List of ambassadors of Sweden to North Yemen

Ambassador of Sweden to North Yemen
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Riyadh
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat	Lebanon and Saudi Arabia [a]
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	December 1970
First holder	Åke Jonsson
Final holder	Lennart Alvin
Abolished	1990
Superseded by	Ambassador of Sweden to Yemen

The Ambassador of Sweden to North Yemen (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Yemen Arab Republic) was the official representative of the government of Sweden to the government of North Yemen and the president of the Yemen Arab Republic between 1970 and the Yemeni unification in 1990.

History

In December 1970, an agreement was reached on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sweden and the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), as well as between Sweden and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). Sweden's ambassador in Beirut, Åke Jonsson, was appointed ambassador also to the North Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Sweden's ambassador in Addis Ababa, Carl Bergenstråhle  [ sv ], was appointed ambassador also to the South Yemeni capital, Aden. ^{[1] [2]}

In April 1971, Ambassador Åke Jonsson, as Sweden's first ambassador to this country, presented his credentials to the President of the Republican Council, Abdul Rahman al-Eryani, who was the head of state of North Yemen. ^[3]

Sweden has never had a resident Swedish ambassador in Sanaa. Instead, Sweden's ambassador in Lebanon was accredited in Sanaa from 1971 to 1974, and Sweden's ambassador in Saudi Arabia was accredited in Sanaa from 1974 onward.

The Yemeni unification took place on 22 May 1990, when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) and the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) united, forming the Republic of Yemen. Sweden's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Lennart Alvin, who had been accredited as Swedish ambassador to North Yemen since 1987, was now accredited to the new republic.

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Åke Jonsson	1971–1974	Ambassador	Resident in Beirut.	[4]
Bengt Rösiö	1974–1977	Ambassador	Resident in Jeddah.	[5]
Carl-Gustaf Bielke	1977–1980	Ambassador	Resident in Jeddah.	[6]
Fredrik Bergenstråhle	1980–1984	Ambassador	Resident in Jeddah.	[7]
Frank Belfrage	1984–1987	Ambassador	Resident in Riyadh. [b]	[9]
Lennart Alvin	1987–1990	Ambassador	Resident in Riyadh.	[10]

See also

• List of ambassadors of Sweden to Yemen
• List of ambassadors of Sweden to South Yemen

Footnotes

1. The ambassador was based at the Swedish Embassy in Beirut (1971–1974), at the Swedish Embassy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1974–1984) and then in Riyadh (1985–1990) after the embassy moved there from Jeddah.
2. Jeddah (1984–1985), Riyadh (1985–1987). ^[8]

References

1. "Sändebud i Jemen" [Ambassador in Yemen]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 19 December 1970. p. 11. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
2. "Diplomatiska förbindelser Sverige-Jemen" [Diplomatic relations Sweden-Yemen]. Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning (in Swedish). Stockholm. TT. 21 December 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 5 October 2025. upprättande av av diplomatiska förbindelser mellan Sverige och Jemen samt mellan Sverige och Sydjemen.[establishment of diplomatic relations between Sweden and Yemen and between Sweden and South Yemen.]
3. "i vimlet: Mera bidrag, tack" [in the crowd: More contributions, please]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2 May 1971. p. 19. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
4. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 566. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
5. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1977). Sveriges statskalender 1977 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 450, 458. ISBN   91-38-03338-0. SELIBR   3682758.
6. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1980). Sveriges statskalender 1980 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 350, 356. ISBN   91-38-05350-0. SELIBR   33682761.
7. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1984). Sveriges statskalender 1984 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 360, 366. ISBN   91-38-90400-4. SELIBR   3682782.
8. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1985). Sveriges statskalender 1985 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. p. 358. ISBN   91-38-90564-7. SELIBR   3682783.
9. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1987). Sveriges statskalender 1987 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 364, 370. ISBN   91-38-09751-6. SELIBR   3682766.
10. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1991). Sveriges statskalender 1991 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 360, 366. ISBN   9138125277. SELIBR   3682770.