List of ambassadors of Sweden to Burkina Faso

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Burkina Faso
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Helen Holm
since 7 July 2024
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Ouagadougou
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Karl Henrik Andersson
Formation1964
Website Swedish Embassy, Ouagadougou

The Ambassador of Sweden to Burkina Faso (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Burkina Faso) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the head of state of Burkina Faso and government of Burkina Faso.

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History

Until 1960 the French Upper Volta was a French possession as a part of French West Africa. In 1958 Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community, and achieved independence as the Republic of Upper Volta on 5 August 1960. [1] Ragnar Edenman, serving as interim Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent a congratulatory telegram to President Maurice Yaméogo of Upper Volta. [2] On 4 August 1984 the country changed its name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso.

Sweden's first ambassador accredited in Ouagadougou was Karl Henrik Andersson, who held a dual accreditation from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, starting in 1964. [3] During the 1960s and 1970s, the Swedish ambassador was accredited from the Swedish embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, and during the 1980s until the mid-2000s, the ambassador was accredited from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan. The ambassador has also been stationed in Stockholm for a few periods, from 1979 to 1982 and 2006–2010. [4] [5]

Sweden opened an embassy in Ouagadougou in 2010. The Swedish ambassador in Bamako held a dual accreditation to Ouagadougou and the embassy in Ouagadougou was headed by a chargé d'affaires . [6] In 2021, Sweden's first resident ambassador in Ouagadougou was appointed.

List of representatives

NamePeriod Resident/Non resident TitleAccreditationRef
Karl Henrik Andersson 1964–1967 Red pog.svg Non-resident Ambassador Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [3]
Carl Swartz1967–1969 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Lagos. [7]
Bertil Arvidson1969–1972 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Lagos. [8]
Pierre Bothén1973–1974 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Lagos. [9]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1975–1976 Red pog.svg Non-residentActing AmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Lagos. [10]
Vidar Hellners1977–1978 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Lagos. [11]
Cai Melin1979–1982 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. [4]
Bengt Borglund1983–1987 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [12]
Arne Ekfeldt1987–1992 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [13]
Peter Bruce1992–1995 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [14]
Bo Wilén1996–1999 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [15]
Göran Ankarberg1999–2002 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [16]
Inga Björk-Klevby 2003–2005 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [17]
Carin Wall2006–2010 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. [5]
Carin Wall2010–2013 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Bamako.
Owe AnderssonSeptember 2010 – 2012 Green 00ff00 pog.svg Resident Chargé d'affaires ad interim [18] [19]
Eva Emnéus 2013–2018 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Bamako.
Ulrika Lindberg-Labasauskas2012–2013 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interim
Margareta Kristiansson2014–2015 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interim
Mats Hårsmar2015–2018 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentChargé d'affaires
Jessica Svärdström2018–2019 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Bamako. [20]
Mia Rimby31 August 2018 – May 2021 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentChargé d'affaires [21] [22]
Diana Janse2019–2021 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Bamako.
Susanne AlldénJune 2021 – October 2021 Green 00ff00 pog.svg Resident Head of mission [22]
Maria Sargren1 November 2021 – 2024 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentAmbassador [23]
Helen Holm7 July 2024 – present Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentChargé d'affaires [24]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Sverige lyckönskar ny stat i Afrika" [Sweden congratulates new state in Africa]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 5 August 1960. p. A7. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Övre Volta i Västafrika..." [Upper Volta in West Africa...]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 5 August 1960. p. A9. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender 1967 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1967. p. 314.
  4. 1 2 Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 379. ISBN   9138067307. SELIBR   3682763.
  5. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 176. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  6. ↑ "Välkommen till Sveriges ambassad i Ouagadougou" (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Ouagadougou. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 347. SELIBR   3682754.
  8. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1972). Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1972 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 361. SELIBR   3682755.
  9. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1974). Sveriges statskalender 1974 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Allmänna. p. 386. ISBN   91-38-01839-X.
  10. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1976). Sveriges statskalender 1976 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 449. ISBN   91-38-02736-4. SELIBR   3682757.
  11. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1978). Sveriges statskalender 1978 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 461. ISBN   91-38-03894-3. SELIBR   3682759.
  12. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1987). Sveriges statskalender 1987 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 349. ISBN   91-38-09751-6. SELIBR   3682766.
  13. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1992). Sveriges statskalender 1992 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 349. ISBN   913812694X. SELIBR   3682771.
  14. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 174. ISBN   91-38-30428-7. SELIBR   3682775.
  15. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1999). Sveriges statskalender 1999 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 176. ISBN   91-38-31445-2. SELIBR   3682778.
  16. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 176. ISBN   9138319519. SELIBR   8428312.
  17. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 171. ISBN   9138321971. SELIBR   9879458.
  18. ↑ "Owe Andersson". LinkedIn . Retrieved 16 July 2024.[ self-published source ]
  19. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Ouagadougou. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "A great day for the bilateral relations between Sweden and Burkina Faso! Ambassador Jessica Svärdström has presented her credentials to the President of Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré". Embassy of Sweden, Ouagadougou. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2024– via Facebook.
  21. ↑ "Vi önskar våra nya kollegor - chargé d'affaires Mia Rimby och biståndschef Susanna Hughes - välkomna på deras första dag på ambassaden!" (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Ouagadougou. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2024– via Facebook.
  22. 1 2 "Après trois ans de service au Burkina Faso, la Chargée d'affaires Mme. Mia Rimby est arrivée à la fin de sa mission" (in French). Embassy of Sweden, Ouagadougou. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024– via Facebook.
  23. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Ouagadougou. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  24. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Ouagadougou. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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