# List of ambassadors of Sweden to Burkina Faso

The Ambassador of Sweden to Burkina Faso (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Burkina Faso) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the head of state of Burkina Faso and government of Burkina Faso.

## History

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. Ragnar Edenman, serving as interim Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent a congratulatory telegram to President Maurice Yaméogo of Upper Volta. 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. 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.
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. In 2021, Sweden's first resident ambassador in Ouagadougou was appointed.

## List of representatives

| Name | Period | Resident/Non resident | Title | Notes |
| Karl Henrik Andersson | 1964–1967 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Abidjan. |
| Carl Swartz | 1967–1969 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Lagos. |
| Bertil Arvidson | 1969–1972 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Lagos. |
| Pierre Bothén | 1973–1974 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Lagos. |
| Karl-Anders Wollter | 1975–1976 | Non-resident | Acting Ambassador | Resident in Lagos. |
| Vidar Hellners | 1977–1978 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Lagos. |
| Cai Melin | 1979–1982 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Stockholm. |
| Bengt Borglund | 1983–1987 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Abidjan. |
| Arne Ekfeldt | 1987–1992 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Abidjan. |
| Peter Bruce | 1992–1995 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Abidjan. |
| Bo Wilén | 1996–1999 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Abidjan. |
| Göran Ankarberg | 1999–2002 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Abidjan. |
| Inga Björk-Klevby | 2003–2005 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Abidjan. |
| Carin Wall | 2006–2010 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Stockholm. |
| Carin Wall | 2010–2013 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Bamako. |
| Owe Andersson | September 2010 – 2012 | Resident | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Eva Emnéus | 2013–2018 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Bamako. |
| Ulrika Lindberg-Labasauskas | 2012–2013 | Resident | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Margareta Kristiansson | 2014–2015 | Resident | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Mats Hårsmar | 2015–2018 | Resident | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Jessica Svärdström | 2018–2019 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Bamako. |
| Mia Rimby | 31 August 2018 – May 2021 | Resident | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Diana Janse | 2019–2021 | Non-resident | Ambassador | Resident in Bamako. |
| Susanne Alldén | June 2021 – October 2021 | Resident | Head of mission | |
| Maria Sargren | 1 November 2021 – 2024 | Resident | Ambassador | |
| Helen Holm | 7 July 2024 – present | Resident | Chargé d'affaires | |