List of ambassadors of Sweden to Algeria

Ambassador of Sweden to Algeria
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Björn Häggmark since 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Algiers
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Rue Olof Palme, Hydra
Seat	Algiers, Algeria
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Anders Forsse
Formation	1963
Website	Swedish Embassy, Algiers

The Ambassador of Sweden to Algeria (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Algeria and government of Algeria.

History

The Swedish embassy in Algiers opened in 1963 after Algeria's independence the year before. ^[1] In April 1963, an agreement was reached between Sweden and Algeria to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level between the two countries. Bengt Rabaeus, the embassy counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Paris, was appointed as Sweden's first ambassador to Algiers. ^[2] In July of the same year, Ambassador Rabaeus presented his credentials to Prime Minister Ahmed Ben Bella. ^[3]

During the 1960s and 1970s, the ambassador held a dual accreditation to Bamako, Mali.

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Anders Forsse	1962–1963	Acting chargé d'affaires	Also consul.	[4]
Bengt Rabaeus	1963–1966	Ambassador		[5]
Wilhelm Wachtmeister	1966–1967	Ambassador		[6]
Claës König	1968–1972	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Bamako.	[7] [8]
Jean-Jacques von Dardel	1972–1974	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Bamako.	[9]
Harald Edelstam	1974–1979	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Bamako (from 1975).	[10]
Stig Brattström	1979–1982	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Bamako (until 1980).	[11]
Jean-Christophe Öberg	1982–1987	Ambassador		[12]
Tom Tscherning	1987–1992	Ambassador		[13]
Göran Wide	1993–1998	Ambassador	In September 1994, Wide temporarily moved to Paris due to the Algerian Civil War.	[14] [15]
Krister Göranson	1998–2000	Ambassador		[16]
Andreas Ådahl	2000–2003	Ambassador		[17]
Per Saland	2003–2004	Ambassador		[18]
Helena Nilsson Lannegren	2005–2008	Ambassador		[19]
Eva Emnéus	2008–2013	Ambassador		[20]
Carin Wall	2013–2016	Ambassador		[21]
Marie-Claire Swärd Capra	1 September 2016 – 2021	Ambassador		[22]
Björn Häggmark	2021–present	Ambassador		[23]

See also

• Embassy of Sweden, Algiers

References

1. "Algeriet" [Algeria] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
2. "Ambassadörer utsedda till Algeriet och Tunisien" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 April 1963. p. A9. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
3. "Sveriges förste ambassadör" [Sweden's first ambassador]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 21 July 1963. p. A5. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
4. Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 345. ISBN   91-1-960852-7. SELIBR   3681533.
5. Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 780.
6. Sveriges statskalender 1967 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1967. p. 304.
7. "Sverige–Mali" [Sweden–Mali]. Göteborgs-Tidningen . UPI. 26 May 1969. p. 17. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
8. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1972). Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1972 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 357. SELIBR   3682755.
9. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1974). Sveriges statskalender 1974 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Allmänna. pp. 374, 380. ISBN   91-38-01839-X.
10. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 331, 346. ISBN   91-38-04622-9. SELIBR   3682760.
11. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1980). Sveriges statskalender 1980 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 331. ISBN   91-38-05350-0. SELIBR   33682761.
12. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1987). Sveriges statskalender 1987 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 345. ISBN   91-38-09751-6. SELIBR   3682766.
13. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1992). Sveriges statskalender 1992 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 345. ISBN   913812694X. SELIBR   3682771.
14. Lundegård, Mats (24 September 1994). "Striderna i Alger tvingar svenskar flytta" [The fighting in Algiers forces Swedes to move]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
15. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1998). Sveriges statskalender 1998 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 170. ISBN   9138313111. SELIBR   3682777.
16. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 168. ISBN   91-38-31692-7. SELIBR   8261600.
17. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2003). Sveriges statskalender 2003 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 164. ISBN   91-38-32045-2. SELIBR   8869747.
18. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 166. ISBN   91-38-32120-3. SELIBR   89506762.
19. Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 172. ISBN   978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR   10900526.
20. Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 172. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
21. "Nya ambassadörer utsedda" [New ambassadors appointed] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
22. "Ny ambassadör i Algeriet" [New ambassador in Algeria] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
23. "Ny ambassadör i Algeriet" [New ambassador in Algeria] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

External links

• Embassy of Sweden, Algiers, official website (in Swedish)