List of ambassadors of Sweden to Burkina Faso

Until 1960 the French Upper Volta was a French possession as a part of French West Africa. In 1958 Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community, and achieved independence as the Republic of Upper Volta on 5 August 1960.^[1] Sweden's acting foreign minister, Ragnar Edenman, and King Gustaf VI Adolf sent congratulatory telegrams to President Maurice Yameogo. Sweden recognized the new nation and expressed hopes for friendly bilateral relations.^[2][1] On 4 August 1984 the country changed its name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso.

Sweden's first ambassador accredited in Ouagadougou was Karl Henrik Andersson, who held a dual accreditation from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, starting in 1964.^[3] During the 1960s and 1970s, the Swedish ambassador was accredited from the Swedish embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, and during the 1980s until the mid-2000s, the ambassador was accredited from the Swedish embassy in Abidjan. The ambassador has also been stationed in Stockholm for a few periods, from 1979 to 1982 and 2006–2010.^[4][5]

Sweden opened an embassy in Ouagadougou in 2010. The Swedish ambassador in Bamako held a dual accreditation to Ouagadougou and the embassy in Ouagadougou was headed by a chargé d'affaires.^[6] In 2021, Sweden's first resident ambassador in Ouagadougou was appointed.