Welcome to the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, Bangladesh!
The Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka represents the Swedish government in Bangladesh. The overall mission of the Embassy is to strengthen and build on the relationship between Sweden and Bangladesh, through political dialogue, development cooperation, trade promotion and cultural exchange. The development cooperation is focused on democracy and human rights, climate and environment, inclusive economic development and health.
Embassy staff includes officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Board for International Development Cooperation (Sida), the Swedish Migration Agency and local employees, who together make up about 40 people.
The embassy is divided into the following sections:
- section for policy, trade and promotion
- section for bilateral development cooperation with Bangladesh
- section for administration and consular affairs
- section for migration
The Embassy offers support to Swedish citizens in consular matters, for example in the event of a consular crisis. Swedish citizens and foreign family members of Swedish citizens who reside in or intend to stay for an extended period of time in Bangladesh are welcome to register on the embassy's list of Swedes in Bangladesh. The list is only intended to be used for preparedness purposes.
