List of ambassadors of Sweden to Algeria

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StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceRue Olof Palme, Hydra
SeatAlgiers, Algeria
Ambassador of
Sweden to Algeria
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Anna Block Mazoyer
since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Algiers
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceRue Olof Palme, Hydra
SeatAlgiers, Algeria
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderAnders Forsse
Formation1963
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Algiers

The Ambassador of Sweden to Algeria (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Algeria and government of Algeria.

On the occasion of the proclamation of Algeria's independence on 3 July 1962, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Östen Undén, stated in a telegram to the chairman of the provisional Algerian executive government, Abderrahmane Farès, that the Swedish government recognized Algeria as a sovereign and independent state.[1] The Swedish embassy in Algiers opened in 1963 after Algeria's independence the year before.[2]

In April 1963, an agreement was reached between Sweden and Algeria to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level between the two countries. Bengt Rabaeus, the embassy counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Paris, was appointed as Sweden's first ambassador to Algiers.[3] In July of the same year, Ambassador Rabaeus presented his credentials to Prime Minister Ahmed Ben Bella.[4]

During the 1960s and 1970s, the ambassador held a dual accreditation to Bamako, Mali.

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Anders Forsse1962–1963Chargé d'affaires ad interimAlso consul.[5]
Bengt Rabaeus1963–1966Ambassador[6]
Wilhelm Wachtmeister1966–1967Ambassador[7]
Claës König1968–1972AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bamako.[8][9]
Jean-Jacques von Dardel1972–1974AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bamako.[10]
Harald Edelstam1974–1979AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bamako (from 1975).[11]
Stig Brattström1979–1982AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bamako (until 1980).[12]
Jean-Christophe Öberg1982–1987Ambassador[13]
Tom Tscherning1987–1992Ambassador[14]
Göran Wide1993–1998AmbassadorIn September 1994, Wide temporarily moved to Paris due to the Algerian Civil War.[15][16]
Krister Göranson1998–2000Ambassador[17]
Andreas Ådahl2000–2003Ambassador[18]
Per Saland2003–2004Ambassador[19]
Helena Nilsson Lannegren2005–2008Ambassador[20]
Eva Emnéus2008–2013Ambassador[21]
Carin Wall2013–2016Ambassador[22]
Marie-Claire Swärd Capra1 September 2016 – 2021Ambassador[23]
Björn Häggmark2021–2025Ambassador[24]
Anna Block Mazoyer2025–presentAmbassador[25]

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