Ambassador of Sweden to South Africa | |
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Pretoria | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | 297 Canopus Street, Waterkloof Ridge |
Seat | Pretoria, South Africa |
Appointer | Government of Sweden |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Harry Eriksson |
Formation | 1944 |
Website | Swedish Embassy, Pretoria |
The Ambassador of Sweden to South Africa (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of South Africa) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of South Africa and government of South Africa.
In 1944, the Swedish consulate general in Pretoria was upgraded to a legation and Harry Eriksson was appointed Sweden's first envoy in South Africa. [1]
On 1 November 1993, after Nelson Mandela was released from prison, the Swedish legation was upgraded to an embassy, as one of the last legations in the world. [2] The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Harry Eriksson | 1944–1945 | Acting envoy | [1] | |
Harry Eriksson | 1945–1948 | Envoy | [3] | |
Carl Olof Gisle | 1948–1954 | Envoy | [4] | |
Alexis Aminoff | 1954–1959 | Envoy | [5] | |
Eyvind Bratt | 1959–1963 | Envoy | [6] | |
Hugo Tamm | 1964–1966 | Envoy | [7] | |
Eric Virgin | 1966–1970 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Gaborone and Maseru. | [8] |
Carl Johan Rappe | 1970–1973 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Gaborone, Maseru and Mbabane. | [9] |
Lennart Westerberg | 1973–1978 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Maseru (until 1978) and Mbabane (until 1977). | [10] [11] |
Gustaf Hamilton af Hageby | 1978–1982 | Envoy | [12] | |
Arne Helleryd | 1982–1985 | Envoy | [13] | |
Jan Lundvik | 1985–1990 | Envoy | [14] | |
Ingemar Stjernberg | 1990–1993 | Envoy | [15] [16] | |
Ingemar Stjernberg | 1993–1994 | Ambassador | [16] | |
Bo Heinebäck | 1994–1999 | Ambassador | [17] | |
Helena Nilsson Lannegren | 2000–2005 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Maseru and Windhoek. | [18] |
Anders Möllander | 2005–2008 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Maseru and Windhoek. [lower-alpha 1] | [19] |
Peter Tejler | 2008–2012 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek. | [20] |
Anders Hagelberg | 2012–2016 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek. | |
Cecilia Julin | September 2016 – 2020 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek. | [21] |
Håkan Juholt | September 2020 – present | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek. | [22] |
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