The Ambassador of Sweden to Belize (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Belize) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the governor-general of Belize and government of Belize. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Belmopan, Sweden's ambassador to Belize is resident in Stockholm, Sweden.
History In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts endorsed a proposal from the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico City to extend the mission's area of responsibility to include the Central American states, British Honduras, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and San Domingo, along with the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions in the West Indies.
In 1973, British Honduras was officially renamed Belize. Belize gained independence on 21 September 1981. Sweden and Belize established diplomatic relations on 17 November 1982. The same year, Erik Tennander was appointed ambassador-at-large, based in Stockholm, for the countries of the Caribbean region, including Belize. In 1997, responsibility for accreditation to Belize was transferred to the Swedish Ambassador to Guatemala, who was concurrently accredited to Belize from Guatemala City. In 2022, accreditation to Belize was transferred back to the Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large responsible for the countries of the Caribbean region.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefErik Tennander1982–1985AmbassadorResident in StockholmLennart Klackenberg1986–1995AmbassadorResident in Stockholm–1996–1996AmbassadorVacantStaffan Wrigstad1997–2000AmbassadorResident in Guatemala CityMaria Leissner2000–2004AmbassadorResident in Guatemala CityEivor Halkjaer2004–2006AmbassadorResident in Guatemala CityEwa Werner-Dahlin2006–2010AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City22 February 2007Michael Frühling2010–2014AmbassadorResident in Guatemala CityGeorg Andrén2017–2017AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City3 April 2017Anders Kompass2017–2020AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City20 May 2019Hans Magnusson2020–2022AmbassadorResident in Guatemala CityAnders Bengtcén2022–2025AmbassadorResident in Stockholm23 September 2022Maria Velasco2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm17 September 2025
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