Editing Carl Bildt (section)

==Early life and education==

Bildt was born on 15 July 1949 in [[Halmstad|Halmstad, Halland]],<ref name="Europarl">{{cite web|title=Carl Bildt|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/webnp/webdav/shared/ICMs/2013/Afet%20SEDE%20Feb%202013/supporting%20documents/sede210213cvbildt_EN%5B1%5D.pdf|website=The Swedish Government|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> to an old [[Danish people|Danish]]-Norwegian-Swedish [[noble family]], the [[Bildt family]], traditionally domiciled in [[Bohuslän]].{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} His grandfather's grandfather, [[Gillis Bildt]], was a Conservative politician and diplomat, long-time Ambassador to the [[German Empire]] and Prime Minister of Sweden 1888–1889,<ref name=":ElganScobbie42" /> mainly remembered for his [[Protectionism|protectionist]] trade policies.

Bildt's father Daniel Bildt (1920–2010) was a major in the reserves of the now defunct [[Halland Regiment]] and a bureau director in the now defunct Civil Defense Board's Education Bureau. Daniel Bildt married Kerstin Andersson-Alwå in 1947. Carl Bildt's brother, Nils, was born in 1952. Bildt was married to Kerstin Zetterberg from 1974 to 1975; to Mia Bohman (daughter of former Moderate party leader and Minister of Economy, [[Gösta Bohman]]) from 1984 to 1997; and, since 1998, to [[Anna Maria Corazza Bildt|Anna Maria Corazza]]. Bildt has three children; two from his second marriage and one from his third marriage.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

Bildt attended [[Stockholm University]].<ref name="Europarl"/>