The Ambassador of Sweden to Algeria (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Algeria and government of Algeria.

History On the occasion of the proclamation of Algeria's independence on 3 July 1962, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Östen Undén, stated in a telegram to the chairman of the provisional Algerian executive government, Abderrahmane Farès, that the Swedish government recognized Algeria as a sovereign and independent state. The Swedish embassy in Algiers opened in 1963 after Algeria's independence the year before.

In April 1963, an agreement was reached between Sweden and Algeria to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level between the two countries. Bengt Rabaeus, the embassy counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Paris, was appointed as Sweden's first ambassador to Algiers. In July of the same year, Ambassador Rabaeus presented his credentials to Prime Minister Ahmed Ben Bella.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the ambassador held a dual accreditation to Bamako, Mali.

List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefAnders Forsse1962–1963Chargé d'affaires ad interimAlso consulBengt Rabaeus1963–1966AmbassadorJuly 1963Wilhelm Wachtmeister1966–1967AmbassadorClaës König1968–1972AmbassadorAlso acreddited to BamakoJean-Jacques von Dardel1972–1974AmbassadorAlso acreddited to BamakoHarald Edelstam1974–1979AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bamako (from 1975)Stig Brattström1979–1982AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bamako (until 1980)Jean-Christophe Öberg1982–1987AmbassadorTom Tscherning1987–1992AmbassadorGöran Wide1993–1998AmbassadorTemporarily moved to Paris due to the war.Krister Göranson1998–2000AmbassadorAndreas Ådahl2000–2003AmbassadorPer Saland2003–2004AmbassadorHelena Nilsson Lannegren2005–2008AmbassadorPolitical appointee (non-career diplomat)Eva Emnéus2008–2013AmbassadorCarin Wall2013–2016AmbassadorMarie-Claire Swärd Capra1 September 2016 – 2021AmbassadorBjörn Häggmark2021–2025AmbassadorAnna Block Mazoyer2025–presentAmbassador28 October 2025

See also Embassy of Sweden, Algiers

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