List of ambassadors of Sweden to Portugal
Although the Foreign Minister supported this change, some members of the Committee of Supply, particularly from the right and liberal parties, opposed it, advocating to retain the position for at least another year.[4] In 1953, a Swedish minister was once again appointed in Lisbon, reinstating the higher diplomatic position after the earlier changes.In 1959, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Portuguese governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies.[1] The Swedish ambassador in Lisbon has, during various periods, also been accredited to other countries: between 1958 and 1961, the Swedish ambassador was also accredited to Monrovia, Liberia;[5][6] between 1979 and 1994, to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, and Praia, Cape Verde;[7][8] and since 2008, to São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe.[9] After the Swedish embassy in Dakar, Senegal was closed in 2010, responsibility for Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau was transferred back to the ambassador in Lisbon.