List of ambassadors of Sweden to Cuba

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Cuba
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Hanna Lambert
since August 2022
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Havana
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Havana, Cuba
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Gylfe Anderberg
Formation1921
Website Swedish Embassy, Havana

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

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History

In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts recommended a proposal from the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico to extend the mission's area of responsibility to the Central American states, British Honduras, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and San Domingo, along with the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions in the West Indies. [1] On 30 September 1921, Gylfe Anderberg was appointed Sweden's first minister in Havana, based in Mexico City. [2]

A 1938 trade report proposed strengthening Sweden's diplomatic presence in key export markets by establishing new positions in Havana, Wellington, and Rio de Janeiro. [3] A debate followed regarding whether to station the position in Havana or Kingston. [4] In February 1939, it was concluded that Cuba's diplomatic needs could be met through internal reassignment. [5] The Swedish mission in Havana became operational in October 1939, covering Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and parts of the West Indies. [6]

In 1951, the Swedish government decided to eliminate the diplomatic position in Havana, transferring responsibilities to the envoy in Mexico City, while local consuls managed minor affairs. [7] However, by 1969, Sweden's growing interests in Cuba justified the establishment of a Swedish embassy in Havana, led by a chargé d'affaires ad interim under the ambassador in Mexico. [8]

In April 1963, an agreement was reached to elevate Sweden's legation in Havana and Cuba's legation in Stockholm to embassies. On 3 April, Ambassador Tord Göransson, resident in Mexico City, was appointed ambassador to Havana as well. [9] In 1972, the mission was elevated to an independent embassy, and Hans Björk  [ sv ] was appointed Sweden's first resident ambassador in Havana. [10]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Gylfe Anderberg 30 September 1921 – 1 February 1938EnvoyResident in Mexico City. [2] [11] [12]
Vilhelm Assarsson 1 February 1938 – 1940EnvoyResident in Mexico City. [11] [13]
Erik Wisén1939–1943Chargé d'affaires ad interim [a] Also accredited to Ciudad Trujillo (from 1941) and Port-au-Prince (from 1941). [14] [15]
Erik Wisén1943–1948Chargé d'affaires [b] Also accredited to Ciudad Trujillo and Port-au-Prince [15] [14]
Karl Yngve Vendel1948–1951Chargé d'affairesAlso accredited to Ciudad Trujillo and Port-au-Prince. [17]
Fritz Stackelberg 1951–1953EnvoyResident in Caracas. [18]
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna1953–1958EnvoyResident in Caracas. [19]
Gunnar Dryselius 1958–1959EnvoyResident in Caracas. [20]
Gunnar Dryselius 1959–1963EnvoyResident in Caracas. [21]
Tord Göransson 3 April 1964 – 1969AmbassadorResident in Mexico City. [9] [22]
Carl-Henric Nauckhoff1969–1972AmbassadorResident in Mexico City. [23]
Carl-Johan Groth1969–1972Chargé d'affaires ad interim [c] [25] [24] [23]
Hans Björk1973–1976AmbassadorAlso accredited to Kingston (from 1974). [26]
Thord Bengtson1977–1979AmbassadorAlso accredited to Kingston. [27]
Anders Sandström1980–1984AmbassadorAlso accredited to Kingston. [28]
Jan Ståhl1984–1987AmbassadorAlso accredited to Kingston. [29]
Krister Göranson1987–1991Ambassador [30]
Karin Oldfelt Hjertonsson1991–1995Ambassador [31]
Michael Frühling1995–2000Ambassador [32]
Eivor Halkjaer2000–2004Ambassador [33]
Christer Elm2004–2008Ambassador [34]
Caroline Fleetwood2008–2012Ambassador [35]
Hanna Lambert2012–2012Chargé d'affaires ad interim [36]
Elisabeth Eklund2013–2016Ambassador [37]
Jonas LovénSeptember 2016 – 2019Ambassador [38]
Tomas Wiklund1 September 2019 – 2022Ambassador [39]
Hanna LambertAugust 2022 – presentAmbassador [40]
Anna CraenenFall 2025Ambassador [41]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ He held the following diplomatic ranks: legation counselor. [14]
  2. ↑ He held the following diplomatic ranks: legation counselor (1943–1948) and minister plenipotentiary (1948). [14] [16]
  3. ↑ He held the following diplomatic ranks: first embassy secretary (1969–1971) and embassy counselor (1971–1972). [24] [23]

