The Ambassador of Sweden to Slovakia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Slovak Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Slovakia and government of Slovakia. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Bratislava, Sweden's ambassador in Vienna, Austria, is also accredited to Bratislava.
History On 1 January 1993, Sweden recognized the two new states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Diplomatic relations with the governments in Prague and Bratislava had now been established. The Swedish embassy in Prague in the former Czechoslovakia became an embassy in the newly created Czech Republic and the Swedish ambassador to Czechoslovakia became ambassador to the Czech Republic. Lennart Watz was appointed ambassador in Prague with a dual accreditation in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
On 10 April 2003, the Swedish government decided that Sweden would open an embassy in Bratislava at the beginning of 2004. Cecilia Julin was accredited as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Bratislava in October 2003. The Swedish embassy was inaugurated by Prime Minister Göran Persson in May 2004. However, the embassy was closed only six years later, in 2010.
Since 2011, Sweden's ambassador in Vienna, Austria, has also been accredited to Bratislava.
List of representatives
NamePeriodTitleNotesRefLennart Watz1993–1996AmbassadorResident in PragueIngmar Karlsson1996–2001AmbassadorResident in Prague.Harald Fälth2001–2003AmbassadorResident in Prague.Cecilia Julin2003–2006AmbassadorMikael WesterlindSeptember 2006 – 2010AmbassadorNils Daag2011–2015AmbassadorResident in Vienna.Helen Eduards2015–2018AmbassadorResident in Vienna.Mikaela Kumlin GranitSeptember 2018 – 2021AmbassadorResident in Vienna.Annika Markovic2021–2025AmbassadorResident in Vienna.Annika Ben DavidAugust 2025 – presentAmbassadorResident in Vienna.
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