The Ambassador of Sweden to Togo (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Togolese Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Togo and government of Togo. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Lomé, Sweden's ambassador to Togo is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
History The Togolese Republic was proclaimed on 27 April 1960, and on the same day the country was recognized by Sweden. In a congratulatory telegram to Togo's Prime Minister Sylvanus Olympio, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Östen Undén, expressed hope for friendly and cordial relations between Sweden and Togo.
On 6 June 1979, Sweden's ambassador in Lagos, Nigeria, Vidar Hellners, was also accredited to Lomé, Togo. He thus became Sweden's first ambassador to Togo.
After Sweden opened an embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in 1978, the ambassador there assumed accreditation for Togo starting in 1983. In 2000, the accreditation was transferred back to Sweden's ambassador in Nigeria. Since 2015, the position has been held by a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large, who is also ambassador to a number of other countries in West Africa.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefVidar Hellners6 June 1979 – 1981AmbassadorResident in LagosBengt Borglund1983–1987AmbassadorResident in AbidjanArne Ekfeldt1987–1992AmbassadorResident in AbidjanPeter Bruce1992–1995AmbassadorResident in AbidjanBo Wilén1996–1999AmbassadorResident in AbidjanLars Ekström2000–2002AmbassadorResident in LagosBirgitta Holst Alani2002–2005AmbassadorResident in AbujaLars-Owe Persson2005–2008AmbassadorResident in AbujaPer Lindgärde2008–2012AmbassadorResident in AbujaSvante Kilander2012–2015AmbassadorResident in AbujaPer Carlson2015–2017AmbassadorResident in StockholmJanuary 2016–2017–2021AmbassadorVacantMia Rimby2021–2025AmbassadorResident in StockholmKatrin Månsson2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm
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