List of ambassadors of Sweden to Albania

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StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
SeatTirana, Albania
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Ambassador of
Sweden to Albania
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Niklas Ström
since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Tirana
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
SeatTirana, Albania
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderLennart Finnmark
FormationJune 1969
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Tirana

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

On 10 April 1922, the King in Council recognized the Principality of Albania as an independent and sovereign state.[1]

Sweden recognized the People's Republic of Albania in June 1969, and the Swedish ambassador in Belgrade, Lennart Finnmark, was concurrently accredited to Tirana.[2] On 21 September 1969, the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) reported that Finnmark had presented his credentials to Haxhi Lleshi, Chairman of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly of Albania, at the Presidential Palace in Tirana.[3]

The Swedish ambassador to Yugoslavia remained accredited to Albania until the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1992. Thereafter, the role was transferred to Sweden's ambassador in Italy, and in 2008 it was taken over by Sweden's ambassador in Macedonia.

In 2010, a Swedish embassy was opened in Tirana.[4] The ambassador remained resident in Skopje, Macedonia, and in his absence the embassy was headed by a chargé d'affaires ad interim.[5]

In 2015, Johan Ndisi [sv] became Sweden's first resident ambassador in Tirana. He presented his credentials to President Bujar Nishani in October of that year.[6]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
People's (Socialist) Republic of Albania (1946–1991)
Lennart FinnmarkJune 1969 – 1975AmbassadorResident in Belgrade.[7][8]
Axel Lewenhaupt1975–1978AmbassadorResident in Belgrade.[9]
Bertil Arvidson1978–1982AmbassadorResident in Belgrade.[10]
Lennart Myrsten1982–1987AmbassadorResident in Belgrade.[11]
Jan af Sillén1987–1991AmbassadorResident in Belgrade.[12]
Republic of Albania (1991–present)
Jan af Sillén1991–1992AmbassadorResident in Belgrade.[12]
Ola Ullsten1992–1996AmbassadorResident in Rome.[13]
Torsten Örn1996–1998AmbassadorResident in Rome.[14]
Göran Berg1998–2002AmbassadorResident in Rome.[15]
Staffan Wrigstad2002–2006AmbassadorResident in Rome.[16]
Anders Bjurner2006–2008AmbassadorResident in Rome.[17]
Lars Fredén2008–2010AmbassadorResident in Skopje.[18]
Lars Wahlund2010–2013AmbassadorResident in Skopje.[19]
Patrik Svensson2010–2015Chargé d'affaires ad interim[5][20]
Mats Staffansson2013–2016AmbassadorResident in Skopje.[21]
Johan Ndisi2015–2016Chargé d'affaires ad interim[6][21]
Johan NdisiSeptember 2016 – 2019Ambassador[22]
Elsa Håstad1 September 2019 – 2023Ambassador[23]
Niklas StrömAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador[24]

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