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Ambassador of
Sweden to Venezuela
Image
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Bogotá
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceQuinta »Shangri-La», Prolongación Avenida Principal, Caracas Country Club[1][2]
SeatBogotá, Colombia[a]
Appointer
Term length
  • No fixed term
Inaugural holderEinar Modig
Formation1931

The Ambassador of Sweden to Venezuela (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Venezuela and government of Venezuela. The Swedish envoy initially resided in Lima, Peru, with dual accreditation to Caracas, Venezuela. In 1948, a resident envoy was appointed, and the position was elevated to ambassador in 1959. The ambassador was also accredited to various neighboring countries. Following the closure of the embassy in 2000, responsibility for Venezuela was transferred to the Swedish ambassador in Bogotá, Colombia.

History

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In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts recommended a proposal from the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico to extend the mission's area of responsibility to 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.[3]

On 30 June 1930, Einar Modig was appointed as Sweden's first minister accredited to Venezuela, though stationed in Lima, Peru.[4] He assumed office on 1 January 1931. Simultaneously, Albert Winqvist [sv] was appointed as legation counsellor with a specific focus on Colombia and Venezuela. Based in Bogotá, Winqvist also served as chargé d'affaires ad interim in Caracas and Bogotá during periods when the minister was absent.[5]

From 1948, Sweden's ambassador to Venezuela was concurrently accredited to neighboring countries: Barbados (1976–1996), Cuba (1951–1963), Dominican Republic (1951–1979), Guyana (1976–1979, 1997–2000), Haiti (1951–1966, 1976–1979), Suriname (1978–1979, 1997–2000), and Trinidad and Tobago (1967–2000).

In January 1959, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Venezuelan governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.[6]

The Swedish Embassy in Caracas was closed on 30 June 2000, and replaced by an honorary consulate. Since that year, Sweden's ambassador in Bogotá has also been accredited to Caracas.[7]

List of representatives

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NamePeriodResident/Non residentTitleNotesRef
State of Venezuela (1830–1864)
Fredrik Adlercreutz3 July 1840 – 24 January 1852Image ResidentChargé d'affaires and consul general[8][9]
United States of Venezuela (1864–1953)
Einar Modig1 January 1931[b] – 28 April 1933Image Non-residentActing envoyResident in Lima.[4][10]
Albert Winqvist1931–1936Image Non-residentChargé d'affaires ad interim[c]Resident in Bogotá.[11][5]
Einar Modig28 April 1933 – 1934Image Non-residentEnvoyResident in Lima.[4]
Vilhelm Assarsson1935–1937Image Non-residentEnvoyResident in Lima.[12]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld1936–1937Image Non-residentLegation counsellor[d][13]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld1937–1938Image Non-residentEnvoyResident in Lima.[e]
Rolf Arfwedson1938–1938Image ResidentChargé d'affaires ad interim[f]Chargé d'affaires ad interim in Bogotá and Caracas.[16]
Albert Winqvist1938 – 28 July 1941Image ResidentChargé d'affairesDied in office.[17][18]
Folke WennerbergOctober 1941 – 1942Image ResidentChargé d'affaires en pied[19][20]
Nils-Eric Ekblad1943–1948Image ResidentChargé d'affaires en pied[g][21][22]
Fritz Stackelberg1948–1953Image ResidentEnvoyAccredited to Havana, Port-au-Prince, and Santo Domingo (all from 1951).[23]
Republic of Venezuela (1953–1999)
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna1953–1957Image ResidentEnvoyAccredited to Havana, Port-au-Prince, and Santo Domingo.[1]
Gunnar Dryselius1958 – January 1959Image ResidentEnvoyAccredited to Havana, Port-au-Prince, and Santo Domingo.[24][6]
Gunnar DryseliusJanuary 1959 – 1963Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Havana, Port-au-Prince, and Santo Domingo.[6][25]
Knut Bernström1963–1966Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo.[2]
Otto Rathsman1966–1970Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Port of Spain (from 1967) and Santo Domingo.[26]
Per Bertil Kollberg1970–1975Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Port of Spain (from 1971) and Santo Domingo.[27]
Hans Ewerlöf1976–1979Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Bridgetown, Georgetown, Paramaribo (from 1978), Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, and Santo Domingo.[28]
Carl Gustaf von Platen1980–1984Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Bridgetown and Port of Spain.[29]
Lars Schönander1984–1988Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Bridgetown and Port of Spain.[30]
Karl Wärnberg1989–1991Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Bridgetown and Port of Spain.[31]
Peter Landelius1992–1996Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Bridgetown and Port of Spain (from 1991).[32]
Magnus Nordbäck1997–1999Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Georgetown, Paramaribo, and Port of Spain.[33]
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1999–present)
Magnus Nordbäck1999–2000Image ResidentAmbassadorAccredited to Georgetown, Paramaribo, and Port of Spain.[33]
Olof Skoog2002–2004Image Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Bogotá.[34]
Lena Nordström2005–2011Image Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Bogotá.[35]
Marie Andersson de Frutos2011–2017Image Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Bogotá.[36]
Tommy Strömberg2017–2020Image Non-residentAmbassadorResident in Bogotá.[37]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Since 2000, the Swedish ambassador in Bogotá, Colombia has a dual accreditation to Caracas.
  2. ↑ Appointed on 30 July 1930.[4]
  3. ↑ Held the diplomatic rank of legation counsellor in Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, Lima, and Quito.[11]
  4. ↑ Legation counsellor in Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, Lima, and Quito.[13]
  5. ↑ Reuterskiöld was appointed in November 1937 according to Dagens Nyheter reporting. Sveriges statskalender indicates the year 1938, which could either be the year he took office.[14][15]
  6. ↑ Held the diplomatic rank of legation counsellor in Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, Lima, and Quito.[16]
  7. ↑ Held the diplomatic rank of legation counsellor.

