List of ambassadors of Sweden to Fiji

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Fiji
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Marina Berg
since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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 holderGunnar Gerring
FormationApril 1979

The Ambassador of Sweden to Fiji (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Fiji) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Fiji and government of Fiji. Since Sweden does not have an embassy in Suva, Sweden's ambassador to Fiji is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

History

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Sweden established an honorary consulate in Levuka in 1881, which moved to Suva in 1887, back to Levuka in 1892, and then to Suva again in 1900.[1] In 1922, the Swedish Consul General in Sydney, Australia received an expanded consular district that, in addition to Australia, also included New Zealand and the Fiji Islands.[2][3] After the consulate general in Sydney was converted into a legation in Canberra in 1947, the district was dissolved. The honorary consulate in Suva (headed by John Maynard Hedstrom since 1913) was now instead subordinate to the legation in Canberra.[4][5]

Sweden and Fiji established diplomatic relations on 3 April 1979.[6] That same month, Sweden's ambassador in Wellington, New Zealand, Gunnar Gerring, was accredited as ambassador also to Fiji's capital, Suva.[7] Sweden's ambassador to New Zealand remained accredited to Fiji until the embassy in Wellington was closed in 1995. Thereafter, a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large, who in addition to Fiji was also ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu, took over.[8] In 2008, responsibility was transferred to the Swedish ambassador to Australia.

As of 2025, the post of Swedish ambassador to Fiji is again held by a Stockholm-based ambassador-at-large, who is also ambassador to 10 other countries in Oceania.[9]

List of representatives

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Name Period Title Notes Presented credentials Ref
Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987)
Gunnar Gerring April 1979 – 1982 Ambassador Resident in Wellington [7][10]
Christer Sylvén 1982–1987 Ambassador Resident in Wellington [11]
Republic of Fiji (1987–present)
Kjell Anneling 1987–1990 Ambassador Resident in Wellington [12]
Hans Andén 1991–1993 Ambassador Resident in Wellington [13]
Karin Ahrland 1993–1995 Ambassador Resident in Wellington [14]
Kaj Falkman 1996–1998 Ambassador Resident in Stockholm [15]
– 1999–2001 Ambassador Vacant [16][17][18]
Göran Hasselmark 2001–2002 Ambassador Resident in Stockholm [19]
Greger Widgren 2003–2008 Ambassador Resident in Stockholm [20][21]
Eha Arg 2008–2008 Chargé d'affaires Resident in Stockholm [22]
Sven-Olof Petersson 2008–2014 Ambassador Resident in Canberra [23]
Pär Ahlberger 2014–2019 Ambassador Resident in Canberra 16 April 2015 [24]
Henrik Cederin 2022–2022 Ambassador Resident in Canberra 15 March 2022 [25]
Pontus Melander 2023–2025 Ambassador Resident in Canberra 26 October 2023 [26]
Marina Berg 2025–present Ambassador Resident in Stockholm [27]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Since 2025, the Swedish ambassador to Fiji is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

References

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  1. ^ Almquist, Johan Axel (1914). Kommerskollegium och Riksens Ständers Manufakturkontor samt konsulsstaten 1651-1910: administrativa och biografiska anteckningar (PDF). Meddelanden från svenska Riksarkivet, Ny följd. Ser. 2, 99-0506720-5 ; 4 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 367–368. SELIBR 844316.
  2. ^ "No. 32772". The London Gazette. 1 December 1922. p. 8516.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1923 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1923. p. 203.
  4. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 287.
  5. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1948 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1948. p. 276.
  6. ^ "Formal diplomatic relations list" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 6 June 2016. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  7. ^ a b Westtorp, Hans, ed. (21 April 1979). "namn i dag: Gunnar Gerring" [names of today: Gunnar Gerring]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 17. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  8. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1998). Sveriges statskalender 1998 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 87. ISBN 9138313111. SELIBR 3682777.
  9. ^ Törnwall, Mikael (11 November 2025). "Hon vill rädda ö-paradis med svensk teknik" [She wants to save island paradise with Swedish technology]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2025. I och med att det är en nyinrättad befattning [...] Sveriges sändebud i Stilla havet ansvarar för elva länder: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Salomonöarna, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Marshallöarna, Mikronesien, och Palau [As it is a newly established position [...] Sweden's envoy in the Pacific is responsible for eleven countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau]
  10. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 375. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. SELIBR 8261514.
  11. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1077. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. SELIBR 8261514.
  12. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 62. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. SELIBR 8261514.
  13. ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 342, 344, 355, 361, 363. ISBN 9138128098. SELIBR 3682772.
  14. ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 175, 177, 187, 193, 196. ISBN 91-38-30428-7. SELIBR 3682775.
  15. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1998). Sveriges statskalender 1998 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 177. ISBN 9138313111. SELIBR 3682777.
  16. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1999). Sveriges statskalender 1999 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 179. ISBN 91-38-31445-2. SELIBR 3682778.
  17. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 175. ISBN 91-38-31692-7. SELIBR 8261600.
  18. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 176. ISBN 9138318385. SELIBR 8261601.
  19. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 178. ISBN 9138319519. SELIBR 8428312.
  20. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2007). Sveriges statskalender 2007 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 173. ISBN 9138323583. SELIBR 10414913.
  21. ^ "Award ceremony in Stockholm for Swedish Honorary Consuls from Australia". Embassy of Sweden, Canberra. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017. Ambassador Greger Widgren, Stockholm-based Swedish Ambassador to Antarctic Issues (2002-2008) and Fiji, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu (2003-2008), also participated in the event.
  22. ^ Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 179. ISBN 978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR 10900526.
  23. ^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 179. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
  24. ^ "PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEW SWEDISH ENVOY TO FIJI". Government of Fiji. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  25. ^ "SWEDISH AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS". Government of Fiji. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via Facebook.
  26. ^ "On 26 October, H E Ambassador Pontus Melander presented his credentials to President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere of the Republic of Fiji, at a ceremony at the State House". Embassy of Sweden, Canberra. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2025 – via Facebook.
  27. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Fiji" [New ambassador in Fiji] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
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