The Ambassador of Sweden to Trinidad and Tobago (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Trinidad and Tobago and government of Trinidad and Tobago. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Port of Spain, Sweden's ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
History On the occasion of the proclamation of Trinidad and Tobago's independence on 31 August 1962, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Östen Undén, sent a congratulatory telegram to Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Eric Williams. Undén stated that the Swedish government recognized Trinidad and Tobago as a sovereign and independent state and expressed the Swedish government's wish to maintain friendly and cordial relations with the new state.
Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations in July 1966. In 1967, Sweden's ambassador in Caracas, Venezuela, was also accredited to Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain.
Since 2000, a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large for the countries in and around the Caribbean Sea, including Trinidad and Tobago, has been accredited in Port of Spain.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefOtto Rathsman1967–1970AmbassadorResident in CaracasPer Bertil Kollberg1971–1975AmbassadorResident in CaracasHans Ewerlöf1976–1979AmbassadorResident in CaracasCarl Gustaf von Platen1980–1984AmbassadorResident in CaracasLars Schönander1984–1988AmbassadorResident in CaracasKarl Wärnberg1989–1991AmbassadorResident in CaracasPeter Landelius1991–1996AmbassadorResident in CaracasMagnus Nordbäck1997–2000AmbassadorResident in CaracasHans Linton2000–2004AmbassadorResident in StockholmSten Ask2004–2010AmbassadorResident in StockholmClaes Hammar23 March 2011 – 2016AmbassadorResident in StockholmElisabeth Eklund2017–2022AmbassadorResident in Stockholm6 February 2018Anders Bengtcén2023–2025AmbassadorResident in Stockholm24 October 2023Maria Velasco2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm4 November 2025
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