The Ambassador of Sweden to Haiti (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Haiti) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Haiti and government of Haiti. The ambassador is based in Stockholm.
History In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts recommended a proposal from the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico to extend the mission's area of responsibility to the Central American states, British Honduras, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and San Domingo, along with the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions in the West Indies.
Sweden and Haiti established diplomatic relations on 31 March 1941 when first chargé d'affaires ad interim of Sweden to Haiti (resident in Havana, Cuba) Erik Wisén presented his credentials.
From 1951, the Swedish envoy in Caracas, Venezuela, was also accredited to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The position was vacant from 1967 to 1969 and then abolished in 1970. In 1976, the Swedish ambassador in Caracas again became concurrently accredited to Port-au-Prince.
Since 1980, Sweden's ambassador accredited to Haiti has been based in Stockholm. That year, the Swedish foreign service changed its system for concurrent accreditations and appointed several ambassadors-at-large stationed in Stockholm. In August 1980, Erik Tennander was appointed ambassador-at-large for the countries in and around the Caribbean Sea, including Haiti.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefRepublic of Haiti (1859–1957)Erik Wisén1941–1943Chargé d'affaires ad interimResident in Havana31 March 1941Erik Wisén1943–1948Chargé d'affairesResident in HavanaKarl Yngve Vendel1948–1951Chargé d'affairesResident in HavanaFritz Stackelberg1951–1953EnvoyResident in CaracasCarl-Herbert Borgenstierna1953–1957EnvoyResident in CaracasDuvalier dynasty (1957–1986)Gunnar Dryselius1958 – January 1959EnvoyResident in Caracas23 April 1958Gunnar DryseliusJanuary 1959 – 1963AmbassadorResident in CaracasKnut Bernström1963–1966AmbassadorResident in Caracas–1967–1969AmbassadorVacantNo head of mission between 1970 and 1975Hans Ewerlöf1976–1979AmbassadorResident in CaracasErik Tennander1980–1985AmbassadorResident in StockholmThird Haitian Republic (1986–present)Lennart Klackenberg1986–1995AmbassadorResident in Stockholm–1996–1996AmbassadorVacantHans Linton1997–2004AmbassadorResident in StockholmSten Ask2004 – June 2010AmbassadorResident in StockholmClaes Hammar2010–2016AmbassadorResident in Stockholm21 January 2012Elisabeth Eklund2017–2022AmbassadorResident in Stockholm8 November 2017Anders Bengtcén2022–2025AmbassadorResident in StockholmMaria Velasco2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm8 September 2026
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