26 October, 2017

Alf Pomian


Alf Pomian was a Polish economist, journalist, Polish consular officer, and Polish activist.

Pomain was born to Joseph Alfons Hajdukiewicz and Olimpia Pietkiewicz. He studied law and economics in Paris and Stockholm, was a representative of Swedish companies in India and Africa, among others. In Dahomeju, he also served in the Foreign Legion. From January 1920 he served as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Stockholm, then transferred to the Polish Foreign Service, where he served as consul in Hamburg (1921-1925) and in Liepaja (1926-1931). From 1 May 1933 the contract agent of the Republic of Poland in Stockholm. From 1 December 1935 the press attaché in Stockholm. He was the president of the Polish Committee of Rescue, the Polish Committee for Aid in Sweden and the Council of Polish Refugees.

He died at the age of 105; rests in the Norra cemetery begravningsplatsen in Solna near Stockholm.

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