List of ambassadors of Sweden to Colombia

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Colombia
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Helena Storm
since 1 September 2020
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Bogotá
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Carrera 4 no 72-55, Chapinero [1]
Seat Bogotá, Colombia
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Einar Modig
Formation1 January 1931
Website Swedish Embassy, Bogotá

The Ambassador of Sweden to Colombia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Colombia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Colombia and government of Colombia.

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History

Diplomatic relations between Sweden and Colombia were established in 1847. [2]

In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts recommended a proposal from the chargé d'affaires in Mexico to extend the mission's area of responsibility to Colombia, and the Central American states, British Honduras, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and San Domingo, along with the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions in the West Indies. [3] This did not materialize on Colombia's behalf.

On 1 January 1931, Einar Modig became Sweden's first minister accredited to Colombia, stationed in Lima, Peru. At the same time, Albert Winqvist was appointed legation counsellor, with a special focus on Colombia and Venezuela, and to serve as acting chargé d'affaires in Bogotá during the times when the minister was not present there. [4]

In 1949, Sweden's then chargé d'affaires in Bogotá, legation counsellor Ragnvald Bagge, was promoted to envoy and was also accredited in Panama City. [5] He thereby became Sweden's first resident envoy in Bogotá.

In September 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Colombian 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. [6]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Einar Modig 1 January 1931 – 1934Envoy Dual accreditation from the legation in Lima. [4]
Albert Winqvist1931–1936Legation counsellor [lower-alpha 1] and acting chargé d'affaires [7] [4]
Vilhelm Assarsson1935–1937EnvoyDual accreditation from the legation in Lima. [8]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld1936–1937Legation counsellor [lower-alpha 2] and acting chargé d'affaires [9] [10]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld1937–1945EnvoyDual accreditation from the legation in Lima. [11]
Rolf Arfwedson1938–1938Envoy en mission spécialeDuring the change of president in Colombia in 1938. [12]
Rolf Arfwedson1938–1939Legation counsellor [lower-alpha 3] and acting chargé d'affairesActing chargé d'affaires in Bogotá and Caracas. [12]
Rolf Arfwedson1939–1939Chargé d'affaires [13]
Rolf Arfwedson1943–1944Chargé d'affaires [13]
Karl Yngve Vendel1944–1948Chargé d'affaires [14]
Ragnvald Bagge 1948–1949Chargé d'affaires [15]
Ragnvald Bagge 1949–1950EnvoyDual accreditation to Panama City. [16]
Brynolf Eng 1950–1955EnvoyDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. [17]
Leif Öhrvall1955 – September 1956EnvoyDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. [6] [18]
Leif ÖhrvallSeptember 1956 – 1958AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. [6] [18]
Knut Bernström 1957–1957Acting chargé d'affaires [19]
Torsten Brandel1958–1961AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. [20]
Curt Leijon1961–1964AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. [21]
Hugo Ärnfast1964 – 11 July 1965AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. Died in office. [lower-alpha 4] [23] [22]
Ingvar Grauers1965–1976AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. [24]
Hans-Efraim Sköld1976–1979AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City and Quito. [25]
Ragnar Petri1979–1982AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City (from 1980). [26]
Karl Wärnberg1983–1988AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City. [27]
Fredrik Bergenstråhle 1989–1991AmbassadorDual accreditation to Panama City. [28]
Sven Juhlin1991–1996AmbassadorDual accreditation to Quito (from 1992). [29]
Björn Sternby1996–2000AmbassadorDual accreditation to Quito. [30]
Olof Skoog 2001–2003AmbassadorDual accreditation to Caracas (from 2002), Panama City, and Quito. [31]
–2004–2004AmbassadorVacant. [32]
Lena Nordström2005–2011AmbassadorDual accreditation to Caracas, Panama City, and Quito. [33]
Marie Andersson de Frutos2011–2017AmbassadorDual accreditation to Caracas and Quito. [34]
Tommy Strömberg1 September 2017 – 2020Ambassador [35]
Helena Storm1 September 2020 – presentAmbassador [36]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Legation counsellor in Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, Lima and Quito. [7]
  2. ↑ Legation counsellor in Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, Lima and Quito. [9]
  3. ↑ Legation counsellor in Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, Lima and Quito. [12]
  4. ↑ Died in drowning accident outside Bogotá. [22]

References

  1. ↑ "Bogotá D C, ambassad och ambassadörens residens" [Bogotá D C, Embassy and Ambassador's Residence] (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Om oss" [About us] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bogotá. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Vår diplomati: beskickning bör upprättas i Prag" [Our diplomacy: diplomatic mission should be established in Prague]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 3. 4 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Einar Modig till Lima som minister" [Einar Modig to Lima as minister]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 August 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Representationen i utlandet utökas" [The representation abroad is being expanded]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 July 1949. p. 4A. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "Tio sändebud introduceras" [Ten envoys are introduced]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 22 September 1956. p. A5. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. 1 2 Vem var det?: biografier över bortgångna svenska män och kvinnor samt kronologisk förteckning över skilda ämbetens och tjänsters innehavare [Who was it?: biographies of deceased Swedish men and women and chronological list of different office and services holders] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1944. p. 207. SELIBR   8079633.
  8. ↑ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 50.
  9. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender för året 1937 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1937. p. 205.
  10. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1942. p. 682. SELIBR   10335454.
  11. ↑ Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1966). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1967 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1967] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 760. SELIBR   3681518.
  12. 1 2 3 Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1942. p. 39. SELIBR   10335454.
  13. 1 2 Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 45.
  14. ↑ Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1005. SELIBR   3681519.
  15. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 81. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
  16. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1950 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1950. pp. 280, 285.
  17. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 291. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
  18. 1 2 Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1082. SELIBR   3681519.
  19. ↑ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 127. ISBN   9172850426. SELIBR   8261515.
  20. ↑ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 154. SELIBR   9649168.
  21. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 644. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
  22. 1 2 "Svenskt sändebud omkom i strid flod. Drogs med i ras" [Swedish envoy perished in raging river. Swept away in a landslide]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 13 July 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  23. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1965 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1965. p. 317.
  24. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 389. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
  25. ↑ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1029. ISBN   91-1-960852-7. SELIBR   3681533.
  26. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 893. ISBN   91-1-943202-X. SELIBR   8261514.
  27. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1210. ISBN   91-1-914072-X. SELIBR   8261513.
  28. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1991). Sveriges statskalender 1991 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 346, 358. ISBN   9138125277. SELIBR   3682770.
  29. ↑ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 577. ISBN   91-1-960852-7. SELIBR   3681533.
  30. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 173–174. ISBN   91-38-31692-7. SELIBR   8261600.
  31. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2003). Sveriges statskalender 2003 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 168–169, 182, 189. ISBN   91-38-32045-2. SELIBR   8869747.
  32. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 172. ISBN   91-38-32120-3. SELIBR   89506762.
  33. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. pp. 177–178, 193, 201. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  34. ↑ "Ambassadens personal". Sveriges ambassad i Colombia. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Myndighetschef Marie Andersson de Frutos Ambassador Sidoakrediterad från Bogota även för Quito och Caracas
  35. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Colombia" [New ambassador in Colombia] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  36. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Colombia" [New ambassador in Colombia] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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