List of ambassadors of Sweden to Slovakia

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Slovakia
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Annika Ben David
since August 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Vienna
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Palais Szeps, Liechtensteinstraße 51 [a]
Seat Vienna, Austria [b]
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Precursor Ambassador of Sweden to Czechoslovakia
Formation1993
First holderLennart Watz

The Ambassador of Sweden to Slovakia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Slovak Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Slovakia and government of Slovakia. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Bratislava, Sweden's ambassador in Vienna, Austria, is also accredited to Bratislava.

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History

On 1 January 1993, Sweden recognized the two new states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Diplomatic relations with the governments in Prague and Bratislava had now been established. The Swedish embassy in Prague in the former Czechoslovakia became an embassy in the newly created Czech Republic and the Swedish ambassador to Czechoslovakia became ambassador to the Czech Republic. Lennart Watz was appointed ambassador in Prague with a dual accreditation in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. [2]

On 10 April 2003, the Swedish government decided that Sweden would open an embassy in Bratislava at the beginning of 2004. [3] Cecilia Julin was accredited as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Bratislava in October 2003. The Swedish embassy was inaugurated by Prime Minister Göran Persson in May 2004. [4] However, the embassy was closed only six years later, in 2010. [5]

Since 2011, Sweden's ambassador in Vienna, Austria, has also been accredited to Bratislava.

Sedan 2011 är Sveriges ambassadör i Wien, Österrike sidoackrediterad i Bratislava.

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Lennart Watz1993–1996AmbassadorResident in Prague [6]
Ingmar Karlsson1996–2001AmbassadorResident in Prague. [7]
Harald Fälth2001–2003AmbassadorResident in Prague. [8]
Cecilia Julin 2003–2006Ambassador [9] [10]
Mikael WesterlindSeptember 2006 – 2010Ambassador [11] [12]
Nils Daag2011–2015AmbassadorResident in Vienna. [13]
Helen Eduards2015–2018AmbassadorResident in Vienna. [14]
Mikaela Kumlin Granit September 2018 – 2021AmbassadorResident in Vienna. [15]
Annika Markovic 2021–2025AmbassadorResident in Vienna. [16] [17]
Annika Ben DavidAugust 2025 – presentAmbassadorResident in Vienna. [18]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Sweden's ambassador to Slovakia is based in Vienna, Austria, where the residence and chancery share the same location. [1]
  2. ↑ The Swedish ambassador in Vienna is also accredited in Bratislava.

References

  1. ↑ "Sveriges ambassad och OSSE-delegation i Wien, Österrike" [Embassy of Sweden and OSCE delegation in Vienna, Austria] (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden . Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sverige erkände nya stater" [Sweden recognized new states]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). TT. 2 January 1993. p. 30. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Sverige öppnar ny ambassad" [Sweden opens new embassy]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). TT. 11 April 2003. p. 16. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Brinck, Cecilia (27 January 2006). "Det ser ljust ut för Slovakien!" [Things are looking bright for Slovakia!]. Barometern (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Utrikesförvaltningen: Yttrande 2010/11:UU1y" [Foreign Service: Statement 2010/11:UU1y] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Riksdag. 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1184. ISBN   9172850426. SELIBR   8261515.
  7. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 194. ISBN   9138318385. SELIBR   8261601.
  8. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2003). Sveriges statskalender 2003 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 185. ISBN   91-38-32045-2. SELIBR   8869747.
  9. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 189. ISBN   9138321971. SELIBR   9879458.
  10. ↑ "Cecilia Julin, svensk Madridambassadör från den 1 september: "Nu ska den svenska flaggan höjas i Spanien"" [Cecilia Julin, Swedish ambassador to Madrid from September 1: "Now the Swedish flag will be raised in Spain"]. Svenska Magasinet (in Swedish). 7 September 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2025. Första gången var 2003 då hon upprättade ambassaden i Slovakien fram till 2006.[The first time was in 2003 when she established the embassy in Slovakia until 2006.]
  11. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Bratislava" [New ambassador in Bratislava] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 15 June 2006. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2025– via Mynewsdesk.
  12. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 196. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  13. ↑ "Sveriges ambassadör ackrediterad i Slovakien" [Sweden's ambassador accredited in Slovakia] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Vienna. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  14. ↑ Brezáni, Peter, ed. (2018). "The Embassies in the Slovak Republic and their heads as of January 2018". YEARBOOK OF SLOVAKIA'S FOREIGN POLICY 2017 (PDF). Bratislava: RESEARCH CENTER OF THE SLOVAK FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION. p. 150. ISBN   978-80-89356-82-9 . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "CV Mikaela Kumlin Granit". Government Offices of Sweden. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Österrike" [New ambassador in Austria] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "Annika Markovic" (PDF). International Atomic Energy Agency. 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  18. ↑ "The Ambassador". Embassy of Sweden, Vienna. 10 September 2025. Archived from the original on 15 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025. Ms Annika Ben David has been serving as the Ambassador of Sweden to Austria and Slovakia [...] since August 2025.
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