List of ambassadors of Sweden to Iraq
Ambassador of Sweden to Iraq | |
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Incumbent since August 2022Jessica Svärdström | |
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Baghdad | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Seat | Stockholm, Sweden[a] |
Appointer | Government of Sweden |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Eric Gyllenstierna |
Formation | 18 May 1934 |
Website | Swedish Embassy, Baghdad |
The Ambassador of Sweden to Iraq (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Iraq) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Iraq and government of Iraq.
History
[edit]From 1934 to 1936, the Swedish minister in Moscow, Soviet Union held a dual accreditation to Baghdad,[2] and from 1936 the Swedish minister in Tehran held a dual accreditation to Baghdad.[3]
In February 1960, the envoy was appointed ambassador there after an agreement with the Iraqi government regarding diplomatic representation. The ambassador remained accredited from Tehran, but a legation office was opened in Baghdad, headed by a first secretary from March of the same year.[4] In May 1964, Bengt Odhner was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Baghdad.[5]
The ambassador has been based in Stockholm since the storming of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the summer of 2023.[1]
List of representatives
[edit]Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Eric Gyllenstierna | 18 May 1934 – 1936 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Moscow. | [2] |
Hugo von Heidenstam | 1936–1942 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [3] |
Harald Pousette | 1941–1945 | Acting Chargé d'affaires | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [6] |
Gunnar Jarring | 1945–1945 | Acting Chargé d'affaires | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [7] |
Harald Pousette | 1945–1947 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [8] |
Harry Eriksson | 1948–1951 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [9] |
Gunnar Jarring | 1951–1952 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [7] |
Ragnvald Bagge | 1953–1959 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation/embassy in Tehran. | [10] |
Dick Hichens-Bergström | 1959–1960 | Envoy | Accredited from the embassy in Tehran. | [11][4] |
Dick Hichens-Bergström | 1960–1963 | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Tehran. | [4][11] |
Bengt Odhner | 1964–1969 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Kuwait City (from 1965) | .[12] |
Gunnar Gerring | 1969–1973 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Kuwait City. | [13] |
Otto Rathsman | 1973–1975 | Ambassador | [14] | |
Fredrik Bergenstråhle | 1975–1979 | Ambassador | [15] | |
Lars-Olof Brilioth | 1979–1982 | Ambassador | [16] | |
Arne Thorén | 1983–1988 | Ambassador | [17] | |
Henrik Amnéus | 1988–1993 | Ambassador | Left Iraq in mid-January 1991. | [18][19] |
Torkel Stiernlöf | July 1990 – August 1990 | Chargé d'affaires | [20] | |
– | 1994–2004 | – | Vacant | [21][22] |
Karin Roxman | 2004–2006 | Ambassador | Stationed at the embassy in Amman. | [23] |
Niclas Trouvé | 2006–2010 | Ambassador | Stationed at the embassy in Amman.[b] | [24] |
Carl Magnus Nesser | 2010–2012 | Ambassador | [25] | |
Jörgen Lindström | 2012–2015 | Ambassador | [26] | |
Annika Molin Hellgren | 2015–2017 | Ambassador | [27] | |
Pontus Melander | 1 September 2017 – 2019 | Ambassador | [28] | |
Lars Ronnås | 1 September 2019 – 2021 | Ambassador | [29] | |
Jonas Lovén | 2021–2022 | Ambassador | [30] | |
Jessica Svärdström | August 2022 – present | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm since 2023. | [31][1] |
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Irak" [Iraq] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "TAB 26". www.adelsvapen.com (in Swedish). Adelsvapen. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ a b Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen. Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 302. SELIBR 8198269.
- ^ a b c "Ambassadör i Bagdad" [Ambassador in Baghdad]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 23 February 1960. p. 12A. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "UD-utnämningar i konseljen" [Cabinet appointments at the council]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 30 May 1964. p. 6A. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1945 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1945. p. 265.
- ^ a b Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 553. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 278.
- ^ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 265.
- ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 81. ISBN 91-1-843222-0.
- ^ a b Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 482. ISBN 91-1-843222-0.
- ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 846. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1973). Sveriges statskalender 1973 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. pp. 354–355. SELIBR 3682755.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1975). Sveriges statskalender 1975 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 408. ISBN 91-38-02088-2. SELIBR 3682757.
- ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 172. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. SELIBR 8261514.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 363. ISBN 9138067307. SELIBR 3682763.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1988). Sveriges statskalender 1988 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 363. ISBN 91-38-09927-6. SELIBR 3682767.
- ^ "Amnéus reser hem". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). TT. 18 January 1991. p. 9. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 347. ISBN 9138128098. SELIBR 3682772.
- ^ Koskinen, Stefan (3 September 1990). ""Hoppas att våra män nu också får resa hem"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 6. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1994). Sveriges statskalender 1994 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN 9138129485. SELIBR 3682773.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 175. ISBN 91-38-32120-3. SELIBR 89506762.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN 91-38-32230-7. SELIBR 10156707.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 183. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
- ^ "Regeringen utser fyra nya ambassadörer och en generalkonsul" [The government appoints four new ambassadors and one consul general] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Nya ambassadörer utsedda" [New ambassadors appointed]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). TT-TT Spektra. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Irak" [New ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Jessica Svärdström ny ambassadör i Irak" [Jessica Svärdström new ambassador in Iraq] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Embassy of Sweden, Baghdad, official website