 through 1999 and from 2002 through October 2004 Clase served in the Swedish Foreign Ministry and had postings in London and Copenhagen. In 1989 she bicycled through parts of Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi). Nicola Clase has a Master Degree in East Asian studies from Stockholm University and has also studied at Beijing Normal University (Beijing Shifan Daxue).
