List of ambassadors of Sweden to Bolivia

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The Ambassador of Sweden to Bolivia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Plurinational State of Bolivia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Bolivia and government of Bolivia.

History

On 30 June 1930, Einar Modig was appointed as Sweden's first minister accredited to Bolivia, though stationed in Lima, Peru. He assumed office on 1 January 1931. Simultaneously, {{ill|Albert Winqvist|sv}} was appointed as legation counsellor at the Swedish legations in the same countries.{{cite news |url=https://static.bonniernews.se/gcs/arkivet/1930/08/bib13991099_19300820_0_224_364392/bib13991099_19300820_0_224_0008-5267x6634.jpeg |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |title=Vi och Sydamerika |trans-title=Us and South America |page=8A |date=1930-08-20 |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=sv}} Sweden and Bolivia established relations in 1931.{{cite web |url=https://thediplomaticinsight.com/bolivian-chancellor-receives-the-credentials-from-sweden-france-and-the-inter-american-bank/ |work=The Diplomatic Insight |title=Bolivian Chancellor receives the credentials from Sweden, France and the Inter-American Bank |first=Carla Esparza |last=Arteaga |date=1 October 2021 |access-date=20 January 2025}} On 2 February 1932, Einar Modig was recognized as Sweden's first envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Bolivia.{{cite web |url=https://www.derechoteca.com/legal-tech-bolivia-bo-d-lex-norma/decreto-supremo-02-02-1932-del-02-febrero-1932 |work=Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia |title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 02-02-1932 del 02 de Febrero de 1932 |trans-title=SUPREME DECREE No. 02-02-1932 of February 2, 1932 |location=La Paz |date=1932-02-02 |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=es}}

In July 1964, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Bolivian governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1964-07-28/18/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Ny ambassad |trans-title=New embassy |page=18 |date=1964-07-28 |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

The Swedish ambassador to La Paz was based in Lima, Peru, for many years and held dual accreditation to Bolivia and some other nearby countries. After the Swedish embassy in Lima closed in 2001, the accreditation for La Paz was transferred to the Swedish ambassador in Buenos Aires and later to Bogotá.

In 1995, an office for Swedish development cooperation was established in La Paz, and in 2010, it was upgraded to an embassy.{{cite web |url=https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/utlandsmyndigheter/bolivia-la-paz/om-oss/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527032218/https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/utlandsmyndigheter/bolivia-la-paz/om-oss/ |publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz |title=Om oss |trans-title=About us |date=12 January 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=sv}} The embassy was headed by a chargé d'affaires ad interim until 22 July 2021, when the Swedish government decided to appoint a resident ambassador.

