Annika Hahn-Englund is a Swedish diplomat who served as the ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria from 2022 to 2025.https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2022/09/annika-hahn-englund-ny-ambassador-i-nigeria/Nigerian Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy website, Dr. Tijani Takes FG Investment Drive to Europe; Engages Potential Partners in Sweden and Wales, article by Isime Esene dated May 6, 2024 and West Africa.IT Web, Nigeria seeks alliance with Sweden to strengthen digital economy, article by Emeka Ekonkwo dated May 6, 2024Business Ghana website, 6 Envoys present letters of credence to President, article dated Feb 28, 2024Diplomatie Camerouna website, H.E. Annika Hahn Englund presents her credentials to the Minister of External Relations H.E. Mbella Mbella (Nov 2023) She served as Sweden's ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2016–2021) and as the ambassador of Nordic Cooperation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2014–2016).https://www.gov.uk/government/news/diplomats-for-equality
Education She has a Master of Science in Business and Economics (Civilekonomexamen) degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Career Hahn-Englund joined the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1988. Earlier in her career, she served as the Second Secretary at the Embassy of Sweden in Beijing, China (1989–1992) and as the First Secretary at the Embassy of Sweden in Bonn, Germany (1995–1997).
Among other things, Hahn-Englund worked at Sweden's EU representation in Brussels and at the General Secretariat of the European Parliament and Commission (2002–2009) and at the Prime Minister's Office, Stockholm, Sweden (2009–2010).
Between 2014 and 2016, she was the ambassador of Nordic Cooperation at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and thereafter served as Sweden's ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg (2016–2021).
In 2022, she was appointed the ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and ECOWAS, taking over from Carl Michael Gräns. She was replaced in 2025 by Anna Westerholm.
In March 2025, she was appointed as General Consul of Sweden in Shanghai.
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