List of ambassadors of Sweden to Iraq

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Iraq
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Jessica Svärdström
since August 2022
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 [lower-alpha 1]
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Eric Gyllenstierna
Formation18 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.

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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

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Eric Gyllenstierna 18 May 1934 – 1936 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Moscow. [2]
Hugo von Heidenstam 1936–1942EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Tehran. [3]
Harald Pousette 1941–1945Acting Chargé d'affaires Accredited from the legation in Tehran. [6]
Gunnar Jarring 1945–1945Acting Chargé d'affairesAccredited from the legation in Tehran. [7]
Harald Pousette 1945–1947EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Tehran. [8]
Harry Eriksson 1948–1951EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Tehran. [9]
Gunnar Jarring 1951–1952EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Tehran. [7]
Ragnvald Bagge 1953–1959EnvoyAccredited from the legation/embassy in Tehran. [10]
Dick Hichens-Bergström 1959–1960EnvoyAccredited from the embassy in Tehran. [11] [4]
Dick Hichens-Bergström 1960–1963 Ambassador Accredited from the embassy in Tehran. [4] [11]
Bengt Odhner 1964–1969Ambassador Also accredited to Kuwait City (from 1965). [12]
Gunnar Gerring 1969–1973AmbassadorAlso accredited to Kuwait City. [13]
Otto Rathsman 1973–1975Ambassador [14]
Fredrik Bergenstråhle 1975–1979Ambassador [15]
Lars-Olof Brilioth1979–1982Ambassador [16]
Arne Thorén 1983–1988Ambassador [17]
Henrik Amnéus1988–1993AmbassadorLeft Iraq in mid-January 1991. [18] [19]
Torkel StiernlöfJuly 1990 – August 1990 Chargé d'affaires [20]
–1994–2004–Vacant [21] [22]
Karin Roxman2004–2006AmbassadorStationed at the embassy in Amman. [23]
Niclas Trouvé2006–2010AmbassadorStationed at the embassy in Amman. [lower-alpha 2] [24]
Carl Magnus Nesser2010–2012Ambassador [25]
Jörgen Lindström2012–2015Ambassador [26]
Annika Molin Hellgren2015–2017Ambassador [27]
Pontus Melander1 September 2017 – 2019Ambassador [28]
Lars Ronnås1 September 2019 – 2021Ambassador [29]
Jonas Lovén2021–2022Ambassador [30]
Jessica SvärdströmAugust 2022 – presentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm since 2023. [31] [1]

See also

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 stationed in Baghdad.

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  2. 1 2 "TAB 26". www.adelsvapen.com (in Swedish). Adelsvapen. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 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.
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  5. ↑ "UD-utnämningar i konseljen" [Cabinet appointments at the council]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 30 May 1964. p. 6A. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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  8. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 278.
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  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. 1 2 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.
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  28. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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  30. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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