Sweden/Ambassador/South Korea

Sweden/Ambassador/South Korea  (Ambassador to South Korea)
Start	1959
Interests	Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission

Diplomatic relations were established in 1959. However ties between Sweden and Korea go back to the late 1800s, when Swedish missionaries, journalists and explorers found their way to the Korean Peninsula. The first Swedish map on which Korea was clearly indicated was published in Stockholm in 1730 by Major Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, an officer under King Charles the XII.

After the Korean wararmistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, Sweden agreed to serve in the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission together with Switzerland, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Ever since, Swedish officers have served to monitor and supervise the armistice.

From 2011 onward, the two nations agreed to a regular consultative meeting of senior-level officials to bolster defense cooperation. Sweden also agreed to send one professor to the peacekeeping operation center of the Korea National Defense University as part of efforts to deepen bilateral military cooperation.

In 2019, South Korea imported goods for 14,389 billion SEK (1.7 billion USD) and exported for 10,777 billion SEK.

• Major export goods to Sweden : Mobile phone, automobile, automobile components, iron panel, battery, computer, wire synthetic resin, etc.
• Major import goods from Sweden : Industrial machine, precision instrument, generator, truck, medical substance, hot rolled plate, telecommunication component, ship component, X-rays, radiation instrument, etc.

 

An Office Holder on Wikispooks

Name	From	To
Gunnar Heckscher	1970	1975

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