List of Permanent Representatives of Sweden to the United Nations
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The Permanent Representative
of Sweden to the United Nations is in charge of the Sweden
's diplomatic mission
to the United Nations Headquarters
in New York City
, United States
.
Permanent Representative
A Permanent Representative is the head of a diplomatic mission to one of various international organisations. The best known of the organisations to which states send Permanent Representatives is the United Nations; of these, the most high-profile ones are those assigned to headquarters in New...
of Sweden to the United Nations is in charge of the Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
's diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
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to the United Nations Headquarters
United Nations headquarters
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in New York City
New York City
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, United States
United States
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.
- Gunnar HägglöfGunnar HägglöfBo Gunnar Rickardsson Hägglöf GCVO was a Swedish diplomat, in 1939 briefly cabinet member, then head of the foreign ministry's bureau for foreign trade during World War II, after the war participating in the preparations of the United Nations' 1947 UN Partition Plan of Palestine, then ambassador...
, 1947–1948 - Sven Grafström, 1948–1952
- Oscar Thorsing, 1952–1956
- Gunnar JarringGunnar JarringGunnar Valfrid Jarring was a Swedish diplomat and Turkologist.Jarring was born in Brunnby, Höganäs Municipality, Skåne County , Sweden. He earned a Ph.D. from Lund University in 1933 with his dissertation Studien zu einer osttürkischen Lautlehre...
, 1956–1958 - Agda RösselAgda RösselAgda Viola Rössel, née Jäderström was a Swedish politician . She was Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations in 1958-1964 and was as such the first of her gender to have been permanently placed in a superior position within the United nations organisation.-Sources:...
, 1958–1964 - Sverker ÅströmSverker ÅströmCarl Sverker Åström is a former Swedish diplomat.- Youth and education :Sverker Åström was born in Uppsala, the son of the lawyer John Åström and his wife Brita...
, 1964–1970 - Olof RydbeckOlof RydbeckOlof Rydbeck , a Swedish Ambassador, head of Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, Sweden's ambassador to the UN, and Commissioner-General of UNRWA.-Early life:...
, 1970–1977 - Anders Thunborg, 1977–1982
- Anders FermAnders FermAnders Ferm is a Swedish diplomat and social democratic politician. Ferm was an important adviser to Prime Minister Olof Palme, and he was Sweden's UN-ambassador 1982 - 1988.- References :...
, 1982–1988 - Jan EliassonJan EliassonJan Kenneth Eliasson is a Swedish diplomat and Social Democratic politician.- Biography :Jan Eliasson was born in a working-class family in Gothenburg. He was an AFS exchange student in Indiana, United States, from 1957 to 1958 and was commissioned reserve officer after military training at the...
, 1988–1992 - Peter Oswald, 1992–1997
- Hans Dahlgren, 1997–2000
- Pierre SchoriPierre SchoriJean - Pierre Olov Schori is a Swedish diplomat of Swiss heritage. For many years he was international secretary in the Swedish Socialdemocratic Party and a close assistant to the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme...
, 2000–2004 - Anders LidénAnders LidénAnders Arvid Lidén is the Ambassador to the United Nations from Sweden. He was appointed to the position in 2004.- Career :...
, 2004–present
See also
- List of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
- Diplomatic missions of SwedenDiplomatic missions of SwedenThis is a list of diplomatic missions of Sweden. Sweden has a moderately sized diplomatic network of 78 embassies and 13 consulates general, supplemented by honorary consulates, cultural centres and trade missions that are operated separately. Of note Sweden was the first Western country to have...
External links
- Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, official website