List of ambassadors of Sweden to Mali

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Mali
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Kristina Kühnel
since 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Bamako
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Bamako, Mali
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Karl Henrik Andersson
Formation1964
Website Swedish Embassy, Bamako

The Ambassador of Sweden to Mali (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Mali) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the head of state of Mali and government of Mali.

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History

Sweden recognized the Mali Federation as a sovereign and independent state on 20 June 1960, in connection with its declaration of independence, as announced by Acting Foreign Minister Carl Henrik Nordlander  [ sv ] in a congratulatory telegram to Mali's Prime Minister, Modibo Keïta. Simultaneously, a congratulatory telegram was sent by His Majesty the King. [1]

Sweden's first ambassador accredited in Bamako was Karl Henrik Andersson, who held a dual accreditation from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, starting in 1964. [2] The embassy in Abidjan closed in 1967 and responsibility for Mali was transferred to the Swedish embassy in Algiers. Ambassador Claës König  [ sv ] in Algiers presented his letters of credence to President Moussa Traoré on 28 May 1969. [3] Until 1980, the ambassador in Algiers was accredited in Bamako, then for a year from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan, before a Stockholm-based ambassador took over the role until the year 2000. In the 2000s, the Swedish ambassador in Dakar, Senegal, was accredited in Bamako.

Sweden opened an embassy in Bamako in 2010 and appointed a resident ambassador there. [4] The ambassador was accredited in neighboring countries. [5]

In August 2024, the Swedish ambassador to Mali, Kristina Kühnel, was ordered to leave the country within 72 hours due to a "hostile" statement by a Swedish minister. This move underscored Mali's shift away from Western allies towards Russia, following Sweden's decision to phase out aid due to Mali's ties with Moscow. Relations between Mali and Western nations had deteriorated as Mali, ruled by a military junta, increasingly aligned with Russia. [6]

List of representatives

NamePeriod Resident/Non resident TitleAccreditationRef
Karl Henrik Andersson 1964–1967 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassador Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [2]
Claës König1968–1972 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Algiers. Presented credentials on 28 May 1969. [3] [7]
Jean-Jacques von Dardel 1972–1974 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Algiers. [8]
Harald Edelstam 1975–1979 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Algiers. [9]
Stig Brattström1979–1980 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Algiers. [10]
Hans-Olle Olsson1980–1981 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Abidjan. [11]
–1982–1982 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorVacant. [12]
Erik Cornell1983–1988 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. [13]
Bengt Holmquist1989–1992 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. [14]
–1993–1994 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. Vacant. [15] [16]
Magnus Faxén 1994–1995 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. [17]
Nils-Erik Schyberg1996–1998 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. [18]
–1999–2000 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorStationed in Stockholm. Vacant. [19] [20]
Bo Wilén2000–2002 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Dakar. [21]
Annika Magnusson2002–2005 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Dakar. [22]
Agneta Bohman2006–2010 Red pog.svg Non-residentAmbassadorAccredited from the embassy in Dakar. [23]
Carin Wall2010–2013 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentAmbassador [24]
Eva Emnéus 2013–2018 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Niamey (from 2015), Nouakchott (from 2015), and Ouagadougou (from 2015). [25] [5] [26]
Diana Janse2019–2021 Green 00ff00 pog.svg ResidentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Niamey (from 2020). [27] [28]
Kristina Kühnel2021–present Green 00ff00 pog.svg Resident [a] AmbassadorAlso accredited to Niamey (from 2023). [29] [30]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Resident until August 2024 when the ambassador was ordered to leave the country. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Sex miljoner blir självständiga" [Six million become independent]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 20 June 1960. p. A11. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender 1967 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1967. pp. 306, 310.
  3. 1 2 Hård af Segerstad, Pia, ed. (29 May 1969). "Dag för dag" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 19. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Burkina Faso" (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Den 1 september överlämnade Ambassadör Eva Emnéus sina kreditivbrev till Mauretaniens president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz vid en ceremoni i huvudstaden Nouakchott" [On 1 September Ambassador Eva Emnéus presented her letters of credence to Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz at a ceremony in the capital, Nouakchott.] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bamako. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via Facebook. Ambassadören är baserad i Bamako, Mali, men ansvarar förutom för Mali och Mauretanien också för Sveriges relationer med Burkina Faso och Niger.[The ambassador is based in Bamako, Mali, but in addition to Mali and Mauritania, he is also responsible for Sweden's relations with Burkina Faso and Niger.]
  6. 1 2 "Swedish ambassador expelled from Mali over 'hostile' comment". Reuters. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1972). Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1972 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 357. SELIBR   3682755.
  8. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1974). Sveriges statskalender 1974 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Allmänna. p. 380. ISBN   91-38-01839-X.
  9. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 346. ISBN   91-38-04622-9. SELIBR   3682760.
  10. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1980). Sveriges statskalender 1980 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 346. ISBN   91-38-05350-0. SELIBR   33682761.
  11. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1981). Sveriges statskalender 1981 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 356. ISBN   91-38-06008-6. SELIBR   3682762.
  12. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 367. ISBN   9138067307. SELIBR   3682763.
  13. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1988). Sveriges statskalender 1988 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 368. ISBN   91-38-09927-6. SELIBR   3682767.
  14. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1992). Sveriges statskalender 1992 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 360. ISBN   913812694X. SELIBR   3682771.
  15. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 352. ISBN   9138128098. SELIBR   3682772.
  16. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1994). Sveriges statskalender 1994 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 185. ISBN   9138129485. SELIBR   3682773.
  17. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 185. ISBN   91-38-30428-7. SELIBR   3682775.
  18. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1998). Sveriges statskalender 1998 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 185. ISBN   9138313111. SELIBR   3682777.
  19. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1999). Sveriges statskalender 1999 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 187. ISBN   91-38-31445-2. SELIBR   3682778.
  20. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 183. ISBN   91-38-31692-7. SELIBR   8261600.
  21. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 187. ISBN   9138319519. SELIBR   8428312.
  22. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 183. ISBN   9138321971. SELIBR   9879458.
  23. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 189. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  24. ↑ "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.
  25. ↑ "Den 22 maj överlämnade Ambassadör Eva Emnéus sina kreditivbrev till Nigers president Mahamadou Issoufou vid en ceremoni i Niamey" (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bamako. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2024– via Facebook. Ambassadören är baserad i Bamako, Mali, men ansvarar också för Sveriges relationer med Burkina Faso, Niger och Mauretanien.[The ambassador is based in Bamako, Mali, but is also responsible for Sweden's relations with Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania.]
  26. ↑ Karantao, Kader Patrick (8 January 2015). "Coopération bilatérale : deux nouveaux ambassadeurs européens accrédités au Burkina Faso". Sidwaya (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  27. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Mali" [New ambassador in Mali] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  28. ↑ Diallo, Mahamadou (19 November 2020). "Diplomatie: L'Ambassadeur de la Suéde présente les copies figurées de ses lettres de créance" [Diplomacy: The Ambassador of Sweden presents figurative copies of her letters of credence]. Le Sahel (in French). Office National d'Edition et de Presse. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  29. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Mali" [New ambassador in Mali] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  30. ↑ President of Niger [@PresidenceNiger] (2 May 2023). "Accréditation de quatre nouveaux ambassadeurs au Niger" [Accreditation of four new ambassadors to Niger.] (Tweet) (in French). Niamey. Retrieved 19 July 2024– via Twitter.
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