The Ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the People's Republic of Bangladesh) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Bangladesh and government of Bangladesh.
History Sweden recognized Bangladesh as an independent state on 4 February 1972. In a telegram to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad, Swedish Foreign Minister Krister Wickman expressed the government's wishes for success and emphasized that the Swedish government wished to establish diplomatic relations with the new state. That same year, Sweden's ambassador to India was also accredited to Bangladesh. Between 1972 and 1977, there was an embassy counsellor and chargé d'affaires stationed in Dhaka.
Sweden's first resident ambassador in Dhaka was , who took office on 1 July 1977.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefAxel Lewenhaupt1972–1975AmbassadorResident in New DelhiHans Olwaeus1972–1974Chargé d'affaires ad interimLennart Finnmark1975–1977AmbassadorResident in New DelhiKjell Anneling1975–1977Chargé d'affaires ad interimActing in 1975Arne Lellki1 July 1977 – 1981AmbassadorPeder Hammarskjöld1981–1985AmbassadorEva Heckscher1985–1989AmbassadorCarl Olof Cederblad1989–1992AmbassadorBjörn Sternby1992–1996AmbassadorAnders Johnson1996–2001AmbassadorBörje Mattsson2001–2005AmbassadorBritt Falkman Hagström2005–2010AmbassadorAnneli Lindahl Kenny2010–2014AmbassadorJohan Frisell2014–2017AmbassadorCharlotta Schlyter1 September 2017 – 2020AmbassadorAlexandra Berg von Linde1 September 2020 – 2024Ambassador23 September 2020Jakob Etaat2023–?Chargé d'affairesNicolas Weeks2024–presentAmbassador2 October 2024
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See also Bangladesh–Sweden relations Embassy of Sweden, Dhaka
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