The Kingdom of Sweden has a moderately sized diplomatic network of 78 embassies and 7 consulates general, supplemented by honorary consulates, cultural centres and trade missions. In countries without Swedish representation, Swedish citizens can seek assistance from public officials in the foreign services of any of the other Nordic countries, in accordance with the Helsinki Treaty. [1] [2]
Of note Sweden was the first Western country to have an embassy in Pyongyang. [3] The embassy in Pyongyang continues to provide limited consular services to citizens of several Western countries without a presence in North Korea and acts as the consular protecting power of the United States, Canada, and Australia since 1995. [4] [5]
In January 2010, the Swedish Foreign Ministry announced that its embassies in Bratislava (Slovakia), Dakar (Senegal), Dublin (Ireland), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), and Sofia (Bulgaria) would be closed down, while existing section offices in Pristina, Tbilisi, Chisinau, Tirana, Bamako, Ouagadougou, Monrovia, Kigali, La Paz, and Phnom Penh would be upgraded to embassies. [6]
In December 2010, it was announced by the Swedish Foreign Ministry that an additional five embassies would close down; the embassies affected were the ones in Brussels, Belgium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hanoi, Vietnam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Luanda, Angola. [7]
In August 2011, an agreement between the Social Democrats and the governing Reinfeldt Cabinet was announced, with the purpose of keeping the embassies in Argentina, Vietnam, Malaysia and Angola open. [8]
On August 30, 2012, Sweden closed its embassy in Minsk, with the Estonian Embassy charged with representing Swedish interests in Belarus. [9]
On November 2, 2016, the embassy in Lima, Peru, was re-opened. [10] Six days later, on November 8, the embassy in Manila, Philippines, was re-opened, eight years after it was closed down.
In November 2021 the Swedish government announced that it would re-open embassies in Dublin and Brussels, and open a consulate-general in San Francisco. [11] In November 2022, the embassy in Luanda closed and in the same year the embassy in Lima, which had reopened in 2016, also closed. [12] [13]
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Algeria | Algiers | Embassy | [14] | |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Embassy | [15] | |
Congo-Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Embassy | Countries: | [16] |
Egypt | Cairo | Embassy | [17] | |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: | [18] |
Kenya | Nairobi | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: | [19] |
Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy | Countries: | [20] |
Mali | Bamako | Embassy | [21] | |
Mozambique | Maputo | Embassy | Countries: | [22] |
Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | [23] | |
Nigeria | Abuja | Embassy | International Organizations: | [24] |
Rwanda | Kigali | Embassy | [25] | |
South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | International Organizations: | [26] |
South Sudan | Juba | Embassy office [lower-alpha 2] | [27] | |
Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | Countries: | [27] |
Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam | Embassy | [28] | |
Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | Countries: | [29] |
Uganda | Kampala | Embassy | Countries: | [30] |
Zambia | Lusaka | Embassy | [31] | |
Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy | [32] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Brazil | Brasília | Embassy | [33] | |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy | [34] | |
Bolivia | La Paz | Embassy | [35] | |
Canada | Ottawa | Embassy | [36] | |
Chile | Santiago de Chile | Embassy | Countries: | [37] |
Colombia | Bogotá | Embassy | [38] | |
Cuba | Havana | Embassy | [39] | |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | Embassy | Countries: | [40] |
Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy | [41] | |
United States | Washington, D.C. | Embassy | International Organizations: | [42] [43] |
New York City | Consulate-General | [44] | ||
San Francisco | Consulate-General | [45] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Australia | Canberra | Embassy | Countries: | [115] |
Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Council of Europe | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Representation | [116] | |
European Union | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Representation | [117] | |
NATO | Brussels | Belgium | Delegation | [118] | |
OECD | Paris | France | Delegation | International Organizations: | [119] |
United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [120] | |
Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [121] | |
OSCE | Vienna | Austria | Delegation | [122] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Angola | Luanda | Embassy | 2022 | [123] |
Botswana | Gaborone | Embassy | 2008 | [124] |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Embassy | 1999 | [125] |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Embassy | 2007 | [126] |
Lesotho | Maseru | Embassy | 1993 | [126] |
Libya | Tripoli | Embassy | 1993 | [126] |
Namibia | Windhoek | Embassy | 2007 | [126] |
Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | 2010 | [126] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Consulate-General | 1991 | [127] |
São Paulo | Consulate-General | 1983 | [128] | |
Canada | Montreal | Consulate-General | 1993 | [129] |
Toronto | Consulate-General | 1993 | [129] | |
Vancouver | Consulate | 1991 | [130] | |
Ecuador | Quito | Embassy | 1992 | [126] |
Nicaragua | Managua | Embassy | 2008 | [131] |
Peru | Lima | Embassy | 2022 | |
United States | Chicago | Consulate-General | 1993 | [129] |
Houston | Consulate-General | 1981 | [132] | |
Los Angeles | Consulate-General | 2009 | [133] | |
Minneapolis | Consulate-General | 1989 | [134] | |
Uruguay | Montevideo | Embassy | 1993 | [129] |
Venezuela | Caracas | Embassy | 2000 | [135] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Australia | Sydney | Consulate-General | 1995 | |
New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | 1995 | [147] |
The Embassy of Sweden in Baghdad is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Iraq. The mission consists of an embassy, a number of Swedes from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and local staff. Ambassador since 2022 is Jessica Svärdström.
The Embassy of Sweden in Luanda was Sweden's diplomatic mission in Angola. The first Swedish ambassador was accredited to Luanda in 1976. The ambassador was also accredited to São Tomé. The embassy mainly focused on Sweden and trade promotion activities. The embassy closed in November 2022 following a decision by Sweden's government. The Swedish ambassador is from 1 December 2022 based in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Embassy of Finland in Lima is Finland's diplomatic mission in Peru, located in the country's capital, Lima, and also accredited to Bolivia and Ecuador.
The Embassy of Sweden in Lima was Sweden's diplomatic mission in Peru. Diplomatic relations between Peru and Sweden were established in 1930 and the embassy opened the following year. It was closed in 2001 and reopened in 2016, only to close again in 2022. Since then, the Swedish ambassador in Santiago is also accredited to Lima.
The Embassy of Sweden in Dublin is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Ireland. When Ireland became independent, Sweden was one of the countries that early established diplomatic relations with Ireland. The embassy has its origins in the legation that was opened in 1946, which in turn has its origins in the Swedish consulate that was opened in 1926. The embassy closed in 2010 and reopened in 2023.
The Consulate General of Sweden, Los Angeles was the diplomatic mission of Sweden in Los Angeles between 1980 and 1995, as well as between 1998 and 2009. The consulate general had its origins in the honorary vice consulate opened in 1910, which was transformed into an honorary consulate in 1955 and an honorary consulate general in 1969. The main tasks of the consulate general were to disseminate information about Sweden and Swedish collaboration opportunities, promote business activities through various events, and handle consular matters and assistance to Swedish citizens in the western United States.
The Consulate General of Sweden, San Francisco is the diplomatic mission of Sweden in San Francisco, California. It is located at 595 Market Street in the Financial District.
The Consulate General of Sweden, Montreal was the diplomatic mission of Sweden in Montreal between 1916 and 1993. The consulate general originated from the consulate opened in 1906, which was converted into a consulate general in 1916. The consulate general tasks was to advance the interests of Sweden, and to serve and protect Swedes in Montreal and in different provinces and territories of Canada. Along with those in Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis, New York City, and San Francisco, the consulate general belonged to the so-called "heritage consulates" due to the large number of inheritance cases it handled.