The Ambassador of Sweden to Rwanda (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Rwanda) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Rwanda and government of Rwanda.
History The Swedish government recognized the Republic of Rwanda as a sovereign and independent state in a congratulatory telegram sent by Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Östen Undén, to Rwanda's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Otto Rusingizandekwe, on 1 July 1962. At the same time, Minister Undén expressed the Swedish government's desire to maintain friendly and cordial relations with Rwanda. King Gustaf VI Adolf also sent a congratulatory telegram. Two years later, Sweden's ambassador in Nairobi, Otto Rathsman, was also accredited as ambassador to Rwanda. After Rathsman left his post in 1966, Sweden had no accredited ambassador to Rwanda until 1974.
In 2010, Sweden opened an embassy in Rwanda by upgrading the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency's existing section office. Since August 2016, Sweden has had a resident ambassador in Kigali.
List of representatives NamePeriodResident/Non residentTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefOtto Rathsman1964–1966 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.–1966–1974 Non-resident–Lennart Rydfors1974–1978 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Cecilia Nettelbrandt1978–1983 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Arne Fältheim1983–1988 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Nils Gunnar Revelius1989–1993 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Lars-Göran Engfeldt1993–1998 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Inga Björk-Klevby1998–2002 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Bo Göransson2003–2006 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Anna Brandt2006–2009 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Ann Dismorr2009–2012 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Nairobi.Mikael LindvallSeptember 2010 – July 2012 ResidentChargé d'affairesMaria Håkansson2012–2016 ResidentChargé d'affairesUrban Andersson2014–2016 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Kampala.18 March 2014Jenny OhlssonOctober 2016 – 2020 ResidentAmbassadorJohanna TeagueAugust 2020 – 2024 ResidentAmbassadorDag Sjöögren2024–2026 ResidentAmbassadorHenrik Nilsson2026–present ResidentAmbassador
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