List of ambassadors of Sweden to Bolivia

Ambassador of Sweden to Bolivia
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Johanna Teague since 2024
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, La Paz
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat	La Paz, Bolivia
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Einar Modig
Formation	1 January 1931
Website	Swedish Embassy, La Paz

The Ambassador of Sweden to Bolivia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Plurinational State of Bolivia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Bolivia and government of Bolivia.

History

On 30 June 1930, Einar Modig was appointed as Sweden's first minister accredited to Bolivia, though stationed in Lima, Peru. ^[1] He assumed office on 1 January 1931. Simultaneously, Albert Winqvist  [ sv ] was appointed as legation counsellor at the Swedish legations in the same countries. ^[2] Sweden and Bolivia established relations in 1931. ^[3] On 2 February 1932, Einar Modig was recognized as Sweden's first envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Bolivia. ^[4]

In July 1964, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Bolivian governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. ^[5]

The Swedish ambassador to La Paz was based in Lima, Peru, for many years and held dual accreditation to Bolivia and some other nearby countries. After the Swedish embassy in Lima closed in 2001, the accreditation for La Paz was transferred to the Swedish ambassador in Buenos Aires and later to Bogotá.

In 1995, an office for Swedish development cooperation was established in La Paz, and in 2010, it was upgraded to an embassy. ^[6] The embassy was headed by a chargé d'affaires ad interim until 22 July 2021, when the Swedish government decided to appoint a resident ambassador. ^[7]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Resident/Non resident	Title	Notes	Ref
Einar Modig	1 January 1931 [a] – 28 April 1933	Non-resident	Acting envoy	Resident in Lima.	[1] [8]
Einar Modig	28 April 1933 – 1934	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	[1]
Vilhelm Assarsson	1935–1937	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	[9]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	1937–1945	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	[10]
Martin Kastengren	1945–1951	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	[11]
Harry Eriksson	1951–1952	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	[12]
Claes Westring	1952–1956	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	[13]
Harry Bagge	1956–1962	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Santiago.	[14]
Carl Henrik Petersén	1962 – July 1964	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	[15] [5]
Carl Henrik Petersén	July 1964 – 1966	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[5] [15]
Torsten Björck	1966–1974	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[16]
Göran Engblom	1975–1978	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[17]
Ulf Norström	1979–1982	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[18]
Cai Melin	1982–1983	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[19] [20]
Hans Linton	1984–1989	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[21]
Carl-Erhard Lindahl	1989–1992	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[22]
Lars Schönander	1992–1996	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[23]
Ulf Lewin	1996–2000	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[24]
Mikael Dahl	2000–2001	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	[25]
Martin Wilkens	2002–2005	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Buenos Aires. [b]	[26]
Arne Rodin	2005–2010	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Buenos Aires.	[27]
Marie Andersson de Frutos	2011–2017	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá. Presented credentials on 19 September 2012.	[28]
Ann Stödberg	January 2011 – August 2013	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[29] [30] [31]
Aurore Lundkvist	2013–2016	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[32] [33]
Pontus Rosenberg	2016–2018	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[34] [35]
Tommy Strömberg	2018–2020	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá. Presented credentials on 26 December 2018.	[36]
Jörgen Persson	2019–2021	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[37]
Nicolas Weeks	15 August 2021 – 2024	Resident	Ambassador		[7]
Johanna Teague	2024–present	Resident	Ambassador		[38]

Footnotes

1. Appointed on 30 July 1930. ^[1]
2. Martin Wilkens was stationed at the Swedish embassy in Buenos Aires and accredited to Asunción, La Paz, and Montevideo, but not to Buenos Aires itself. His wife, Madeleine Ströje-Wilkens, was the Swedish ambassador in Buenos Aires and accredited specifically to Buenos Aires at the time. ^[26]

References

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2. "Vi och Sydamerika" [Us and South America]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 20 August 1930. p. 8A. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
3. Arteaga, Carla Esparza (1 October 2021). "Bolivian Chancellor receives the credentials from Sweden, France and the Inter-American Bank". The Diplomatic Insight. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
4. "DECRETO SUPREMO No 02-02-1932 del 02 de Febrero de 1932" [SUPREME DECREE No. 02-02-1932 of February 2, 1932]. Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia (in Spanish). La Paz. 2 February 1932. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
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30. "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, La Paz. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
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33. "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, La Paz. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
34. Embajadora de Suecia en Bolivia [@SueciaEnBolivia] (22 September 2016). "La feria de Santa Cruz - El nuevo encargado de negocios Pontus Rosenberg representó a la embajada con colegos de la Unión Europa" [Santa Cruz Fair - New Chargé d'Affaires Pontus Rosenberg represented the embassy with colleagues from the European Union] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2025– via Twitter.
35. "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, La Paz. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
36. Cancillería de Bolivia [@MRE_Bolivia] (26 December 2018). "#Ahora En la #CasaGrandeDelPueblo, el nuevo Embajador de la Reino de #Suecia en #Bolivia, Tommy Strömberg, presenta sus cartas credenciales al Presidente @evoespueblo" [Now At the #CasaGrandeDelPueblo, the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of #Sweden in #Bolivia, Tommy Strömberg, presents his credentials to President @evoespueblo] (Tweet) (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 20 January 2025– via Twitter.
37. "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, La Paz. 16 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
38. "Ny ambassadör i Bolivia" [New ambassador to Bolivia] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

External links

• Embassy of Sweden, La Paz, official website (in Swedish)
• Embassy of Sweden, La Paz, official website (in Spanish)