The Ambassador of Sweden to Bahrain (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Bahrain) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the king of Bahrain and cabinet of Bahrain. Since 2002, Sweden's ambassador to Bahrain has been resident in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with concurrent accreditation to Manama, the capital of Bahrain.
History On 25 February 1974, Sweden and Bahrain decided to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level. The idea of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs was that the "Gulf Arab states" of Bahrain, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait (where Sweden had a chargé d'affaires) would be brought together under Sweden's ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Jeddah.
On 18 November 1974, Sweden's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bengt Rösiö, presented his credentials to the Emir of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa. Rösiö thus became the first Swedish ambassador to be accredited to Bahrain.
After Sweden stationed a resident ambassador at the embassy in Kuwait City in 1977, accreditation for Bahrain was transferred from Sweden's ambassador to Saudi Arabia to Sweden's ambassador to Kuwait. Sweden closed its embassy in Kuwait City in 2001 and opened one in Abu Dhabi the following year. As a result, accreditation for Bahrain was taken over by Sweden's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates the same year.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefState of Bahrain (1971–2002)Bengt Rösiö1974–1977AmbassadorResident in Jeddah18 November 1974Göran Bundy1977–1980AmbassadorResident in Kuwait CityThord Bengtson1980–1982AmbassadorResident in Kuwait CityCarl-Gustav Åkesson1983–1986AmbassadorResident in Kuwait CityUlf Norström1987–1989AmbassadorResident in Kuwait CityIngolf Kiesow1989–1991AmbassadorResident in Kuwait CityTommy Arwitz1992–1997AmbassadorResident in Kuwait CityThomas Ganslandt1997–2001AmbassadorResident in Kuwait CityKingdom of Bahrain (2002–present)Lars-Erik Grundell2002–2005AmbassadorResident in Abu DhabiBruno Beijer2005–2010AmbassadorResident in Abu DhabiMagnus Schöldtz2010–2011AmbassadorResident in Abu DhabiMax Bjuhr2011–2014AmbassadorResident in Abu DhabiJan Thesleff2014–2017AmbassadorResident in Abu DhabiHenrik Landerholm2017–2021AmbassadorResident in Abu DhabiPolitical appointee (non-career diplomat)Liselott Andersson2021–2023AmbassadorResident in Abu DhabiFredrik Florén2023–presentAmbassadorResident in Abu Dhabi22 April 2025
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