List of diplomatic missions of Sweden

Map of Swedish diplomatic missions
Seal of a Swedish Embassy.

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Sweden. Sweden has a moderately sized diplomatic network of 79 embassies and 7 consulates general, supplemented by honorary consulates, cultural centres and trade missions. Of note Sweden was the first Western country to have an embassy in Pyongyang.[1] The embassy in Pyongyang continues to provide limited consular services to citizens of several Western countries without a presence in North Korea and acts as the consular protecting power of the United States, Canada, and Australia since 1995.[2][3]

In January 2010, the Swedish Foreign Ministry announced that its embassies in Bratislava (Slovakia), Dakar (Senegal), Dublin (Ireland), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), and Sofia (Bulgaria) would be closed down, while existing section offices in Pristina, Tbilisi, Chisinau, Tirana, Bamako, Ouagadougou, Monrovia, Kigali, La Paz and Phnom Penh would be upgraded to embassies.[4]

In December 2010, it was announced by the Swedish Foreign Ministry that an additional five embassies would close down; the embassies affected are the ones in Brussels, Belgium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hanoi, Vietnam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Luanda, Angola.[5]

In August 2011, an agreement between the Social Democrats and the current cabinet of Sweden was announced, with the purpose of keeping the Swedish embassies of Argentina, Vietnam, Malaysia and Angola.[6]

In August 30, 2012, Sweden closed its embassy in Minsk. Estonian Embassy at Minsk will represent Swedish interests in Belarus.[7]

Switzerland Embassy of Sweden in Bern
Hungary Embassy of Sweden in Budapest
Denmark Embassy of Sweden in Copenhagen
Netherlands Embassy in The Hague
Finland Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki
Turkey Consulate-General of Sweden in Istanbul
Ukraine Embassy of Sweden in Kiev
United Kingdom Embassy of Sweden in London
Spain Embassy of Sweden in Madrid
Russia Embassy of Sweden in Moscow
Norway Embassy of Sweden in Oslo
Canada Embassy of Sweden Ottawa
Czech Republic Embassy of Sweden in Prague
North Korea Embassy of Sweden in Pyongyang
Italy Embassy of Sweden in Rome
Republic of Macedonia Embassy of Sweden in Skopje
Estonia Embassy of Sweden in Tallinn
Georgia (country) Embassy of Sweden in Tbilisi
Austria Embassy of Sweden in Vienna
Lithuania Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius
Poland Embassy of Sweden in Warsaw
United States Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C.

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Multilateral organizations

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the Embassy". Embassy of Sweden, Pyongyang. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Om ambassaden" (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Pyongyang. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Foreign Relations: North Korea". USA.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sweden to open embassy in Tirana Albania". Balkans.com. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Sverige stänger fem ambassader". Regeringskansliet. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "S backar – ambassader räddas". Dagens Nyheter. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  7. ↑ http://www.swedenabroad.com/sv-SE/Ambassader/Minsk/Aktuellt/Nyheter/Svenska-ambassaden-stangd-for-allmanheten-sys
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