List of representatives

Name\|\|Period\|\|Resident/Non resident\|\|Title\|\|Notes\|\|Ref
class="wikitable"
Einar Modig	1 January 1931{{efn\|Appointed on 30 July 1930.{{cite encyclopedia \|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9397 \|publisher=National Archives of Sweden \|encyclopedia=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon \|title=Einar Modig \|first=Nicolaus \|last=Rockberger \|year=1985–1987 \|volume=25 \|page=600 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}}} – 28 April 1933	9px Non-resident	Acting envoy	Resident in Lima.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1930-08-20/3/SVD \|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet \|title=Einar Modig till Lima som minister \|trans-title=Einar Modig to Lima as minister \|page=3 \|date=1930-08-20 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv \|url-access=subscription}}
Einar Modig	28 April 1933 – 1934	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.
Vilhelm Assarsson	1935–1937	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1957/0074.html \|editor-last=Burling \|editor-first=Ingeborg \|year=1956 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|language=sv \|page=50}}
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	1937–1945	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1967/0776.html \|editor-last=Lagerström \|editor-first=Sten \|year=1966 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1967 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1967 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|3681518}} \|page=760}}
Martin Kastengren	1945–1951	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0708.html \|editor1-last=Harnesk \|editor1-first=Paul \|date=1962 \|title=Vem är vem? \|volume=1, Stor-Stockholm \|trans-title=Who's Who? \|edition=2nd \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Vem är vem bokförlag \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|53509}} \|page=684}}
Harry Eriksson	1951–1952	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1957/0289.html \|editor-last=Burling \|editor-first=Ingeborg \|year=1956 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|language=sv \|page=265}}
Claes Westring	1952–1956	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/64334/gupea_2077_64334_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|title=Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1956 \|year=1956 \|publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer \|location=Uppsala \|language=sv \|pages=314, 320}}
Harry Bagge	1956–1962	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Santiago.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1963/0079.html \|editor-last=Burling \|editor-first=Ingeborg \|year=1962 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|9649168}} \|page=63}}
Carl Henrik Petersén	1962 – July 1964	9px Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1969/0780.html \|editor-last=Lagerström \|editor-first=Sten \|year=1968 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|3681519}} \|page=764}}
Carl Henrik Petersén	July 1964 – 1966	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.
Torsten Björck	1966–1974	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0139.html \|editor-last=Jönsson \|editor-first=Lena \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001 \|year=2000 \|publisher=Norstedt \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9172850426 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261515}} \|page=139}}
Göran Engblom	1975–1978	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0295.html \|editor-last=Jönsson \|editor-first=Lena \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001 \|year=2000 \|publisher=Norstedt \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9172850426 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261515}} \|page=295}}
Ulf Norström	1979–1982	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0852.html \|editor-last=Jönsson \|editor-first=Lena \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001 \|year=2000 \|publisher=Norstedt \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9172850426 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261515}} \|page=852}}
Cai Melin	1982–1983	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59825/gupea_2077_59825_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Sköldenberg \|editor-first=Bengt \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1983 \|year=1983 \|publisher=Liber/Allmänna \|location=Stockholm \|isbn=9138071576 \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|3682764}} \|pages=343, 357}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1983-11-10/8/SVD \|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet \|title=Stödde Amnesty international - Svensk ambassadör i Peru kallas hem \|trans-title=Supported Amnesty International - Swedish ambassador in Peru called home \|page=8 \|date=1983-11-10 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv \|url-access=subscription}}
Hans Linton	1984–1989	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59827/gupea_2077_59827_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1989 \|year=1989 \|publisher=Allmänna \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9138121735 \|id={{SELIBR\|3682768}} \|pages=360, 375}}
Carl-Erhard Lindahl	1989–1992	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0690.html \|editor-last=Jönsson \|editor-first=Lena \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001 \|year=2000 \|publisher=Norstedt \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9172850426 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261515}} \|page=690}}
Lars Schönander	1992–1996	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59830/gupea_2077_59830_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Almqvist \|editor-first=Gerd \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1996 \|year=1996 \|publisher=Fritzes \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9138350211 \|id={{SELIBR\|3682781}} \|pages=177, 192}}
Ulf Lewin	1996–2000	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0678.html \|editor-last=Jönsson \|editor-first=Lena \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001 \|year=2000 \|publisher=Norstedt \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9172850426 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261515}} \|page=678}}
