The Ambassador of Sweden to Burkina Faso (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Burkina Faso) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the head of state of Burkina Faso and government of Burkina Faso.
History Until 1960 the French Upper Volta was a French possession as a part of French West Africa. In 1958 Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community, and achieved independence as the Republic of Upper Volta on 5 August 1960. Sweden's acting foreign minister, Ragnar Edenman, and King Gustaf VI Adolf sent congratulatory telegrams to President Maurice Yameogo. Sweden recognized the new nation and expressed hopes for friendly bilateral relations. On 4 August 1984 the country changed its name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso.
Sweden's first ambassador accredited in Ouagadougou was Karl Henrik Andersson, who held a dual accreditation from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, starting in 1964. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Swedish ambassador was accredited from the Swedish embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, and during the 1980s until the mid-2000s, the ambassador was accredited from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan. The ambassador has also been stationed in Stockholm for a few periods, from 1979 to 1982 and 2006–2010.
Sweden opened an embassy in Ouagadougou in 2010. The Swedish ambassador in Bamako held a dual accreditation to Ouagadougou and the embassy in Ouagadougou was headed by a chargé d'affaires. In 2021, Sweden's first resident ambassador in Ouagadougou was appointed.
List of representatives NamePeriodResident / Non-residentTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefRepublic of Upper Volta (1958–1984)Karl Henrik Andersson1964–1967 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanCarl Swartz1967–1969 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in LagosBertil Arvidson1969–1972 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in LagosPierre Bothén1973–1974 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in LagosKarl-Anders Wollter1975–1976 Non-residentActing AmbassadorResident in LagosVidar Hellners1977–1978 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in LagosCai Melin1979–1982 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmBengt Borglund1983–1984 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanBurkina Faso (1984–present)Bengt Borglund1984–1987 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanArne Ekfeldt1987–1992 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanPeter Bruce1992–1995 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanBo Wilén1996–1999 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanGöran Ankarberg1999–2002 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanInga Björk-Klevby2003–2005 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanCarin Wall2006–2010 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmCarin Wall2010–2013 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BamakoOwe AnderssonSeptember 2010 – 2012 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimEva Emnéus2013–2018 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BamakoUlrika Lindberg-Labasauskas2012–2013 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimMargareta KristiansonSeptember 2013 – October 2015 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimMats Hårsmar2015–2018 ResidentChargé d'affairesJessica Svärdström2018–2019 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BamakoMia Rimby31 August 2018 – May 2021 ResidentChargé d'affairesDiana Janse2019–2021 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in BamakoSusanne AlldénJune 2021 – October 2021 ResidentHead of missionMaria Sargren1 November 2021 – 2024 ResidentAmbassadorHelen Holm7 July 2024 – present ResidentChargé d'affaires
See also Burkina Faso–Sweden relations
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