His Excellency Mr. Klas Molin, Ambassador of Sweden to Australia and New Zealand
Ambassador Klas Molin has extensive experience from the Asia-Pacific region, having been Ambassador to the Republic of India from 2017-2022 and to the Kingdom of Thailand from 2011-2015 while also accredited to several other countries in South and South-East Asia. Between 2006-2011, Ambassador Molin was Head of the Department for Asia and the Pacific in Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Prior to his current posting, he was Director-General in the MFA for Administrative Affairs and Management, and he has also served as Chief of Protocol in the MFA. Earlier foreign postings include Bangkok, New York and Washington D.C.
Ambassador Molin has a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in the United States, where he was a Fulbright Fellow, and he holds a bachelor’s degree with distinction from Uppsala University in Sweden.
Klas Molin hails from Stockholm, Sweden and has a partner and three sons and a grandson, with whom he greatly enjoys sports and the outdoors.
Telephone:
+61 (0) 403 581 004
E-mail:
SwedishConsulateAdelaide@gmail.com
Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Adelaide
5 Elizabeth Court
Burnside SA 5066
Opening hours: By appointment
Honorary Consul
Sebastian Raneskold
Telephone
+64 (0)27 335 4440
swedconauckland@gmail.com
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Auckland
4 North Avenue
Narrow Neck (Devonport)
Auckland
New Zealand
Office hours: By appointment only
Honorary Consul
Catharina Andersson
Telephone
+61-(0)428 337 312
swedishconsul@hawkins.com.au
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Brisbane
Level 19, 241 Adelaide Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
The Consulate of Sweden in Brisbane is open only by appointment. Please call to make an appointment. Phone hours Monday 10 am to 12 noon.
Honorary Consul
Michael Hawkins
Assistant
Carolien Schoots
Telephone
+61-7-4051 9699
sweden.cairns@gmail.com
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Cairns
CBC
Level 1, 55 Spence Street
Cairns
Office hours: By appointment only.
Honorary Consul
Sally Mlikota
Assistants
Mara Fieldhouse & Ashleigh Leporati
Telephone
+61-8-8946 2999
SwedishConsulDarwin@wardkeller.com.au
Fax
+61-8-8981 1253
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Darwin
c/o Wardkeller
Level 7, NT House
22 Mitchell Street
Darwin NT 0800
Office hours: By appointment only.
Honorary Consul
Kevin Stephens
Assistant
Sue McLean
Telephone
+61-3-6226 1258
swedcons.hobart@gmail.com
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Hobart
c/o Simmons Wolfhagen Lawyers
Level 4, 99 Bathurst Street
Hobart TAS 7000
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 4.30pm, by appointment only.
Honorary Consul
Cara Hawkins
Telephone
+61-(0)430 591 831
sweconsul.melbourne@aamvs.com.au
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Melbourne
Level 3
428 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Opening hours: by appointment only
Please contact the Consulate by email to book an appointment for passports etc
sweconsul.melbourne@aamvs.com.au
Honorary Consul
Benjamin Sandqvist
Telephone
+61-(0)408 717 861
swedishconsulatewa@iinet.net.au
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Perth
Level 1
1139 Hay Street
West Perth WA 6005
Office hours: By appointment only
Honorary Consul
Lisa Jahrsten
Telephone
+61-2-9909 3336
info@swedishconsulsyd.com.au
Honorary Consulate-General for Sweden in Sydney
Suite 301
107 Walker Street
North Sydney NSW 2060
Office hours: By appointment only. Please note that all visits to the consulate must be scheduled in advance. Appointments can be booked via email.
Honorary Consul-General
James Letherbarrow
Honorary Vice-Consul
Anna Alvsdotter
Telephone
+64-4-499 9895
sweden@xtra.co.nz
Honorary Consulate for Sweden in Wellington
Level 7
Molesworth House
101 Molesworth Street
Thorndon
Wellington 6011
Office hours:
Visits by appointment only
Honorary Consul
Daniel O'Leary
Honorary Vice-Consul
Tinni Lindén
Sweden has diplomatic relations with almost all states in the world, with embassies and consulates in around half of these. Sweden's foreign representation consists of approximately 100 missions abroad and 350 honorary consulates.