Mikael Dahl	2000–2001	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Lima.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59834/gupea_2077_59834_1.pdf \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 2001 \|year=2001 \|publisher=Fritzes \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9138318385 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261601}} \|pages=173, 188}}
Martin Wilkens	2002–2005	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Buenos Aires.{{efn\|Martin Wilkens was stationed at the Swedish embassy in Buenos Aires and accredited to Asunción, La Paz, and Montevideo, but not to Buenos Aires itself. His wife, Madeleine Ströje-Wilkens, was the Swedish ambassador in Buenos Aires and accredited specifically to Buenos Aires at the time.{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59888/gupea_2077_59888_1.pdf \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 2005 \|year=2005 \|publisher=Fritzes \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9138321971 \|id={{SELIBR\|9879458}} \|pages=169, 171}}}}
Arne Rodin	2005–2010	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Buenos Aires.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59894/gupea_2077_59894_1.pdf \|title=Sveriges statskalender 2010 \|year=2010 \|publisher=Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=978-91-38-32520-9 \|id={{SELIBR\|11846164}} \|pages=174-175}}
Marie Andersson de Frutos	2011–2017	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá. Presented credentials on 19 September 2012.	{{cite web \|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Aktuellt/Nyheter/Overlamnande-av-kreditivbrev-sys/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031122311/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Aktuellt/Nyheter/Overlamnande-av-kreditivbrev-sys/ \|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz \|title=Överlämnande av kreditivbrev \|trans-title=Presentation of credentials \|date=21 September 2012 \|archive-date=31 October 2012 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}
Ann Stödberg	January 2011 – August 2013	9px Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		{{cite web \|title=Ann Stodberg \|url=https://se.linkedin.com/in/ann-stodberg-62590a27?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|publisher=LinkedIn}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506133440/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz \|title=Ambassadens personal \|trans-title=Embassy staff \|archive-date=6 May 2012 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615051146/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz \|title=Ambassadens personal \|trans-title=Embassy staff \|archive-date=15 June 2013 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}
Aurore Lundkvist	2013–2016	9px Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		{{cite web \|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928113925/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz \|title=Ambassadens personal \|trans-title=Embassy staff \|archive-date=28 September 2013 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815214833/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz \|title=Ambassadens personal \|trans-title=Embassy staff \|archive-date=15 August 2016 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}
Pontus Rosenberg	2016–2018	9px Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		{{Cite tweet \|author=Embajadora de Suecia en Bolivia \|author-link= \|user=SueciaEnBolivia \|number=779051786409828352 \|date=22 September 2016 \|title=La feria de Santa Cruz - El nuevo encargado de negocios Pontus Rosenberg representó a la embajada con colegos de la Unión Europa \|script-title= \|trans-title=Santa Cruz Fair - New Chargé d'Affaires Pontus Rosenberg represented the embassy with colleagues from the European Union \|language=es \|retweet= \|location= \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|link= \|url-status= \|archive-url= \|archive-date= \|quote= \|ref=}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204221954/http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/La-Paz/Om-oss/Ambassadens-personal/ \|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz \|title=Ambassadens personal \|trans-title=Embassy staff \|archive-date=4 February 2018 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}
Tommy Strömberg	2018–2020	9px Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá. Presented credentials on 26 December 2018.	{{Cite tweet \|author=Cancillería de Bolivia \|author-link= \|user=MRE_Bolivia \|number=1077904229799522304 \|date=26 December 2018 \|title=#Ahora En la #CasaGrandeDelPueblo, el nuevo Embajador de la Reino de #Suecia en #Bolivia, Tommy Strömberg, presenta sus cartas credenciales al Presidente @evoespueblo \|script-title= \|trans-title=Now At the #CasaGrandeDelPueblo, the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of #Sweden in #Bolivia, Tommy Strömberg, presents his credentials to President @evoespueblo \|language=es \|retweet= \|location=La Paz \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|link= \|url-status= \|archive-url= \|archive-date= \|quote= \|ref=}}
Jörgen Persson	2019–2021	9px Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		{{cite web \|url=https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/utlandsmyndigheter/bolivia-la-paz/om-oss/ambassadens-personal/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210133738/https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/utlandsmyndigheter/bolivia-la-paz/om-oss/ambassadens-personal/ \|publisher=Embassy of Sweden, La Paz \|title=Ambassadens personal \|trans-title=Embassy staff \|date=16 August 2019 \|archive-date=10 December 2020 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}
Nicolas Weeks	15 August 2021 – 2024	9px Resident	Ambassador		{{cite press release \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2021/07/ny-ambassador-i-bolivia/ \|publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs \|title=Ny ambassadör i Bolivia \|trans-title=New ambassador to Bolivia \|date=22 July 2021 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}
Johanna Teague	2024–present	9px Resident	Ambassador		{{cite press release \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2024/04/ny-ambassador-i-bolivia/ \|publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs \|title=Ny ambassadör i Bolivia \|trans-title=New ambassador to Bolivia \|date=25 April 2024 \|access-date=20 January 2025 \|language=sv}}

Footnotes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/bolivia-la-paz/|Embassy of Sweden, La Paz}} {{lang in|sv|en|es}}

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