Ambassador of Sweden to Rwanda | |
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Incumbent since 2024Dag Sjöögren | |
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Kigali | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Seat | Kigali, Rwanda |
Appointer | Government of Sweden |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Otto Rathsman |
Formation | 1964 |
Website | Swedish Embassy, Kigali |
The Ambassador of Sweden to Rwanda (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Rwanda) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Rwanda and government of Rwanda.
The Swedish government recognized the Republic of Rwanda as a sovereign and independent state in a congratulatory telegram sent by Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Östen Undén, to Rwanda's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Otto Rusingizandekwe, on 1 July 1962. At the same time, Minister Undén expressed the Swedish government's desire to maintain friendly and cordial relations with Rwanda. King Gustaf VI Adolf also sent a congratulatory telegram. [1] Two years later, Sweden's ambassador in Nairobi, Otto Rathsman, was also accredited as ambassador to Rwanda. [2] After Rathsman left his post in 1966, Sweden had no accredited ambassador to Rwanda until 1974.
In 2010, Sweden opened an embassy in Rwanda by upgrading the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency's existing section office. [3] Since August 2016, Sweden has had a resident ambassador in Kigali. [4]
Name | Period | Resident/Non resident | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Otto Rathsman | 1964–1966 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [2] |
– | 1966–1974 | ![]() | – | ||
Lennart Rydfors | 1974–1978 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [5] |
Cecilia Nettelbrandt | 1978–1983 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [6] |
Arne Fältheim | 1983–1988 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [7] |
Nils Gunnar Revelius | 1989–1993 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [8] |
Lars-Göran Engfeldt | 1993–1998 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [9] |
Inga Björk-Klevby | 1998–2002 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [10] |
Bo Göransson | 2003–2006 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [11] |
Anna Brandt | 2006–2009 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [12] |
Ann Dismorr | 2009–2012 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Nairobi. | [13] |
Mikael Lindvall | September 2010 – July 2012 | ![]() | Chargé d'affaires | [14] | |
Maria Håkansson | 2012–2016 | ![]() | Chargé d'affaires | [15] [16] | |
Urban Andersson | 2014–2016 | ![]() | Ambassador | Resident in Kampala. | [17] |
Jenny Ohlsson | October 2016 – 2020 | ![]() | Ambassador | [18] | |
Johanna Teague | August 2020 – 2024 | ![]() | Ambassador | [19] | |
Dag Sjöögren | 2024–present | ![]() | Ambassador | [20] |