The Ambassador

Since 1 September 2019 Dag Hartelius is the Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary and since February 2020 he is also the non-resident Ambassador of Sweden to Slovenia.

Born 1955 in Härnösand, Sweden.

Academic degree:

BA degree, 1979, Uppsala University.
PhD preparatory (Political science), 1981, Uppsala University.

Professional carrier:

2019 -         
Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary and non-resident Ambassador of Sweden to Slovenia, Budapest.

2013-2019
Director-General, National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), Stockholm.      

2011-2013
Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union, Brussels.

2008-2011
Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Poland, Warsaw.

2003-2008
Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn.

1985-2003
Ambassador Hartelius has served as Swedish diplomat in St. Petersburg,         Moscow, Berlin and London as well at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm.

Language skills:

Swedish (native)
English (fluent)
German (fluent)
Russian (fluent)
Estonian (fluent)
French (fair)
Polish (fair)
Hungarian (beginner)

Last updated 19 Jan 2018, 4.06 PM