The Ambassador of Sweden to Afghanistan (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) was the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Afghanistan and government of Afghanistan.
Sweden and Afghanistan established diplomatic relations on 22 November 1940.[1] On 30 June 1948, Rolf Sohlman [sv] was appointed as Sweden's first minister accredited to Afghanistan.[2] On 6 June 1949, Sohlman, who was Sweden's ambassador to Moscow and also served as Sweden's minister to Afghanistan, presented his credentials to King Mohammad Zahir Shah.[3]
In August 1960, the Swedish and Afghan governments reached an agreement that the heads of their respective missions would hold the rank of ambassador.[4] From the same year, Sweden's ambassador in Tehran was accredited to Kabul. This accreditation ended with the Soviet–Afghan War in 1979. Thereafter, diplomatic contact remained dormant until Afghanistan was covered through dual accreditation from Islamabad in 2002.[5]
In 2008, Sweden established a diplomatic presence in the country by opening an embassy in Kabul. After the Taliban takeover in August 2021, embassy staff operated from Stockholm. As of 31 August 2024, Sweden's embassy in Kabul has been closed.[6]
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