Daniel Wolvén is a career diplomat with nearly twenty years of experience in the Swedish Diplomatic Service. He most recently served as Head of the Office for Foreign Affairs and the Security Policy Council at the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office, in which capacity he advised the Swedish Prime Minister on a wide range of foreign and security policy issues. He has occupied several different positions both in Stockholm and abroad, including in the Swedish Foreign Ministry’s United Nations and Africa Departments, as well as at the Swedish Embassies in Kinshasa, Paris and New Delhi. He is married and has two children, ages 13 and 9.
Sept. 1 2021 Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
2019 - 2021 Head of Office, Office for Foreign Affairs and the Security Policy Council, Swedish Prime Minister’s Office
2018 - 2019 Director and Deputy Head of Department, Africa Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
2016 - 2018 Deputy Director (Security Policy), Office for Foreign and EU Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office
2012 - 2016 Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Swedish Embassy in New Delhi
2007 - 2012 First Secretary (later Counsellor), Swedish Embassy in Paris
2006 - 2007 Desk Officer, United Nations Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
2004 - 2006 Second Secretary, Embassy of Sweden in Kinshasa
2003 - 2004 Desk Officer, Africa Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
2002-2003 Swedish Diplomatic Training Programme
Education
2001 MA in Political Science, University of Lund, Sweden
1999 Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, New York
Languages
Swedish, native language
Fluent written and spoken French and English
