List of ambassadors of Sweden to South Africa

Ambassador of
Sweden to South Africa
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Håkan Juholt
since September 2020
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Pretoria
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
Residence297 Canopus Street, Waterkloof Ridge
SeatPretoria, South Africa
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderHarry Eriksson
Formation1944
WebsiteSwedish 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.

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

Name Period Title Notes Ref
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.[a] [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]

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.

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.