page_title: Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran
section_title: United Nations career
hierarchical_section_title: Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran / United Nations career
caption_attribution_description: English: ER Kvaran being filmed, Sri Lanka, Ca. 1956
context_page_description: Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran was an Icelandic engineer, teacher, genealogist and writer. He lived in America much of the latter part of his life and was the author of the Our Ancestors newspaper series.
context_section_description: In 1952 Einar was employed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and was posted to Sri Lanka (at that time, "Ceylon") where his fourth son was born.  This was followed by postings in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malta and finally at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.
caption: Einar, far left, being filmed by a United Nations film crew, Sri Lanka, ca. 1956
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