List of ambassadors of Sweden to Saudi Arabia

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Sweden to Saudi Arabia

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| incumbent = Petra Menander

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Swedish Embassy, Riyadh

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The Ambassador of Sweden to Sudia Arabia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the monarch and government of Saudi Arabia. The ambassador has a dual accreditation to Muscat (Oman) and to Sanaa (Yemen).

History

Sweden's first ambassador accredited to Saudi Arabia was Brynolf Eng, who was the Swedish envoy in Cairo starting in 1957.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1957-06-28/4/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Utnämningar inom UD |trans-title=Foreign Ministry appoitments |page=4A |date=1957-06-28 |access-date=9 October 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}} Later, the Swedish ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon, was accredited to Saudi Arabia.

At the beginning of 1967, a permanent representation was established in Saudi Arabia's commercial center, Jeddah, under the leadership of a chargé d'affaires ad interim. The office was subordinate to the Swedish ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1967-01-12/18/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Utrikes: Ny ambassad i Zambia |trans-title=Foreign Affairs: New embassy in Zambia |page=18 |date=1967-01-12 |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

In December 1973, Bengt Rösiö was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1973-12-21/21/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Ambassadör i Jeddah |trans-title=Ambassador in Jeddah |page=21 |date=1973-12-21 |access-date=13 August 2024 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