References

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  1. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender för året 1957 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1957. pp. 290–291, 297.
  2. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender 1966 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1966. pp. 292–293, 299.
  3. ↑ "Vår diplomati: beskickning bör upprättas i Prag" [Our diplomacy: diplomatic mission should be established in Prague]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 3. 4 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rockberger, Nicolaus (1985–1987). "Einar Modig". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 25. National Archives of Sweden. p. 600. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Vi och Sydamerika" [Us and South America]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 20 August 1930. p. 8A. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "Legation blir ambassad" [Legation becomes embassy]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 January 1959. p. 6A. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Beskickningen Caracas (1926 – 2000)" [Diplomatic mission Caracas (1926 – 2000)] (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  8. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 39. SELIBR 10076137.
  9. ↑ "Adlercreutz nr 125". www.adelsvapen.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Einar Modig till Lima som minister" [Einar Modig to Lima as minister]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 August 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  11. 1 2 Vem var det?: biografier över bortgångna svenska män och kvinnor samt kronologisk förteckning över skilda ämbetens och tjänsters innehavare [Who was it?: biographies of deceased Swedish men and women and chronological list of different office and services holders] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1944. p. 207. SELIBR 8079633.
  12. ↑ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 50.
  13. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender för året 1937 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1937. pp. 205, 212.
  14. ↑ "Nyutnämningar och omplaceringar i Mexiko och Sydamerika" [New appointments and relocations in Mexico and South America]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 27 November 1937. p. A11. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  15. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1938 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1938. p. 219.
  16. 1 2 Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1943 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1943] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1942. p. 39. SELIBR 10335454.
  17. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1941 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1941. p. 234.
  18. ↑ "Albert Winqvist död" [Albert Winqvist has died]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 29 July 1941. p. A9. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  19. ↑ "Förordnanden inom diplomatien" [Diplomatic appointments]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 October 1941. p. 8A. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  20. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1942 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1942. p. 240.
  21. ↑ Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 222. SELIBR 3681519.
  22. ↑ "Svenskt företag projekterar ett hundratal sjukhus i Venezuela" [Swedish company plans to build around a hundred hospitals in Venezuela]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 5 September 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2025. Närmast t. h. om dr Fernandez Sveriges chargé d'affaires en pied i Caracas Ekblad [Closest to the right of Dr. Fernandez Sweden's chargé d'affaires en pied in Caracas Ekblad]
  23. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1953 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1953. pp. 301–303, 308.
  24. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1959 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1959. pp. 298–300, 305.
  25. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1963 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. pp. 302, 304, 311.
  26. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender 1970 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. pp. 351, 358–359.
  27. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1975). Sveriges statskalender 1975 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 403, 422, 425. ISBN 91-38-02088-2. SELIBR 3682757.
  28. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 334, 337, 341, 353–354, 356. ISBN 91-38-04622-9. SELIBR 3682760.
  29. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1984). Sveriges statskalender 1984 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 344, 364, 366. ISBN 91-38-90400-4. SELIBR 3682782.
  30. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1988). Sveriges statskalender 1988 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 356, 376, 378. ISBN 91-38-09927-6. SELIBR 3682767.
  31. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1991). Sveriges statskalender 1991 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 343, 364, 366. ISBN 9138125277. SELIBR 3682770.
  32. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1996). Sveriges statskalender 1996 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 176, 197, 199. ISBN 9138350211. SELIBR 3682781.
  33. 1 2 Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 177, 191–192, 194. ISBN 91-38-31692-7. SELIBR 8261600.
  34. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 192. ISBN 91-38-32120-3. SELIBR 89506762.
  35. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 201. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
  36. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff]. Embassy of Sweden, Bogotá. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Myndighetschef Marie Andersson de Frutos Ambassador Sidoakrediterad från Bogota även för Quito och Caracas [Head of Mission Marie Andersson de Frutos Ambassador Accredited from Bogota also to Quito and Caracas]
  37. ↑ "Nuevo embajador de Suecia entregó credenciales a canciller Jorge Arreaza" [Sweden's new ambassador presented his credentials to Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza] (in Spanish). Radio Nacional de Venezuela. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
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