Anna Jardfelt is the Swedish Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Geneva.[1]

Anna Jardfelt
Born1972
NationalitySwedish

Early life and education

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Jardfelt Melvin holds a masters of law degree.[2]

Career

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Jardfelt Melvin joined the Swedish Foreign Ministry in 1997 and has spent a large part of her career on European Security policy issues, notably as Chief of Staff for the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (2001–2005).

She was the Director of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) between 2010 and 2014.[3]

Jardfelt was Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya, Seychelles and the Comoros and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) from 2017 to 2020, having served as Ambassador to the EU's Political and Security Committee in Brussels between 2014 and 2017. In March 2018 she had been appointed to be the Ambassador to the Seychelles.[4]

Jardfelt became the Swedish ambassador in Geneva in 2020.[2]

Private life

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Jardfelt is married with two children.[2]

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ "Who is who". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Anna Jardfelt" (PDF). swecham.ch. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ "State Secretary George Ciamba meets with Anna Jardfelt, Director of the Swedish Institute for International Affairs | Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mae.ro. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  4. ^ "New Swedish Ambassador to Seychelles Accredited". www.statehouse.gov.sc. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  5. ^ Board of Trustees: Anna Jarfeldt United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Veronika Bard
Swedish Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Geneva
2020–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Johan Borgstam
Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya
2017–2020
Succeeded by
Caroline Vicini
Preceded by
Johan Borgstam
Ambassador of Sweden to Seychelles
2017–2020
Succeeded by
Caroline Vicini
Preceded by
Johan Borgstam
Ambassador of Sweden to the Comoros
2017–2020
Succeeded by
Caroline Vicini