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Knut Richard Thyberg (6 November 1896 – 1 April 1980) was a Swedish diplomat. Thyberg held numerous diplomatic posts throughout his career, serving in cities such as Paris, London, New York City, Riga, and Prague during the 1920s and 1930s. He held senior roles in Copenhagen, Cairo, Belgrade, and Ankara before becoming director of the Political Department at Sweden's Foreign Ministry during World War II. From 1944 to 1948, he acted as Sweden’s envoy in Athens, where he helped represent multiple foreign interests and, with German cooperation, secured the release of around 50 Jews from captivity. He later served as Swedish envoy to Brazil and Portugal and was appointed Sweden’s first ambassador to Liberia in 1959, reflecting the country’s growing economic interests in Africa. Thyberg’s work in Liberia underscored the alignment of Swedish diplomacy with industrial expansion, particularly in support of the LAMCO mining syndicate. He retired from the foreign service in 1961.