[PW] How to address the Swedish Vice Consul?

[John P. Dyson]

Hi Nina,

According to Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, 
College Edition, the forms of address are: On the envelope: Full Name, 
Esq. (if a feller), American (or other) Consul, city and country or 
state; salutation (formal) Sir/Madam; (less formal) My Dear Sir/Madam; 
(in speaking) Mr. or Ms. (Surname).

I remain,

Your V. O. S.,

John Dyson


Quoting Nina Gilbert <ninagilbert at yahoo.com>:

>
> Dear stumpers,
>
> Hello from my glamorous new job as Education and Community Programs
> Director for Boston Lyric Opera.
>
> One of my colleagues has a question.  We're producing an opera that
> takes place in Sweden, and the Swedish Vice Consul will attend the
> opening.
>
> How do we properly greet/address her?
>
> I tried Googling "forms of address," which I remember seeing in backs
> of big dictionaries, and now I know how to describe her and write her
> a letter.  But when someone actually gets to speak to her, what do we
> call her?  And are there other protocols we should know about?  Like,
> you kiss her hand and say "Your sublime consulship?"  I know that's
> not right.
>
> My reputation with my new colleagues rides on this answer.  (And on
> everything else they ask, me I guess.)
>
> We would love an answer before Thursday 3/29, so we know we don't
> have to keep looking.  Opera opens Friday.
>
> We'd also love to know where to find this sort of information, so
> next time we do an opera and invite diplomats, we'll be ready.
>
> I know, Plan B would be to call the Consulate and ask, but I'd love
> to find a documentable source.  Vice Consul's name is Margareta
> (Ginga) Sewerin-Olsson.
>
> My guess, based on Googling "Madame Consul," is that she's "Madame
> Consul."  But I'd love to know for real.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nina Gilbert
>
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