List of ambassadors of Sweden to Kenya
The Ambassador of Sweden to Kenya is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Kenya and government of Kenya. The ambassador is concurrently accredited to neighboring countries and to the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Nairobi.
History
In April 1962, Otto Rathsman was appointed Consul General to a career consulate general, which, according to a parliamentary decision, was to be established in Nairobi. On the occasion of the proclamation of Kenya's independence on 12 December 1963, Sweden's Prime Minister Tage Erlander stated in a congratulatory telegram to Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta that the Swedish government recognized Kenya as a sovereign and independent state, and expressed the Swedish government's desire to maintain friendly and cordial relations with Kenya. Sweden was represented at the independence celebrations in Kenya by Consul General Rathsman in Nairobi, in the capacity of Ambassadeur émission spéciale. During the council meeting on 31 January 1964, Consul General Rathsman was appointed ambassador to Nairobi, following Kenya's achievement of independence on 12 December the previous year.Since 1964, Sweden's ambassador to Kenya has been concurrently accredited to neighboring countries: Burundi, Comoros, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The ambassador is also accredited to the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Nairobi.