The Ambassador of Sweden to Kosovo (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Kosovo) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Kosovo and government of Kosovo.
History On 4 March 2008, the Swedish government recognised the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state. Sweden and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on 28 March 2008.
That same year, Sweden's ambassador in Skopje was appointed to be concurrently accredited to Pristina. In his absence, the embassy was headed by a chargé d'affaires ad interim.
Initially, Sweden did not have an embassy but instead a section office called the Office for Co-operation, operating under the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). This section office was upgraded to an embassy in 2010. The embassy became independent in September 2016 when the Swedish government appointed Henrik Nilsson as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Pristina.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefUlrika Cronenberg-Mossberg2008–2008AmbassadorResident in SkopjeLars Fredén2008–2010AmbassadorResident in SkopjeIngrid Johansson2009–2013Chargé d'affaires ad interimLars Wahlund2010–2013AmbassadorResident in SkopjeHenrik NilssonSeptember 2013 – September 2016Chargé d'affaires ad interimMats Staffansson2014–2016AmbassadorResident in SkopjeHenrik NilssonSeptember 2016 – 2018Ambassador18 October 2016Karin Hernmarck Ahliny1 September 2018 – 2022AmbassadorJonas WesterlundSeptember 2022 – 2026Ambassador26 August 2022Åsa PehrsonAugust 2026 – presentAmbassador
See also Kosovo–Sweden relations
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