List of ambassadors of Sweden to Iraq

Ambassador of Sweden to Iraq
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Jörgen Lindström Special Envoy since December 2024
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Baghdad
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	Eric Gyllenstierna
Formation	18 May 1934
Website	Swedish Embassy, Baghdad

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

History

From 1934 to 1936, the Swedish minister in Moscow, Soviet Union held a dual accreditation to Baghdad, ^[2] and from 1936 the Swedish minister in Tehran held a dual accreditation to Baghdad. ^[3]

In February 1960, the envoy was appointed ambassador there after an agreement with the Iraqi government regarding diplomatic representation. The ambassador remained accredited from Tehran, but a legation office was opened in Baghdad, headed by a first secretary from March of the same year. ^[4] In May 1964, Bengt Odhner was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Baghdad. ^[5]

The ambassador has been based in Stockholm since the storming of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the summer of 2023. ^[1]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Resident/Non resident	Title	Notes	Ref
Kingdom of Iraq (1932–1958)
Eric Gyllenstierna	18 May 1934 – 1936	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Moscow.	[2]
Hugo von Heidenstam	1936–1942	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Tehran.	[3]
Harald Pousette	1941–1945	Non-resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Resident in Tehran.	[6]
Gunnar Jarring	1945–1945	Non-resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Resident in Tehran.	[7]
Harald Pousette	1945–1947	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Tehran.	[8]
Harry Eriksson	1948–1951	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Tehran.	[9]
Gunnar Jarring	1951–1952	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Tehran.	[7]
Ragnvald Bagge	1953–1958	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Tehran.	[10]
First Republic of Iraq (1958–1968)
Ragnvald Bagge	1958–1959	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Tehran.	[10]
Dick Hichens-Bergström	1959–1960	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Tehran.	[11] [4]
Dick Hichens-Bergström	1960–1963	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Tehran.	[4] [11]
Carl Johan Rappe	1961–1962	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[12]
Bengt Odhner	1964–1968	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to Kuwait City (from 1965).	[13]
Iraqi Republic (1968–1992)
Bengt Odhner	1968–1969	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to Kuwait City.	[13]
Gunnar Gerring	1969–1973	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to Kuwait City.	[14]
Otto Rathsman	1973–1975	Resident	Ambassador		[15]
Fredrik Bergenstråhle	1975–1979	Resident	Ambassador		[16]
Lars-Olof Brilioth	1979–1982	Resident	Ambassador		[17]
Arne Thorén	1983–1988	Resident	Ambassador		[18]
Henrik Amnéus	1988–1992	Resident	Ambassador	Left Iraq in mid-January 1991.	[19] [20]
Torkel Stiernlöf	July 1990 – August 1990	Resident	Chargé d'affaires		[21]
Republic of Iraq (1992–2003)
Henrik Amnéus	1992–1993	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Stockholm.	[20]
–	1993–2004	Non-resident	–	Vacant	[22] [23]
Republic of Iraq (2004–present)
Karin Roxman	2004–2006	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Amman.	[24]
Niclas Trouvé	2006–2010	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Amman. [b]	[25]
Carl Magnus Nesser	2010–2012	Resident	Ambassador		[26]
Jörgen Lindström	2012–2015	Resident	Ambassador		[27]
Annika Molin Hellgren	2015–2017	Resident	Ambassador		[28]
Pontus Melander	1 September 2017 – 2019	Resident	Ambassador		[29]
Lars Ronnås	1 September 2019 – 2021	Resident	Ambassador		[30]
Jonas Lovén	2021–2022	Resident	Ambassador		[31]
Jessica Svärdström	August 2022 – 2024	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Stockholm (from 2023).	[32] [1]
Jörgen Lindström	December 2024 – present	Non-resident	Special Envoy	Resident in Stockholm.	[33]

See also

• Iraq–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Baghdad

Footnotes

1. The storming of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the summer of 2023 led to significant damage to the Swedish chancery building and to the fact that the embassy had to be relocated to Stockholm. ^[1]
2. After the new embassy was opened in 2009, ambassador Trouvé was resident in Baghdad.

References

1. "Irak" [Iraq] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
2. "TAB 26". www.adelsvapen.com (in Swedish). Adelsvapen. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
3. Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen. Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 302. SELIBR   8198269.
4. "Ambassadör i Bagdad" [Ambassador in Baghdad]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 23 February 1960. p. 12A. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
5. "UD-utnämningar i konseljen" [Cabinet appointments at the council]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 30 May 1964. p. 6A. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
6. Sveriges statskalender för året 1945 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1945. p. 265.
7. Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 553. ISBN   91-1-960852-7. SELIBR   3681533.
8. Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 278.
9. Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 265.
10. 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.
11. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 482. ISBN   91-1-843222-0.
12. 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. 909. ISBN   91-1-914072-X. SELIBR   8261513.
13. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 846. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
14. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1973). Sveriges statskalender 1973 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. pp. 354–355. SELIBR   3682755.
15. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1975). Sveriges statskalender 1975 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 408. ISBN   91-38-02088-2. SELIBR   3682757.
16. 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. 172. ISBN   91-1-943202-X. SELIBR   8261514.
17. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 363. ISBN   9138067307. SELIBR   3682763.
18. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1988). Sveriges statskalender 1988 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 363. ISBN   91-38-09927-6. SELIBR   3682767.
19. "Amnéus reser hem" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). TT. 18 January 1991. p. 9. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
20. Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 347. ISBN   9138128098. SELIBR   3682772.
21. Koskinen, Stefan (3 September 1990). ""Hoppas att våra män nu också får resa hem"" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 6. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
22. Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1994). Sveriges statskalender 1994 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN   9138129485. SELIBR   3682773.
23. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 175. ISBN   91-38-32120-3. SELIBR   89506762.
24. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN   91-38-32230-7. SELIBR   10156707.
25. Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 183. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
26. "Regeringen utser fyra nya ambassadörer och en generalkonsul" [The government appoints four new ambassadors and one consul general] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
27. "Nya ambassadörer utsedda" [New ambassadors appointed]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). TT-TT Spektra. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
28. "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
29. "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
30. "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
31. "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
32. "Jessica Svärdström ny ambassadör i Irak" [Jessica Svärdström new ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
33. "Nytt särskilt sändebud för Irak i Irak" [New Special Envoy to Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

External links

• Embassy of Sweden, Baghdad (in Swedish and English)