Editing Hans Blix (section)

==Life and career==
Blix was born in [[Uppsala]], Sweden. He is the son of professor [[Gunnar Blix]] and Hertha Wiberg, and grandson of professor [[Magnus Blix]]. He comes from a family of [[Jämtland|Jamtlandic]] origin. Blix studied at [[Uppsala University]] and [[Columbia University]], earning his PhD from the [[University of Cambridge]] ([[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2002/friedmann_2002 |title=2002 Friedmann Award Given to Dr. Hans Blix – retrieved 21 March 2007 |access-date=21 March 2007 |archive-date=6 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906043416/http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2002/friedmann_2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1959, he earned a [[Juris Doctor]] in [[international law]] at [[Stockholm University]], where he was appointed associate professor in international law the next year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmdcommission.org/sida.asp?ID=33 |title=Chairman of the Commission: Hans Blix, Sweden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208140617/http://www.wmdcommission.org/sida.asp?ID=33|archive-date=2006-02-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hans Blix has two sons, Mårten and Göran, who both have doctoral degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lararnasnyheter.se/alfa/2009/10/29/portratt-hans-blix|title=Porträtt: Hans Blix|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924073116/http://www.lararnasnyheter.se/alfa/2009/10/29/portratt-hans-blix|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Between 1962 and 1978 Blix was a member of the Swedish delegation at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva. He held several other positions in the Swedish administration between 1963 and 1976, and from 1961 to 1981, he served on the Swedish delegation to the United Nations. From 1978 to 1979, Blix was the Swedish Foreign Minister.

Blix chaired the Swedish [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal Party]]'s campaign during the 1980 [[1980 Swedish nuclear power referendum|referendum]] on nuclear power, campaigning in favour of the retention of the Swedish nuclear energy program.