Helena Sångeland
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Helena Päivikki Sångeland (born 17 September 1961[citation needed]) is a Swedish diplomat.
She grew up in Gothenburg, where her parents had moved from Finland in the 1950s.[1] She studied economy at Stockholm School of Economics, graduating in 1988, after which she took a job at the publishing house Bra Böcker in Höganäs but soon moved to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[1] She worked at the ministry in Stockholm, but also at the embassies in Helsinki – where she served as embassy secretary between 1992 and 1995[2] – and Hanoi.[1] A career diplomat, she served in the ministry for 17 years before she was appointed as the Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia in 2005.[1] She was appointed Ambassador to Iran in 2016,[3] until she replaced Anna Lindstedt, Swedish Ambassador to China, who was recalled to Stockholm.[4] She previously headed the Asia and Oceania department at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[5] Sångeland presented her credentials on 16 May 2019.[6] In March 2023, she was appointed as the new Permanent Representative of Sweden to the OECD and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO in Paris.[7]
Personal life
Sångeland is married to architect Patrick Orhammar and has two children.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Nilsson, Per H. (9 September 2005). "Helenas jobb har mest fördelar". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish).
- ↑ "Riddartecknet till Sångeland". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 10 February 1996.
- ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Iran". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). 9 June 2016.
- ↑ "Sweden sends new ambassador to China in wake of diplomatic scandal". The Local. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Kina utsedd". TT Nyhetsbyrån. 18 April 2019.
- ↑ "Deputy Director-General of the Protocol Department and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions of the Foreign Ministry Wang Lutong Accepts the Copy of Credentials from the Newly-appointed Swedish Ambassador to China". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ "Helena Sångeland ny chef för Sveriges delegation vid OECD och Unesco i Paris" [Helena Sångeland new head of Sweden's delegation to OECD and UNESCO in Paris] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Engqvist, Agneta. "Toppar och dalar för Sverige – Kina men basen solid". Sweden China Trade Council (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Bruno Beijer |
Ambassador of Sweden to Malaysia 2005–2010 |
Succeeded by Per-Arne Hjelmborn |
| Preceded by Peter Tejler |
Ambassador of Sweden to Iran 2016–2019 |
Succeeded by Mattias Lentz |
| Preceded by | Ambassador of Sweden to China 2019–2023 |
Succeeded by Per Augustsson |
| Preceded by | Ambassador of Sweden to Mongolia 2019–2023 |
Succeeded by Per Augustsson |
| Preceded by Anna Brandt |
Permanent Representative of Sweden to the OECD 2023–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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