List of ambassadors of Sweden to Haiti

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Haiti
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Maria Velasco
since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Stockholm, Sweden [a]
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Erik Wisén
Formation1941

The Ambassador of Sweden to Haiti (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Haiti) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Haiti and government of Haiti. The ambassador is based in Stockholm.

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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]

Sweden and Haiti established diplomatic relations on 31 March 1941 when first chargé d'affaires ad interim of Sweden to Haiti (resident in Havana, Cuba) Erik Wisén presented his credentials. [2]

From 1951, the Swedish envoy in Caracas, Venezuela, was also accredited to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The position was vacant from 1967 to 1969 and then abolished in 1970. In 1976, the Swedish ambassador in Caracas again became concurrently accredited to Port-au-Prince.

Since 1980, Sweden's ambassador accredited to Haiti has been based in Stockholm. That year, the Swedish foreign service changed its system for concurrent accreditations and appointed several ambassadors-at-large stationed in Stockholm. In August 1980, Erik Tennander  [ sv ] was appointed ambassador-at-large for the countries in and around the Caribbean Sea, including Haiti. [3]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotes Presented credentials Ref
Erik Wisén 1941–1943Chargé d'affaires ad interim [b] Resident in Havana.31 March 1941 [4] [5]
Erik Wisén 1943–1948Chargé d'affaires [c] Resident in Havana. [5] [4]
Karl Yngve Vendel1948–1951Chargé d'affairesResident in Havana. [7]
Fritz Stackelberg 1951–1953EnvoyResident in Caracas. [8]
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna1953–1957EnvoyResident in Caracas. [9]
Gunnar Dryselius 1958 – January 1959EnvoyResident in Caracas.23 April 1958 [10] [11] [12]
Gunnar Dryselius January 1959 – 1963AmbassadorResident in Caracas. [11] [13]
Knut Bernström 1963–1966AmbassadorResident in Caracas. [14]
–1967–1969AmbassadorVacant. [15] [16]
No head of mission between 1970 and 1975
Hans Ewerlöf1976–1979AmbassadorResident in Caracas. [17]
Erik Tennander1980–1985AmbassadorResident in Stockholm. [18]
Lennart Klackenberg1986–1995AmbassadorResident in Stockholm. [19]
–1996–1996AmbassadorVacant. [20]
Hans Linton1997–2004AmbassadorResident in Stockholm. [21]
Sten Ask2004 – June 2010AmbassadorResident in Stockholm. [22] [23]
Claes Hammar2010–2016AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.21 January 2012 [24] [25] [26] [27]
Elisabeth Eklund2017–2022AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.8 November 2017 [28] [29]
Anders Bengtcén2022–2025AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.
Maria Velasco2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm. [30]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The ambassador is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
  2. ↑ He held the following diplomatic ranks: legation counselor. [4]
  3. ↑ He held the following diplomatic ranks: legation counselor (1943–1948) and minister plenipotentiary (1948). [4] [6]

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 5 November 2025.
  2. ↑ British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: South and Central America, July 1942-December 1942. Great Britain. Foreign Office, James Dunkerley, Michael Partridge, Paul Preston. 1998. p. 169.
  3. ↑ Lagercrantz, Agneta (8 November 1980). "Vår man i Karibiska havet huttrar på Brunebergstorg" [Our man in the Caribbean Sea shivers at Brunebergstorg]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 13. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1948 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1948. pp. 265, 267.
  6. ↑ "Utnämningar inom UD" [Appointments within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 22 September 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1951 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1951. pp. 292–294.
  8. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1953 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1953. pp. 301–303, 308.
  9. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1957 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1957. pp. 290–291, 297.
  10. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1959 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1959. pp. 298–300, 305.
  11. 1 2 "Legation blir ambassad" [Legation becomes embassy]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 January 1959. p. 6A. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "Envoyén Gunnar Dryselius" [Envoy Gunnar Dryselius]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 25 April 1958. p. 4A. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1963 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. pp. 302, 304, 311.
  14. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1966 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1966. pp. 292–293, 299.
  15. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1967 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1967. p. 307.
  16. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 340. SELIBR   3682754.
  17. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 341. ISBN   91-38-04622-9. SELIBR   3682760.
  18. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1985). Sveriges statskalender 1985 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. p. 349. ISBN   91-38-90564-7. SELIBR   3682783.
  19. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 179. ISBN   91-38-30428-7. SELIBR   3682775.
  20. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1996). Sveriges statskalender 1996 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 183. ISBN   9138350211. SELIBR   3682781.
  21. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 175. ISBN   91-38-32120-3. SELIBR   89506762.
  22. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 182. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  23. ↑ Ask, Sten (11 January 2011). "Förvänta inga mirakel i Haiti" [Don't expect miracles in Haiti]. Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 November 2025. [...] skriver Sten Ask, svensk ambassadör i Haiti mellan 2004 och juni 2010[[...] writes Sten Ask, Swedish ambassador to Haiti between 2004 and June 2010]
  24. ↑ "Nya ambassadörer får stanna hemma" [New ambassadors will remain at home]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). TT. 5 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  25. ↑ "Haiti - Politic : 3 new Ambassadors in Haiti, Sweden, Korea and Czech Republic". www.haitilibre.com. HaitiLibre. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  26. ↑ "Saying farewell to the interim president of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert, after almost six years of being accredited as Sweden's Ambassador to Haiti". Embassy of Sweden in the Caribbean. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2025– via Facebook.
  27. ↑ "Farewell photo in Haiti with Consul general Gilbert Fouchard and vice Consul Gregoire Fouchard". Embassy of Sweden in the Caribbean. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2025– via Facebook.
  28. ↑ "Om oss" [About us] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Haiti, Stockholm-based. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  29. ↑ "Yesterday I presented Letters of Credence to H E President Jovenel Moise". Embassy of Sweden in the Caribbean. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2025– via Facebook.
  30. ↑ "Om oss" [About us] (in Swedish). Swedish Embassy Haiti, Stockholm-based. Archived from the original on 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
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