Ambassador of Sweden to Iraq | |
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Incumbent Jessica Svärdström since August 2022 | |
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Baghdad | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Seat | Stockholm, Sweden[a] |
Appointer | Government of Sweden |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Eric Gyllenstierna |
Formation | 18 May 1934 |
Website | Swedish Embassy, Baghdad |
The Ambassador of Sweden to Iraq (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Iraq) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Iraq and government of Iraq.
From 1934 to 1936, the Swedish minister in Moscow, Soviet Union held a dual accreditation to Baghdad,[2] and from 1936 the Swedish minister in Tehran held a dual accreditation to Baghdad.[3]
In February 1960, the envoy was appointed ambassador there after an agreement with the Iraqi government regarding diplomatic representation. The ambassador remained accredited from Tehran, but a legation office was opened in Baghdad, headed by a first secretary from March of the same year.[4] In May 1964, Bengt Odhner was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Baghdad.[5]
The ambassador has been based in Stockholm since the storming of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the summer of 2023.[1]
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Eric Gyllenstierna | 18 May 1934 – 1936 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Moscow. | [2] |
Hugo von Heidenstam | 1936–1942 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [3] |
Harald Pousette | 1941–1945 | Acting Chargé d'affaires | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [6] |
Gunnar Jarring | 1945–1945 | Acting Chargé d'affaires | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [7] |
Harald Pousette | 1945–1947 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [8] |
Harry Eriksson | 1948–1951 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [9] |
Gunnar Jarring | 1951–1952 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation in Tehran. | [7] |
Ragnvald Bagge | 1953–1959 | Envoy | Accredited from the legation/embassy in Tehran. | [10] |
Dick Hichens-Bergström | 1959–1960 | Envoy | Accredited from the embassy in Tehran. | [11][4] |
Dick Hichens-Bergström | 1960–1963 | Ambassador | Accredited from the embassy in Tehran. | [4][11] |
Bengt Odhner | 1964–1969 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Kuwait City (from 1965) | .[12] |
Gunnar Gerring | 1969–1973 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Kuwait City. | [13] |
Otto Rathsman | 1973–1975 | Ambassador | [14] | |
Fredrik Bergenstråhle | 1975–1979 | Ambassador | [15] | |
Lars-Olof Brilioth | 1979–1982 | Ambassador | [16] | |
Arne Thorén | 1983–1988 | Ambassador | [17] | |
Henrik Amnéus | 1988–1993 | Ambassador | Left Iraq in mid-January 1991. | [18][19] |
Torkel Stiernlöf | July 1990 – August 1990 | Chargé d'affaires | [20] | |
– | 1994–2004 | – | Vacant | [21][22] |
Karin Roxman | 2004–2006 | Ambassador | Stationed at the embassy in Amman. | [23] |
Niclas Trouvé | 2006–2010 | Ambassador | Stationed at the embassy in Amman.[b] | [24] |
Carl Magnus Nesser | 2010–2012 | Ambassador | [25] | |
Jörgen Lindström | 2012–2015 | Ambassador | [26] | |
Annika Molin Hellgren | 2015–2017 | Ambassador | [27] | |
Pontus Melander | 1 September 2017 – 2019 | Ambassador | [28] | |
Lars Ronnås | 1 September 2019 – 2021 | Ambassador | [29] | |
Jonas Lovén | 2021–2022 | Ambassador | [30] | |
Jessica Svärdström | August 2022 – present | Ambassador | Stationed in Stockholm since 2023. | [31][1] |