List of ambassadors of Sweden to Zambia

On the occasion of the proclamation of Zambia's independence on 24 October 1964, Swedish prime minister Tage Erlander stated in a congratulatory telegram to President Kenneth Kaunda that the Swedish government recognized Zambia as a sovereign and independent state and expressed the Swedish government's desire to maintain friendly and cordial relations with Zambia. Sweden was represented at the independence celebrations in Zambia by Ambassador Otto Rathsman from Nairobi.^[1] In the council on 27 November 1964, Ambassador Otto Rathsman in Nairobi was appointed as ambassador to Lusaka as well.^[2] He thus became the first Swedish ambassador to be accredited in Lusaka.

In January 1967, the Swedish parliament decided to establish an embassy in Lusaka, a matter that had been under consideration since Zambia's independence in 1964.^[3] Olof Kaijser [sv] was appointed as the first resident ambassador, and in 1968, he also became the first Swedish ambassador to be accredited in Malawi's capital, Zomba.^[4] The ambassador in Lusaka was accredited in Zomba until 1974, and thereafter in Lilongwe, which became Malawi's capital that same year. In 2001, the dual accreditation to Lilongwe was transferred to the Swedish ambassador in Harare.^[5]