Ambassador of Sweden to Mali | |
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Incumbent since 2021Kristina Kühnel | |
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 |
Formation | 1964 |
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.
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. [1] The embassy in Abidjan closed in 1967 and responsibility for Mali was transferred to the Swedish embassy in Algiers. Ambassador Claës König in Algiers presented his letters of credence to President Moussa Traoré on 28 May 1969. [2] 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. [3] The ambassador was accredited in neighboring countries. [4]
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. [5]
Name | Period | Resident/Non resident | Title | Accreditation | Ref |
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Karl Henrik Andersson | 1964–1967 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [1] |
Claës König | 1968–1972 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Algiers. Submitted letter of credence on 28 May 1969. | [2] [6] |
Jean-Jacques von Dardel | 1972–1974 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Algiers. | [7] |
Harald Edelstam | 1975–1979 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Algiers. | [8] |
Stig Brattström | 1979–1980 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Algiers. | [9] |
Hans-Olle Olsson | 1980–1981 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Abidjan. | [10] |
– | 1982–1982 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Vacant. | [11] |
Erik Cornell | 1983–1988 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. | [12] |
Bengt Holmquist | 1989–1992 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. | [13] |
– | 1993–1994 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. Vacant. | [14] [15] |
Magnus Faxén | 1994–1995 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. | [16] |
Nils-Erik Schyberg | 1996–1998 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. | [17] |
– | 1999–2000 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm. Vacant. | [18] [19] |
Bo Wilén | 2000–2002 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Dakar. | [20] |
Annika Magnusson | 2002–2005 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Dakar. | [21] |
Agneta Bohman | 2006–2010 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Dakar. | [22] |
Carin Wall | 2010–2013 | Resident | Ambassador | Also accredited to the embassy in Ouagadougou. | |
Eva Emnéus | 2013–2018 | Resident | Ambassador | Also accredited to Niamey (from 2015), Nouakchott (from 2015), and Ouagadougou (from 2015). | [23] [4] [24] |
Diana Janse | 2019–2021 | Resident | Ambassador | Also accredited to Niamey (from 2020). | [25] [26] |
Kristina Kühnel | 2021–present | Resident [lower-alpha 1] | Ambassador | Also accredited to Niamey (from 2023). | [27] [28] |
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.]
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.]