The Ambassador of Sweden to North Korea (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the Supreme Leader and government of North Korea. Sweden is the protecting power of United States interests in North Korea. Until 2001, Sweden was the only western state with unbroken diplomatic representation in the city. The Swedish embassy has consular representation for Australia, Canada and the Nordic countries.
Ambassador of Sweden to North Korea | |
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Incumbent since 1 September 2021Andreas Bengtsson | |
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Pyongyang | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Munsudong 3, Taedonggang-guyok |
Seat | Pyongyang, North Korea |
Appointer | Government of Sweden |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Arne Björnberg |
Formation | 1973 |
Website | Swedish Embassy, Pyongyang |
List of representatives
editName | Period | Resident/Non resident | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Arne Björnberg | 1973–1974 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the Swedish embassy in Beijing. | [1] |
Kaj Björk | 1975–1979 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the Swedish embassy in Beijing. | [2] |
Erik Cornell | 1975–1977 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [3][4] | |
Karlerik Nordenquist | 1977–1979 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [5] | |
Ingolf Kiesow | 1979–1981 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [6][7] | |
Sten Sundfeldt | 1980–1982 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the Swedish embassy in Beijing. | [8] |
– | 1983–1983 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Vacant | [9] |
Per Fritzson | 1982–1983 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [9][10] | |
Ulla Boija | 1983–1985 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [11] | |
Lars Bergquist | 1984–1988 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the Swedish embassy in Beijing. | [12] |
Gudmund Naessén | 1985–1988 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [12][13] | |
Björn Skala | 1988–1991 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the Swedish embassy in Beijing. | [14] |
Göran Wide | 1989–1992 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [15][16] | |
Sven Linder | 1992–1997 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the Swedish embassy in Beijing. | [17] |
– | 1993–1994 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | Vacant | [18][19] |
Åke Lövquist | 1995–1997 | Resident | Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires | [17][20] | |
Kjell Anneling | 1997–2002 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the Swedish embassy in Beijing. | [21] |
Svante Kilander | 1998–2001 | Resident | Minister and chargé d'affaires | [22] | |
Paul Beijer | 2001–2002 | Resident | Minister and chargé d'affaires | [21] | |
Paul Beijer | 2002–2005 | Resident | Ambassador | [23] | |
Mats Foyer | 2005–2010 | Resident | Ambassador | [24] | |
Barbro Elm | 2010–2012 | Resident | Ambassador | [25] | |
Karl-Olof Andersson | 2012–2014 | Resident | Ambassador | [25] | |
Torkel Stiernlöf | 2014–2017 | Resident | Ambassador | [26] | |
Jonas Wendel | 1 September 2017 – 2019 | Resident | Ambassador | [27] | |
Joachim Bergström | 1 September 2019 – 2021 | Resident | Ambassador | [28] | |
Andreas Bengtsson | 1 september 2021 – present | Resident | Ambassador | [29] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1981 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1981] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1980. p. 120. ISBN 91-1-805012-3. SELIBR 3681525.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 344. ISBN 91-38-04622-9. SELIBR 3682760.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1977). Sveriges statskalender 1977 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 444. ISBN 91-38-03338-0. SELIBR 3682758.
- ^ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 216. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
- ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 810. ISBN 91-1-914072-X. SELIBR 8261513.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1981). Sveriges statskalender 1981 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 354. ISBN 91-38-06008-6. SELIBR 3682762.
- ^ Pileby, Axel (25 July 2012). "Någon kommer att råka illa ut för det här" [Someone is going to get hurt by this]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 366. ISBN 9138067307. SELIBR 3682763.
- ^ a b Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1983). Sveriges statskalender 1983 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 353. ISBN 9138071576. SELIBR 3682764.
- ^ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 364. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1985). Sveriges statskalender 1985 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. p. 352. ISBN 91-38-90564-7. SELIBR 3682783.
- ^ a b Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1988). Sveriges statskalender 1988 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 366. ISBN 91-38-09927-6. SELIBR 3682767.
- ^ Hultman, Barbro, ed. (20 April 1985). "namn" [name]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 19. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1991). Sveriges statskalender 1991 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 354. ISBN 9138125277. SELIBR 3682770.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1992). Sveriges statskalender 1992 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 358. ISBN 913812694X. SELIBR 3682771.
- ^ Knutson, Mats (12 December 1992). "Nordkorea utan ambassadör" [North Korea without ambassador]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 14. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1997). Sveriges statskalender 1997 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 185. ISBN 9138309734. SELIBR 3682776.
- ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 350. ISBN 9138128098. SELIBR 3682772.
- ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1994). Sveriges statskalender 1994 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 183. ISBN 9138129485. SELIBR 3682773.
- ^ Mattisson, Birgitta (29 March 2003). "I den stund som det skickades militära trupper till området, så var det egentligen avgjort" [The moment military troops were sent to the area, it was really decided.]. Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 185. ISBN 9138319519. SELIBR 8428312.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 183. ISBN 9138318385. SELIBR 8261601.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 181. ISBN 9138321971. SELIBR 9879458.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 187. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
- ^ a b "Ny ambassadör i hemligt Nordkorea" [New ambassador to secretive North Korea]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). TT-TT Spektra. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Tre nya ambassadörer" [Three new ambassadors] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Demokratiska Folkrepubliken Korea" [New Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Demokratiska Folkrepubliken Korea" [New Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Nordkorea" [New ambassador in North Korea] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
External links
edit- Embassy of Sweden, Pyongyang, official website (in Swedish)