The Ambassador of Sweden to Fiji (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Fiji) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Fiji and government of Fiji. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Suva, Sweden's ambassador to Fiji is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
History Sweden established an honorary consulate in Levuka in 1881, which moved to Suva in 1887, back to Levuka in 1892, and then to Suva again in 1900. In 1922, the Swedish Consul General in Sydney, Australia received an expanded consular district that, in addition to Australia, also included New Zealand and the Fiji Islands. After the consulate general in Sydney was converted into a legation in Canberra in 1947, the district was dissolved. The honorary consulate in Suva (headed by John Maynard Hedstrom since 1913) was now instead subordinate to the legation in Canberra.
Sweden and Fiji established diplomatic relations on 3 April 1979. That same month, Sweden's ambassador in Wellington, New Zealand, Gunnar Gerring, was accredited as ambassador also to Fiji's capital, Suva. Sweden's ambassador to New Zealand remained accredited to Fiji until the embassy in Wellington was closed in 1995. Thereafter, a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large, who in addition to Fiji was also ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu, took over. In 2008, responsibility was transferred to the Swedish ambassador to Australia.
As of 2025, the post of Swedish ambassador to Fiji is again held by a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large, who is also ambassador to 10 other countries in Oceania.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefDominion of Fiji (1970–1987)Gunnar GerringApril 1979 – 1982AmbassadorResident in WellingtonChrister Sylvén1982–1987AmbassadorResident in WellingtonRepublic of Fiji (1987–present)Kjell Anneling1987–1990AmbassadorResident in WellingtonHans Andén1991–1993AmbassadorResident in WellingtonKarin Ahrland1993–1995AmbassadorResident in WellingtonPolitical appointee (non-career diplomat)Kaj Falkman1996–1998AmbassadorResident in Stockholm–1999–2001AmbassadorVacantGöran Hasselmark2001–2002AmbassadorResident in StockholmGreger Widgren2003–2008AmbassadorResident in StockholmEha Arg2008–2008Chargé d'affairesResident in StockholmSven-Olof Petersson2008–2014AmbassadorResident in CanberraPär Ahlberger2014–2019AmbassadorResident in Canberra16 April 2015Henrik Cederin2022–2022AmbassadorResident in Canberra15 March 2022Pontus Melander2023–2025AmbassadorResident in Canberra26 October 2023Marina Berg2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm
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