Jenny Ohlsson | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Education | Uppsala University, UWC Pearson College |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Jenny Ohlsson (born 1975) is a Swedish diplomat. She has served as Sweden's ambassador to Eritrea since 1 October 2023, with her post based in Stockholm. [1] [2] From 2021 to 2022, she was State Secretary to Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. [3] [4]
Ohlsson attended UWC Pearson College (1992–1994) and later studied at Uppsala University (1998–2007). [5]
Ohlsson worked as a political adviser in the Swedish Government Offices from 1997 to 2002, including as an adviser to Prime Minister Göran Persson. [6] [7] In 2006 she was political adviser to Minister for Foreign Affairs Jan Eliasson. [8]
Within the foreign service she has served at several units and missions, including in Pretoria and at the former section office in Kigali. [9] In 2016, the Government appointed her ambassador to Rwanda, based in Kigali. [10]
After Rwanda she worked in Stockholm on Agenda 2030 issues at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and later served as Sweden's Ambassador/Coordinator for Migration and Refugee Issues. [11] [12] [13] She has also worked at the Prime Minister's Office coordination unit (Statsrådsberedningen). [14]