References

  1. ↑ "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 6 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Östersjöstaterna och Mexiko få svenska ministrar" [The Baltic States and Mexico get Swedish ministers]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1 October 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Den svenska exporten bör spridas över flera marknader" [Swedish exports should be spread across several markets]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 25 November 1938. p. 417. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Förstärkning av svenska exportorganisationen" [Strengthening the Swedish export organization]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 23 December 1938. p. 14A. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Statsutskottets utlåtande Nr 3" [Committee of Supply Statement No. 3] (in Swedish). Riksdag. 7 February 1939. 1939:Su3. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Beskickningen i Habana i verksamhet" [The mission in Havana is in operation.]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 10 October 1939. p. 4A. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Statsutskottets utlåtande Nr 3" [Committee of Supply Statement No. 3] (in Swedish). Riksdag. 1951. 1951:Su3. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Utrikes: Ambassad på Kuba" [Foreign: Embassy in Cuba]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 14 January 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Ambassad på Kuba" [Embassy in Cuba]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 4 April 1964. p. 14A. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Sverige får ambassadör i Havanna" [Sweden gets ambassador in Havana]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 21 October 1972. p. 9. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Omflyttade och nya sändebud" [Relocated and new envoys]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 27 November 1937. p. 4A. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  12. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 38. SELIBR   8261511.
  13. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1942. p. 44. SELIBR   10335454.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1046. SELIBR   3681519.
  15. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1948 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1948. pp. 265, 267.
  16. ↑ "Utnämningar inom UD" [Appointments within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 22 September 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  17. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1951 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1951. pp. 292–294.
  18. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1953 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1953. pp. 301, 308.
  19. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1957 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1957. pp. 290, 297.
  20. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1959 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1959. pp. 298, 305.
  21. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1963 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. pp. 302, 311.
  22. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. pp. 338, 343. SELIBR   3682754.
  23. 1 2 3 Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1972). Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1972 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. pp. 352–353. SELIBR   3682755.
  24. 1 2 Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1971). Sveriges statskalender 1971 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 347.
  25. ↑ "officiellt:" [officially:]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 8 September 1971. p. 19. Retrieved 6 March 2025. Till ambassadråd har förordn tf chargé d'affaires i Havanna Carl-Johan Groth[Carl-Johan Groth, chargé d'affaires ad interim in Havana, has been appointed as embassy counsellor]
  26. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1976). Sveriges statskalender 1976 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 425, 433. ISBN   91-38-02736-4. SELIBR   3682757.
  27. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 336, 343. ISBN   91-38-04622-9. SELIBR   3682760.
  28. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1984). Sveriges statskalender 1984 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 346, 353. ISBN   91-38-90400-4. SELIBR   3682782.
  29. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1987). Sveriges statskalender 1987 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 350, 357. ISBN   91-38-09751-6. SELIBR   3682766.
  30. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1991). Sveriges statskalender 1991 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 346. ISBN   9138125277. SELIBR   3682770.
  31. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 175. ISBN   91-38-30428-7. SELIBR   3682775.
  32. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 173. ISBN   91-38-31692-7. SELIBR   8261600.
  33. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 179. ISBN   91-38-32120-3. SELIBR   89506762.
  34. ↑ Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 188. ISBN   978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR   10900526.
  35. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 188. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  36. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff]. Embassy of Sweden, Havana. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  37. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff]. Embassy of Sweden, Havana. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  38. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Kuba" [New ambassador to Cuba] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  39. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Kuba" [New ambassador to Cuba] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  40. ↑ "Hanna Lambert ny ambassadör i Kuba" [Hanna Lambert new ambassador to Cuba] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  41. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Kuba" [New ambassador to Cuba] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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