Anckarsvärd was then legation secretary in Berlin in 1903 , becoming deputy director and head of the Foreign Ministry 's consulate department in 1904 . He was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary as well as consul general in Constantinople in 1906 , consular judge there in 1909 and envoy in Sofia in 1914 ( accredited from Constantinople ) . Anckarsvärd was Swedish envoy in Constantinople during the Armenian Genocide , and thus one of its eyewitnesses . During the events , Anckarsvärd highlighted the aim of the Young Turk government and its policies to " exterminate the Armenian nation " . He left Constantinople in 1920 to serve as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Warsaw from 1920 to 1931 . Anckarsvärd declared his availability in 1931 and retired in 1932
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Cossva Anckarsvärd