The Ambassador of Sweden to Barbados (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Barbados) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Barbados and government of Barbados. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Bridgetown, Sweden's ambassador to Barbados is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
History On the occasion of the proclamation of Barbados' independence on 30 November 1966, Sweden's Prime Minister Tage Erlander stated in a congratulatory telegram to Barbados' Prime Minister, Errol Barrow, that the Swedish government recognized Barbados as a sovereign and independent state and expressed the Swedish government's wish to maintain friendly and cordial relations with Barbados.
Sweden and Barbados established diplomatic relations on 19 March 1976. The same year, Sweden's ambassador in Caracas, Venezuela, was also accredited to Barbados' capital, Bridgetown.
Since 1997, a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large for the countries in and around the Caribbean Sea, including Barbados, has been accredited in Bridgetown.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefHans Ewerlöf1976–1979AmbassadorResident in CaracasCarl Gustaf von Platen1980–1984AmbassadorResident in CaracasLars Schönander1984–1988AmbassadorResident in CaracasKarl Wärnberg1989–1991AmbassadorResident in CaracasPeter Landelius1992–1996AmbassadorResident in CaracasHans Linton1997–2004AmbassadorResident in StockholmSten Ask2004–2010AmbassadorResident in Stockholm19 April 2005Claes Hammar2011–2016AmbassadorResident in StockholmElisabeth Eklund2017–2022AmbassadorResident in Stockholm4 April 2017Anders Bengtcén2022–2025AmbassadorResident in Stockholm31 October 2023Maria Velasco2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm
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