- Source: List of ambassadors of Sweden to Israel
The Ambassador of Sweden to Israel (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the State of Israel) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Israel and government of Israel.
History
In July 1950, Sweden recognized the state of Israel de jure. In January 1951, the Swedish government decided to establish a diplomatic mission in Israel, and Gösta Hedengren was appointed as the chargé d'affaires there. Hedengren and his wife arrived in Haifa on 2 April 1951, aboard the Italian ship Abbazia. They were received by representatives of the Israeli government and then traveled on to Tel Aviv, where he would open the Swedish legation. On 4 April 1951, Gösta Hedengren presented his letter of credence to Dr. Walter Eytan at the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The Tel Aviv newspaper Maariv wrote at the time that "the appointment marks the end of the tragic Swedish-Israeli conflict that began with the murder of Count Folke Bernadotte".
In June 1953, Jens Malling was appointed as the new chargé d'affaires. He arrived at Lod Airport on 2 July 1953, and was received by representatives of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swedish legation. In February 1956, Malling was appointed as Sweden's first envoy to Tel Aviv. He presented his letter of credence on 15 March 1956, to Israeli President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi in the presence of Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett.
In September 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Israeli 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. In connection with this, Sweden's envoy to Tel Aviv, Östen Lundborg, was designated as ambassador.
Between 1981 and 2002, the ambassador held a dual accreditation to Nicosia, Cyprus.
List of representatives
Gallery
See also
Israel–Sweden relations
Footnotes
References
External links
Embassy of Sweden, Tel Aviv, official website
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- List of Israeli ambassadors
- List of ambassadors to Sweden
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