The Ambassador of Sweden to Guyana (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Guyana and government of Guyana. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Georgetown, Sweden's ambassador to Guyana is resident in Stockholm, Sweden.
History Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom as a dominion on 26 May 1966 and became a republic on 23 February 1970, remaining a member of the Commonwealth. Guyana and Sweden established diplomatic relations on 16 June 1975.
In 1976, Sweden's ambassador to Venezuela, Hans Ewerlöf, resident in Caracas, was concurrently accredited to Guyana. Between 1980 and 1995, accreditation was entrusted to a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large responsible for the Caribbean region, including Guyana. In 1997, responsibility for accreditation reverted to the Swedish ambassador in Caracas. Following the closure of the Swedish Embassy in Caracas in 2000, accreditation has again been carried out by a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large for the Caribbean region.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefHans Ewerlöf1976–1979AmbassadorResident in Caracas.Erik Tennander1980–1985AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.Lennart Klackenberg1986–1995AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.–1996–1996AmbassadorVacant.Magnus Nordbäck1997–2000AmbassadorResident in Caracas.Hans Linton2000–2004AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.Sten Ask2004–2010AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.Claes Hammar2010–2016AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.3 May 2011Elisabeth Eklund2017–2022AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.16 August 2017Anders Bengtcén2023–2025AmbassadorResident in Stockholm.27 February 2023Maria Velasco2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm.8 December 2025
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