List of representatives

Name\|\|Period\|\|Title\|\|Notes\|\|Ref
class="wikitable"
Brynolf Eng	1957–1960	Envoy	Resident in Cairo.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/0364.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=340}}
Gösta Brunnström	1960–1965	Ambassador	Resident in Beirut.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1977/0176.html \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977 \|year=1976 \|publisher=Norstedt \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=91-1-766022-X \|id={{SELIBR\|3681523}} \|page=156}}
Claës Ivar Wollin	1965–1969	Ambassador	Resident in Beirut.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/65665/gupea_2077_65665_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Sköldenberg \|editor-first=Bengt \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1969 \|year=1969 \|publisher=Fritzes offentliga publikationer \|location=Uppsala \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|3682754}} \|page=344}}
Vidar Hellners	1967–1970	Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires ad interim		{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/0467.html \|editor1-last=Uddling \|editor1-first=Hans \|editor2-last=Paabo \|editor2-first=Katrin \|year=1992 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|isbn=91-1-914072-X \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|8261513}} \|page=467}}
Åke Jonsson	1969–1974	Ambassador	Resident in Beirut.	{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/0568.html \|editor1-last=Uddling \|editor1-first=Hans \|editor2-last=Paabo \|editor2-first=Katrin \|year=1992 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|isbn=91-1-914072-X \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|8261513}} \|page=568}}
Karl-Vilhelm Wöhler	1970–1974	Embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires ad interim{{efn\|Sköldenberg (1974), p. 382 states embassy counsellor, Uddling & Paabo (1992), p. 1212 states chargé d'affaires, and Svenska Dagbladet reports that he was appointed first embassy secretary and chargé d'affaires ad interim.{{cite news \|url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1970-08-15/11/SVD \|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet \|title=Nya ambassadråd \|trans-title=New embassy counsellors \|page=11 \|date=1970-08-15 \|access-date=13 August 2024 \|language=sv \|url-access=subscription}}}}		{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59619/gupea_2077_59619_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Sköldenberg \|editor-first=Bengt \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1974 \|year=1974 \|publisher=Allmänna \|location=Uppsala \|language=sv \|isbn=91-38-01839-X \|page=382}}{{cite book \|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/1212.html \|editor1-last=Uddling \|editor1-first=Hans \|editor2-last=Paabo \|editor2-first=Katrin \|year=1992 \|title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 \|trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993 \|location=Stockholm \|publisher=Norstedt \|isbn=91-1-914072-X \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|8261513}} \|page=1212}}
Bengt Rösiö	1974–1977	Ambassador	Also accredited in Abu Dhabi, Manama, Kuwait City, Muscat, Doha, and Sanaa.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59621/gupea_2077_59621_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Sköldenberg \|editor-first=Bengt \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1977 \|year=1977 \|publisher=Liber/Allmänna \|location=Uppsala \|isbn=91-38-03338-0 \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|3682758}} \|pages=431-432, 444, 449-450, 458}}
Carl-Gustaf Bielke	1977–1980	Ambassador	Also accredited in Muscat and Sanaa.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59644/gupea_2077_59644_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Sköldenberg \|editor-first=Bengt \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1980 \|year=1980 \|publisher=Liber \|location=Stockholm \|isbn=91-38-05350-0 \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|33682761}} \|pages=348, 350, 356}}
Fredrik Bergenstråhle	1980–1984	Ambassador	Also accredited in Muscat and Sanaa.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59786/gupea_2077_59786_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1984 \|year=1984 \|publisher=Liber \|location=Stockholm \|isbn=91-38-90400-4 \|language=sv \|id={{SELIBR\|3682782}} \|pages=358, 360, 366}}
Frank Belfrage	1984–1987	Ambassador	Also accredited in Muscat and Sanaa.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59795/gupea_2077_59795_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1987 \|year=1987 \|publisher=Allmänna \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=91-38-09751-6 \|id={{SELIBR\|3682766}} \|pages=362, 364, 370}}
Lennart Alvin	1987–1991	Ambassador	Also accredited in Muscat and Sanaa.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59829/gupea_2077_59829_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 1991 \|year=1991 \|publisher=Allmänna \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9138125277 \|id={{SELIBR\|3682770}} \|pages=358, 360, 366}}
Steen Hohwü-Christensen	1991–1996	Ambassador	Also accredited in Muscat and Sanaa.	{{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}} \|page=191, 193, 199}}
Lave Johnsson	1996–2000	Ambassador	Also accredited in Muscat and Sanaa.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59824/gupea_2077_59824_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 2000 \|year=2000 \|publisher=Fritzes \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=91-38-31692-7 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261600}} \|pages=186, 188, 194}}
Anders Bengtcén	2000–2001	Chargé d'affaires		{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59834/gupea_2077_59834_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 2001 \|year=2001 \|publisher=Fritzes \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=9138318385 \|id={{SELIBR\|8261601}} \|page=190}}
Åke Karlsson	2001–2006	Ambassador	Also accredited in Kuwait City, Muscat, and Sanaa (from 2003).	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59889/gupea_2077_59889_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|editor-last=Spiegelberg \|editor-first=Christina \|title=Sveriges statskalender 2006 \|year=2006 \|publisher=Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes \|location=Stockholm \|language=sv \|isbn=91-38-32230-7 \|id={{SELIBR\|10156707}} \|pages=182, 189, 192}}
Jan Thesleff	2006–2011	Ambassador	Also accredited in Kuwait City, Muscat, and Sanaa.	{{cite book \|url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/59894/gupea_2077_59894_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y \|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=184, 188, 193}}
Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt	September 2011 – August 2016	Ambassador	Also accredited in Kuwait City, Muscat, and Sanaa.	{{cite web \|url=https://se.linkedin.com/in/dag-juhlin-dannfelt-977096134 \|publisher=LinkedIn \|title=Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt \|quote=Ambassador of Sweden to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman & Yemen Embassy of Sweden to KSA sep. 2011–aug. 2016 5 years \|access-date=4 February 2025}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.instagram.com/upflund/p/DCd9zmdChwk/ \|publisher=Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund \|title=Join us next week on Friday for a lecture with Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt... \|quote=He has previously served as an Ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen... \|date=17 November 2024 \|access-date=4 February 2025 \|via=Instagram}}
Jan Knutsson	September 2016 – 2019	Ambassador		{{cite press release \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2016/05/ny-ambassador-i-saudiarabien/ \|publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs \|title=Ny ambassadör i Saudiarabien \|trans-title=New ambassador in Saudi Arabia \|date=19 May 2016 \|access-date=13 August 2024 \|language=sv}}
Niclas Trouvé	1 September 2019 – 2022	Ambassador	Presented credentials on 23 October 2019.	{{cite press release \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2019/05/ny-ambassador-i-saudiarabien/ \|publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs \|title=Ny ambassadör i Saudiarabien \|trans-title=New ambassador in Saudi Arabia \|date=29 May 2019 \|access-date=13 August 2024 \|language=sv}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/580601/SAUDI-ARABIA/King-receives-credentials-of-envoys \|newspaper=Saudi Gazette \|title=King receives credentials of envoys \|location=Riyadh \|date=23 October 2019 \|access-date=23 October 2024}}
Petra Menander	September 2022 – present	Ambassador		{{cite press release \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2022/01/petra-menander-ahman-ny-ambassador-i-saudiarabien/ \|publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs \|title=Petra Menander ny ambassadör i Saudiarabien \|trans-title=Petra Menander new ambassador in Saudi Arabia \|date=28 January 2022 \|access-date=13 August 2024 \|language=sv}}

Footnotes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/saudi-arabia-riyadh/|Embassy of Sweden, Riyadh}} {{lang in|sv|en}}

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