Ireland–Sweden relations
Ireland–Sweden relations are foreign relations between Ireland and Sweden. Ireland has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden is accredited to Ireland from its embassy in London, United Kingdom and has 3 honorary consulates (in Cork, Galway and Limerick). Both countries are full members of Council of Europe and of the European Union. History. The Vikings from the Scandinavian countries began raiding Ireland just before 800 AD and continued for two centuries before Brian Boru defeated them at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. The first recorded Viking raid in Ireland occurred in 795 AD when the church  on Lambeg Island in Dublin was plundered and burned. The speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Per Westerberg, visited Dublin on June 26, 2009 just a few days before the start of the Swedish Presidency of the European Union. On July 17, 2009 the Swedish Trade Council will close their office in Dublin and move the Irish operations to their UK office. There are 2,982 Irish people living in Sweden and 1,713 Swedes living in Ireland.