Ambassador of Sweden to Burkina Faso | |
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Incumbent since 7 July 2024Helen Holm | |
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 |
Formation | 1964 |
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.
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] 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. [2] 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. [3] [4]
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 . [5] In 2021, Sweden's first resident ambassador in Ouagadougou was appointed.
Name | Period | Resident/Non resident | Title | Accreditation | Ref |
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Karl Henrik Andersson | 1964–1967 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [2] |
Carl Swartz | 1967–1969 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Lagos. | [6] |
Bertil Arvidson | 1969–1972 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Lagos. | [7] |
Pierre Bothén | 1973–1974 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Lagos. | [8] |
Karl-Anders Wollter | 1975–1976 | Non-resident | Acting Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Lagos. | [9] |
Vidar Hellners | 1977–1978 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Lagos. | [10] |
Cai Melin | 1979–1982 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. | [3] |
Bengt Borglund | 1983–1987 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [11] |
Arne Ekfeldt | 1987–1992 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [12] |
Peter Bruce | 1992–1995 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [13] |
Bo Wilén | 1996–1999 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [14] |
Göran Ankarberg | 1999–2002 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [15] |
Inga Björk-Klevby | 2003–2005 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [16] |
Carin Wall | 2006–2010 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. | [4] |
Carin Wall | 2010–2013 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Bamako. | |
Owe Andersson | September 2010 – 2012 | Resident | Chargés d'affaires ad interim | [17] [18] | |
Eva Emnéus | 2013–2018 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Bamako. | |
Ulrika Lindberg-Labasauskas | 2012–2013 | Resident | Chargés d'affaires ad interim | ||
Margareta Kristiansson | 2014–2015 | Resident | Chargés d'affaires ad interim | ||
Mats Hårsmar | 2015–2018 | Resident | Chargé d'affaires | ||
Jessica Svärdström | 2018–2019 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Bamako. | [19] |
Mia Rimby | 31 August 2018 – May 2021 | Resident | Chargé d'affaires | [20] [21] | |
Diana Janse | 2019–2021 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Bamako. | |
Susanne Alldén | June 2021 – October 2021 | Resident | Head of mission | [21] | |
Maria Sargren | 1 November 2021 – 2024 | Resident | Ambassador | [22] | |
Helen Holm | 7 July 2024 – present | Resident | Chargé d'affaires | [23] |
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