The Ambassador of Sweden to Libya (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the State of Libya) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the chairman of the Presidential Council and government of Libya. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Tripoli, Sweden's ambassador in Tunis, Tunisia is co-accredited in Tripoli.
History In August 1960, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Libya concluded an agreement establishing diplomatic relations between the two states. Following this decision, Sweden's ambassaror in Rabat, Lennart Petri, was concurrently accredited as ambassador to Tripoli. In November of the same year, Ambassador Petri presented his credentials to King Idris in Tripoli.
Until 1974, Swedish representation in Libya was maintained through an embassy office in Tripoli headed by a consul. In June 1974, Torsten Hylander was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador to Libya.
In February 1995, the Swedish government resolved to close the embassy in Tripoli effective mid-year. Since that time, Sweden's ambassador to Libya has been non-resident, based in Stockholm (1995–1999, 2003–2016), Cairo (1999–2003), and Tunis (2016–present), with concurrent accreditation to Libya.
List of representatives NamePeriodResident/Non residentTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefUnited Kingdom of Libya (1951–1963) and Kingdom of Libya (1963–1969)Lennart Petri1960–1962 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in RabatNovember 1960Per Bertil Kollberg1963–1967 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in TunisLars Hedström1967–1969 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in TunisLibyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)Lars Hedström1969–1972 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in TunisMarc Giron1973–1974 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in TunisTorsten Hylander1974–1977 ResidentAmbassadorSocialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–1986) and Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1986–2011)Torsten Hylander1977–1978 ResidentAmbassadorBengt Holmquist1977–1983 ResidentAmbassadorSven E. Jonsson1983 – 24 October 1984 ResidentAmbassadorDied in officeIan Paulsson1985–1989 ResidentAmbassadorAndreas Ådahl1989–1992 ResidentAmbassadorNils-Erik Schyberg1992–1995 ResidentAmbassadorNils-Erik Schyberg1995–1999 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmBengt Sparre1999–2003 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in CairoBo Wilén2003–2008 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmAnne Marie Dierauer2009–2011 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmLibya (2011–2017) and State of Libya (2017–present)Jan Thesleff2011–2014 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmFredrik Florén2014–2016 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmFredrik Florén2016–2019 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Tunis17 July 2017Anna Block Mazoyer2019–2023 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Tunis10 October 2020Cecilia Wramsten2023–present Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Tunis26 June 2024
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