List of ambassadors of Sweden to South Africa

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Ambassador of
Sweden to South Africa
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
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Incumbent
Håkan Juholt
since September 2020
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
Formation1944
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.

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History

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.

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Harry Eriksson 1944–1945Acting envoy [1]
Harry Eriksson 1945–1948Envoy [3]
Carl Olof Gisle1948–1954Envoy [4]
Alexis Aminoff 1954–1959Envoy [5]
Eyvind Bratt 1959–1963Envoy [6]
Hugo Tamm 1964–1966Envoy [7]
Eric Virgin 1966–1970EnvoyAlso acreddited to Gaborone and Maseru. [8]
Carl Johan Rappe1970–1973EnvoyAlso acreddited to Gaborone, Maseru and Mbabane. [9]
Lennart Westerberg1973–1978EnvoyAlso acreddited to Maseru (until 1978) and Mbabane (until 1977). [10] [11]
Gustaf Hamilton af Hageby1978–1982Envoy [12]
Arne Helleryd1982–1985Envoy [13]
Jan Lundvik1985–1990Envoy [14]
Ingemar Stjernberg1990–1993Envoy [15] [16]
Ingemar Stjernberg1993–1994Ambassador [16]
Bo Heinebäck1994–1999 Ambassador [17]
Helena Nilsson Lannegren2000–2005AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Maseru and Windhoek. [18]
Anders Möllander2005–2008AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Maseru and Windhoek. [lower-alpha 1] [19]
Peter Tejler2008–2012AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek. [20]
Anders Hagelberg2012–2016AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek.
Cecilia Julin September 2016 – 2020AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek. [21]
Håkan Juholt September 2020 – presentAmbassadorAlso acreddited to Maseru, Gaborone and Windhoek. [22]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Swedish embassy in Luanda and Gaborone were planned to close in 2008 and the same year the responsibility would be transferred to the Swedish embassy in Pretoria. [19] However, the decision to close the embassy in Luanda was changed the same year and it remained open.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender för året 1945 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1945. p. 268.
  2. ↑ "Pretoria får svensk ambassad" [Pretoria gets Swedish embassy]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). TT. 2 November 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1946 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1946. p. 275.
  4. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1954 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1954. p. 307.
  5. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1959 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1959. p. 304.
  6. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1963 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 309.
  7. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1966 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1966. p. 298.
  8. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender 1970 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 357.
  9. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1973). Sveriges statskalender 1973 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 359. SELIBR   3682755.
  10. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1978). Sveriges statskalender 1978 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 458. ISBN   91-38-03894-3. SELIBR   3682759.
  11. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1977). Sveriges statskalender 1977 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 455. ISBN   91-38-03338-0. SELIBR   3682758.
  12. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 375. ISBN   9138067307. SELIBR   3682763.
  13. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1985). Sveriges statskalender 1985 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. p. 362. ISBN   91-38-90564-7. SELIBR   3682783.
  14. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1990). Sveriges statskalender 1990 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 371. ISBN   913812291X. SELIBR   3682769.
  15. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 360. ISBN   9138128098. SELIBR   3682772.
  16. 1 2 Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1994). Sveriges statskalender 1994 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 193. ISBN   9138129485. SELIBR   3682773.
  17. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1999). Sveriges statskalender 1999 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 195. ISBN   91-38-31445-2. SELIBR   3682778.
  18. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 191. ISBN   9138321971. SELIBR   9879458.
  19. 1 2 Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 198. ISBN   978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR   10900526.
  20. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 198. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  21. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Sydafrika" [New ambassador in South Africa] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  22. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Sydafrika" [New ambassador in South Africa] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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