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Acceptera alla Endast nödvändigaAmbassador Pontus Melander
Mr. Pontus Melander is since October 10, 2022, Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, from 16 November 2022 Ambassador of Sweden to New Zealand, from 26 October 2023 Ambassador of Sweden to Fiji and as from 16 April 2023, Ambassador of Sweden to Tonga.
Before coming to Australia, he served as Deputy Head of the Security Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Between 2017 and 2019, he served as Sweden's Ambassador to Iraq.
Previously, he was Ambassador at large at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ambassador at Swedish Armed Forces between 2008 and 2010.
Over the years, Mr. Melander has held various positions abroad, including at the Embassy of Sweden to Canada, the Embassy of Sweden to the United States and the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels. At the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, he has held positions as Ambassador and Energy Coordinator and Ambassador and Chief Coordinator for Export Support to the Defense Industry. In addition, he has worked at the Office of the European Correspondent, Department for European Affairs and the Trade Department.
Mr. Melander received his Master of Science in Politics, Economy and International Law at the University of Lund 1989. He has also received higher management training in the Swedish Armed Forces and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Melander is married and has four children.
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