The Ambassador of Sweden to Armenia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Armenia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Armenia and government of Armenia.
History In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, it was proposed that the head of mission in Constantinople also be accredited to Sofia, Belgrade, Athens, Tbilisi, Baku, and eventually Armenia. However, the experts recommended that, for the time being, the minister be accredited only to Sofia.
On 16 January 1992, the Swedish government recognized the Republic of Armenia as an independent state. On 8 July 1992, the Swedish government decided to enter into an agreement with Armenia to establish diplomatic relations. The agreement entered into force on 10 July 1992, upon its signing in Helsinki by Foreign Minister Margaretha af Ugglas on behalf of Sweden, and Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian on behalf of Armenia. That same year, Sweden's ambassador in Moscow, Örjan Berner, was also accredited as ambassador to Armenia.
The ambassador in Moscow remained accredited to Armenia's capital, Yerevan, until 2006, when a Stockholm-based ambassador for the Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) assumed the accreditation. In 2010, Sweden opened an embassy in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The ambassador there was then also accredited to Yerevan.
In March 2014, Sweden opened an embassy in Yerevan. The embassy was inaugurated on 13 June 2014 by Trade Minister Ewa Björling. The embassy was managed by a chargé d'affaires ad interim in the ambassador's absence. Since 2020, Sweden has had a resident ambassador in Yerevan.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefÖrjan Berner1992–1994AmbassadorResident in MoscowSven Hirdman1994–2004AmbassadorResident in MoscowJohan Molander2004–2006AmbassadorResident in MoscowHans AdénSeptember 2006 – 2010AmbassadorResident in StockholmDiana Janse2011–2014AmbassadorResident in Tbilisi23 March 2011Mårten Ehnberg7 August 2014 – 2016Chargé d'affairesMartina Quick2015–2018AmbassadorResident in Tbilisi17 February 2015Margareta KristiansonSeptember 2016 – 2017Chargé d'affaires ad interimMartin Fredriksson2017–2019Chargé d'affaires ad interimUlrik Tideström2018–2020AmbassadorResident in Tbilisi6 November 2018Birger Karlsson2019–2020Chargé d'affaires ad interimPatrik SvenssonSeptember 2020 – 2025Ambassador24 September 2020Eva Sundquist2025–presentAmbassador15 September 2025
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