The Ambassador of Sweden to Albania (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Albania) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Albania and government of Albania.
History On 10 April 1922, the King in Council recognized the Principality of Albania as an independent and sovereign state.
Sweden recognized the People's Republic of Albania in June 1969, and the Swedish ambassador in Belgrade, Lennart Finnmark, was concurrently accredited to Tirana. On 21 September 1969, the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) reported that Finnmark had presented his credentials to Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly of Albania, at the Presidential Palace in Tirana.
The Swedish ambassador to Yugoslavia remained accredited to Albania until the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1992. Thereafter, the role was transferred to Sweden's ambassador in Italy, and in 2008 it was taken over by Sweden's ambassador in Macedonia.
In 2010, a Swedish embassy was opened in Tirana. The ambassador remained resident in Skopje, Macedonia, and in his absence the embassy was headed by a chargé d'affaires ad interim.
In 2015, became Sweden's first resident ambassador in Tirana. He presented his credentials to President Bujar Nishani in October of that year.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefPeople's (Socialist) Republic of Albania (1946–1991)Lennart FinnmarkJune 1969 – 1975AmbassadorResident in BelgradeSeptember 1969Axel Lewenhaupt1975–1978AmbassadorResident in BelgradeBertil Arvidson1978–1982AmbassadorResident in BelgradeLennart Myrsten1982–1987AmbassadorResident in BelgradeJan af Sillén1987–1991AmbassadorResident in BelgradeRepublic of Albania (1991–present)Jan af Sillén1991–1992AmbassadorResident in BelgradeOla Ullsten1992–1996AmbassadorResident in RomePolitical appointee (non-career diplomat)Torsten Örn1996–1998AmbassadorResident in RomeGöran Berg1998–2002AmbassadorResident in RomeStaffan Wrigstad2002–2006AmbassadorResident in RomeAnders Bjurner2006–2008AmbassadorResident in RomeLars Fredén2008–2010AmbassadorResident in SkopjeLars Wahlund2010–2013AmbassadorResident in SkopjePatrik Svensson2010–2015Chargé d'affaires ad interimMats Staffansson2013–2016AmbassadorResident in SkopjeJohan Ndisi2015–2016Chargé d'affaires ad interimJohan NdisiSeptember 2016 – 2019AmbassadorOctober 2015Elsa Håstad1 September 2019 – 2023Ambassador12 September 2019Niklas StrömAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador30 August 2023
See also Albania–Sweden relations
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