The Ambassador of Sweden to Guinea-Bissau (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Guinea-Bissau and government of Guinea-Bissau. The Swedish ambassador is resident in Lisbon, Portugal.
History Sweden recognized Guinea-Bissau on 9 August 1974 and subsequently took the initiative to establish diplomatic relations with the government of the republic. In mid-March 1975, Sweden's ambassador in Monrovia, Liberia, Bengt Friedman, presented his credentials to President Luís Cabral. The ambassador has been concurrently accredited from various countries over the years: Liberia (1975–1977), Ivory Coast (1979), Portugal (1980–1994, 2016–present), Sweden (1994–1999), and Senegal (2000–2010).
After the country's liberation from Portugal, Sweden established an embassy office with a development assistance office in the capital Bissau in autumn 1976. The office, which was managed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), was formally integrated into the embassy on 1 July 1994. The embassy's staff was reduced in 1997 and in December 1999 the mission was closed. The final period of activity was marked by the civil war and its consequences. The last remaining official was transferred to Dakar, Senegal, from where the final formalities were handled. The embassy office was headed by an official from SIDA who acted as chargé d'affaires ad interim when the Swedish ambassador to Guinea-Bissau was not in the country.
List of representatives NamePeriodResident/Non residentTitleNotesPresentation of credentialsRefBengt Friedman1975–1976 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Monrovia.March 1975Olof Skoglund1976–1977 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in MonroviaPatrik Engellau1976–1978 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interim–1978–1978 Non-residentAmbassadorVacantHans-Olle Olsson1979–1979 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in AbidjanKlas Markensten1978–1980 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimSven Fredrik Hedin1980–1986 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in LisbonSven-Åke Svensson1980–1982 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimAnn-Charlotte Olstedt1982–1986 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimLennart Rydfors1986–1988 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in LisbonLars Berggren1986–1989 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimGöran Hasselmark1989–1994 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in LisbonRolf Folkesson1989–1993 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimNils Olof Malmer1993–1997 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimCarl-Erhard Lindahl1994–1999 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in StockholmUlla Andrén Sandberg1997–1999 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimRoger Gartoft1999–1999 ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interimBo Wilén2000–2002 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in DakarAnnika Magnusson2002–2005 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in DakarAgneta Bohman2006–2010 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Dakar?2010–2016 Non-residentAmbassadorCaroline Fleetwood2016–2017 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Lisbon5 May 2016Helena Pilsas Ahlin2017–2022 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Lisbon25 November 2021Elisabeth Eklund2022–2026 Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Lisbon17 January 2025
See also Guinea-Bissau–Sweden relations
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External links Sweden Abroad, Guinea-Bissau