Embassy of Sweden, Dhaka
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| Embassy of Sweden, Dhaka | |
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| Location | Dhaka |
| Address | Bay's Edgewater, 6th Floor Gulshan 2 Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23°47′46″N 90°25′04″E / 23.7960°N 90.4178°E |
| Opened | 1975 |
| Ambassador | Nicolas Weeks |
| Jurisdiction |  Bangladesh |
| Website | Official website |
The Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Bangladesh. It is located in the Gulshan area of the capital.[1] Along with Swedish visas, the embassy represents Schengen visas for Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia.
Bangladesh declared independence in 1971 and Sweden, with its recognition on 4 February 1972, was one of the first countries to recognize the newly formed Bangladesh.[2] In a telegram to Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad, Swedish Foreign Minister Krister Wickman expressed the government's wishes for success and emphasized that the Swedish government wished to establish diplomatic relations with the new state.[3]
The Swedish representation in Bangladesh was initially subordinated to the Swedish embassy in New Delhi.[4] The Swedish embassy in Dhaka was opened in 1975. In January 1977 it was reported that the Swedish mission in Dhaka becomes an independent embassy.[5] Arne Lellki, deputy director at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, became ambassador at the new embassy on 1 July 1977.[6]
In August 1994, it was reported that the Swedish embassy had received enhanced protection after approximately 500 Muslim students from the Bangladesh Islami Chattra Sena demonstrated. This protest occurred because the author Taslima Nasrin was allowed to leave Bangladesh and travel to Sweden instead of facing legal action for alleged blasphemy.[7]
