Ambassador of Sweden to Sudan
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Magnus Collett Special Envoy since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Khartoum
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	33rd Ave E, Khartoum 2 [1]
Seat	Stockholm, Sweden [a]
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Eyvind Bratt
Formation	1957
Website	Swedish Embassy, Khartoum

The Ambassador of Sweden to Sudan (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of the Sudan) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Sudan and government of Sudan.

Contents

• History
• List of representatives
• Footnotes
• References
• External links

History

In August 1957, the Swedish minister in Addis Ababa, envoy Eyvind Bratt, was appointed to also be envoy in Khartoum. ^[3] He thus became the first Swedish diplomat to be accredited to Sudan.

Sweden recognized Sudan on 27 November 1958. The announcement was made by envoy Eyvind Bratt. ^[4]

In 1960, Åke Sjölin became the first ambassador accredited to Khartoum. He presented his credentials to Prime Minister General Ibrahim Abboud in June 1960. ^[5]

Sweden had a diplomatic presence in Sudan from 1966 to 1969, in the form of an embassy led by Bengt Rösiö as chargé d'affaires. The embassy was established to support an irrigation project aimed at helping nomads settle, but the project collapsed following the Six-Day War, when Sudan cut ties with the United States and Germany, leading to the withdrawal of key partners and Sweden's eventual closure of the embassy. ^[6]

In December 2007, the government decided to establish an embassy in Khartoum. The reason was that a permanent diplomatic presence in Sudan would enable Sweden to act more forcefully in peace and conflict management efforts in Sudan. ^[7]

The Swedish embassy in Khartoum closed when fighting broke out in April 2023. The ambassador has since operated from Stockholm. ^[2]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Resident/Non resident	Title	Notes	Ref
Republic of Sudan (1956–1969)
Eyvind Bratt	1957–1959	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Addis Ababa.	[8]
Åke Sjölin	1960–1964	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Addis Ababa.	[9]
Erland Kleen	1964–1966	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Addis Ababa.	[10] [11]
Bengt Rösiö	1966–1969	Resident	Chargé d'affaires [b]		[6]
Tord Hagen	1967–1969	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[13]
Democratic Republic of Sudan (1969–1985)
Tord Hagen	1969–1972	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[13]
Lars von Celsing	1972–1976	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[14]
Axel Edelstam	1976–1981	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[15]
Olov Ternström	1981–1985	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[16]
Republic of Sudan (1985–present)
Olov Ternström	1985–1986	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[16]
Lars-Olof Brilioth	1987–1990	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[17]
Jan Ståhl	1990–1995	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[18]
Christer Sylvén	1995–2000	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[19]
Sven Linder	2000–2003	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[20]
Stig Elvemar	2003–2004	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Cairo.	[21]
Håkan Åkesson	2004–2005	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Addis Ababa. [c]	[22]
Staffan Tillander	2005–2008	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Addis Ababa.	[25]
Jan Sadek	2008–2013	Resident	Ambassador		[7]
Mette Sunnergren	2013–2016	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to Bangui.	[26] [27]
Hans Henric Lundqvist	September 2016 – 2020	Resident	Ambassador		[28]
Signe Burgstaller	September 2020 – 2023	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to Juba.	[29] [30]
Anna Block Mazoyer	October 2023 – 2025	Non-resident	Special envoy	Resident in Stockholm.	[31]
Magnus Collett	2025–present	Non-resident	Special envoy	Resident in Stockholm.	[32]

Footnotes

References

External links

• Embassy of Sweden, Khartoum (in Swedish and English)