The Ambassador of Sweden to the Dominican Republic (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Dominican Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of the Dominican Republic and government of the Dominican Republic. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Santo Domingo, Sweden's ambassador to the Dominican Republic is resident in Havana, Cuba.
History In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts endorsed a proposal from the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico City to extend the mission's area of responsibility to include the Central American states, British Honduras, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and San Domingo, along with the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions in the West Indies.
Legation Counsellor Erik Wisén, resident in Havana, Cuba, was accredited as chargé d'affaires ad interim to the Dominican Republic in 1941. Sweden and the Dominican Republic formally established diplomatic relations on 16 July 1942.
In 1951, Sweden's envoy in Caracas, Venezuela, was also accredited to the Dominican Republic's capital, Santo Domingo, then officially known as Ciudad Trujillo. From 1997, a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large for the countries in and around the Caribbean Sea, including the Dominican Republic, took over accreditation for Santo Domingo. In 2022, accreditation for the Dominican Republic was returned to Sweden's ambassador in Havana, Cuba.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefThird Dominican Republic (1924–1966)Erik Wisén1941–1943Chargé d'affaires ad interimResident in HavanaErik Wisén1943–1948Chargé d'affairesResident in HavanaKarl Yngve Vendel1948–1951Chargé d'affairesResident in HavanaFritz Stackelberg1951–1953EnvoyResident in CaracasCarl-Herbert Borgenstierna1953–1957EnvoyResident in CaracasGunnar Dryselius1958 – January 1959EnvoyResident in Caracas9 April 1958Gunnar DryseliusJanuary 1959 – 1963AmbassadorResident in CaracasKnut Bernström1963–1966AmbassadorResident in CaracasFourth Dominican Republic (1966–present)Otto Rathsman1966–1970AmbassadorResident in CaracasPer Bertil Kollberg1970–1975AmbassadorResident in CaracasHans Ewerlöf1976–1979AmbassadorResident in CaracasErik Tennander1980–1985AmbassadorResident in StockholmLennart Klackenberg1986–1995AmbassadorResident in Stockholm–1996–1996AmbassadorVacantHans Linton1997–2004AmbassadorResident in Stockholm16 February 1998Sten Ask2004–2010AmbassadorResident in Stockholm29 November 2005Claes Hammar2011–2016AmbassadorResident in Stockholm11 October 2011Elisabeth Eklund2019–2022AmbassadorResident in Stockholm19 June 2019Hanna Lambert2022–2025AmbassadorResident in Havana22 May 2023Anna Craenen2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Havana22 April 2026
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