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The Texas-Swede Lyndon L. Olson, Jr was appointed Ambassador in Sweden by President Bill Clinton in October of 1997, and served as ambassador from 1998 until August of 2001. Ambassador Olson previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Travelers Insurance Holdings, Inc., and the Associated Madison Companies, Inc. He has served as President of the National Group Corporation, and he has also been President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Group Insurance Company. Olson was Chairman of the Texas State Board of Insurance from 1979 until 1981, and from February 1983 until August 1987. He also served as President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in 1982. He was appointed to the negotiation team on international reinsurance issues at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva, Switzerland in 1987 and lectured to ASEAN Nations in 1985 and 1989 at the United Nations Conferences on Trade and Development, Program of Insurance in Manila. He was one of the negotiators for the United States-Israeli Free Trade Agreement relating to services between the two nations; he led a Trade Delegation on Financial Services to Russia and China in 1985. Olson served as a member of the Texas State House of Representatives from 1973 until 1978. | 