The Ambassador of Sweden to Cambodia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Cambodia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the king of Cambodia and government of Cambodia. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Phnom Penh, Sweden's ambassador in Bangkok is co-accredited in Phnom Penh.
History Sweden recognized Cambodia by voting in favor of the country's admission to the United Nations in December 1955. On 18 January 1961, an agreement was reached between Sweden and Cambodia to establish diplomatic relations. Sweden's ambassador in Bangkok, Tord Hagen, was appointed to also be ambassador in Phnom Penh. In March the same year, he presented his credentials to Cambodia's head of state, Prince Norodom Sihanouk.
In October 1975, it was reported that the Cambodian government had granted agrément to Sweden's ambassador in Beijing, Kaj Björk. He was then co-accredited as Swedish ambassador in Phnom Penh. Björk was thereby one of the first diplomats to be granted agrément in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge took power there in April 1975.
From the formation of the satellite state People's Republic of Kampuchea in 1979 until the monarchy was restored in 1993, Sweden had no accredited ambassador in Cambodia. From 1993, Sweden's ambassador in Bangkok was co-accredited in Phnom Penh.
From the 1990s until 2010, Sweden had a section office (Development Co-operation Section) in Phnom Penh, under the Swedish embassy in Bangkok. This section office was staffed with SIDA personnel, where the head of the office had the diplomatic rank of counsellor (and in the final year minister counsellor).
Sweden opened an embassy in Cambodia in August 2010. On 26 November 2020, the Swedish government decided that the embassy would be closed down. In November 2021, the embassy in Phnom Penh was closed, and on 1 December 2021 it was converted into a section office, under the embassy in Bangkok. Thereafter, the Swedish ambassador in Bangkok was once again co-accredited to Phnom Penh.
List of representatives NamePeriodResident / Non-residentTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefKingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)Tord Hagen1961–1964 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BangkokMarch 1961Lennart Petri1965–1969 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BeijingArne Björnberg1969–1970 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BeijingPolitical appointee (non-career diplomat)Khmer Republic (1970–1975)Arne Björnberg1970–1974 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BeijingPolitical appointee (non-career diplomat)Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979)Kaj Björk1975–1979 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BeijingPolitical appointee (non-career diplomat)People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989) and State of Cambodia (1989–1993)–1979–1993 Non-residentAmbassadorVacantKingdom of Cambodia (1993–present)Eva Heckscher1993–1996 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BangkokSven-Åke-Svensson1996–1999 ResidentCounsellorInga Eriksson Fogh1997–1998 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BangkokDaniel Asplund1999–2002 ResidentCounsellorJan Axel Nordlander1999–2004 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BangkokClaes Leijon2002–2006 ResidentCounsellorJonas Hafström2004–2007 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BangkokEva Smedberg2006–2009 ResidentCounsellorLennart Linnér2007–2010 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Bangkok4 January 2008Eva Asplund2009–2010 ResidentMinister counsellorAnne Höglund2010–2013 ResidentAmbassadorAnna Maj Hultgård2013–2016 ResidentAmbassador24 October 2013Maria SargrenSeptember 2016 – 2019 ResidentAmbassador7 October 2016Björn Häggmark1 September 2019 – 2021 ResidentAmbassador7 November 2019Jon Åström Gröndahl2021–2023 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Bangkok22 April 2022Anna Hammargren2023–present Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Bangkok19 February 2024
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