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List of ambassadors of Sweden to Belize

The Ambassador of Sweden to Belize (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Belize) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the governor-general of Belize and government of Belize. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Belmopan, Sweden's ambassador to Belize is resident in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ambassador of
Sweden to Belize
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Maria Velasco
since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Caribbean
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
SeatStockholm, Sweden[a]
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderErik Tennander
Formation1982

History

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In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, the experts endorsed a proposal from the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Mexico City to extend the mission's area of responsibility to include the Central American states, British Honduras, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and San Domingo, along with the British, French, Dutch, and American possessions in the West Indies.[1]

In 1973, British Honduras was officially renamed Belize.[2] Belize gained independence on 21 September 1981. Sweden and Belize established diplomatic relations on 17 November 1982.[3] The same year, Erik Tennander was appointed ambassador-at-large, based in Stockholm, for the countries of the Caribbean region, including Belize. In 1997, responsibility for accreditation to Belize was transferred to the Swedish Ambassador to Guatemala, who was concurrently accredited to Belize from Guatemala City. In 2022, accreditation to Belize was transferred back to the Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large responsible for the countries of the Caribbean region.

List of representatives

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NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRef
Erik Tennander1982–1985AmbassadorResident in Stockholm[4]
Lennart Klackenberg1986–1995AmbassadorResident in Stockholm[5]
–1996–1996AmbassadorVacant[6]
Staffan Wrigstad1997–2000AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City[7]
Maria Leissner2000–2004AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City[8]
Eivor Halkjaer2004–2006AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City[9]
Ewa Werner-Dahlin2006–2010AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City22 February 2007[10][11]
Michael Frühling2010–2014AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City[12][13]
Georg Andrén2017–2017AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City3 April 2017[14][15][16]
Anders Kompass2017–2020AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City20 May 2019[17][18][19]
Hans Magnusson2020–2022AmbassadorResident in Guatemala City[20][21]
Anders Bengtcén2022–2025AmbassadorResident in Stockholm23 September 2022[22]
Maria Velasco2025–presentAmbassadorResident in Stockholm17 September 2025[23]

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ The Swedish ambassador to Belize is resident in Stockholm, Sweden.

References

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  1. ↑ "Vår diplomati: beskickning bör upprättas i Prag" [Our diplomacy: diplomatic mission should be established in Prague]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 3. 4 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Belize". Caribbean Community. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Daily Report: Latin America. Vol. 82. United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1982. p. 56.
  4. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1090. ISBN 91-1-914072-X. SELIBR 8261513.
  5. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 173. ISBN 91-38-30428-7. SELIBR 3682775.
  6. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1996). Sveriges statskalender 1996 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 177. ISBN 9138350211. SELIBR 3682781.
  7. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 171, 174, 177. ISBN 91-38-31692-7. SELIBR 8261600.
  8. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 168, 170, 172, 174–175. ISBN 91-38-32120-3. SELIBR 89506762.
  9. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. pp. 173, 175–176, 179. ISBN 91-38-32230-7. SELIBR 10156707.
  10. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 175. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
  11. ↑ "Order of Accreditation and Precedence". Belize Diplomatic & Consulat List. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. January 2010. p. 144. Retrieved 4 June 2026 – via Yumpu.
  12. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Guatemala City. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Ambassaden" [Embassy] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Guatemala City. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2025. Sveriges ambassadör i Guatemala är också ackrediterad i El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica och Panama. Detta innebär att ambassadören, baserad i Guatemala, även är Sveriges ambassadör i dessa länder. [Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala is also accredited to El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. This means that the ambassador, based in Guatemala, is also Sweden's ambassador to these countries.]
  14. ↑ "I dag gav Kungen företräde för Georg Andrén, ny landshövding i Värmlands län" [Today, The King gave precedence to Georg Andrén, the new Governor of Värmland County] (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via Facebook. Mellan åren 2014 och 2017 var han Sveriges ambassadör i Guatemala City... [Between 2014 and 2017 he was Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala City...]
  15. ↑ "Presentation of Credentials". The San Pedro Sun. Belmopan. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "Ambassaden" [Embassy] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Guatemala City. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2025. Sveriges ambassadör i Guatemala är också ackrediterad i El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama och Belize. [Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala is also accredited to El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Belize.]
  17. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Guatemala" [New ambassador in Guatemala] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  18. ↑ "Ambassaden" [Embassy] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Guatemala City. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2025. Sveriges ambassadör i Guatemala är också ackrediterad i El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama och Belize. Detta innebär att ambassadören, baserad i Guatemala, även är Sveriges ambassadör i dessa länder. [Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala is also accredited to El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Belize. This means that the ambassador, based in Guatemala, is also Sweden's ambassador to these countries.]
  19. ↑ "Presentation of Credentials". Belmopan: Government of Belize, Press Office. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Guatemala" [New ambassador in Guatemala] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  21. ↑ "Om oss" [About us] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Guatemala City. 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2025. Sveriges ambassadör i Guatemala är också ackrediterad i Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica och Panama. [Sweden's ambassador to Guatemala is also accredited to Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.]
  22. ↑ "Today Ambassador Anders Bengtcen presented his letter of credence to H.E. Dame Froyla Tzalam, Governor General of Belize". Embassy of Sweden in the Caribbean. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via Facebook.
  23. ↑ "Presentation of Credentials". Belmopan: Government of Belize, Press Office. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
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