Ambassadör Lars Wahlund

• Born 1957
• Married to Helena Gustavsson and father of four sons
• Law degree from University of Uppsala, Sweden, and University of Minnesota, USA
• Served at the Swedish courts 1983
• Studies at Institut Catholique, Paris, 1984
• Employed at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1985. Posted in Bonn, West Germany, and Maputo Mozambique
• Balkan desk officer 1992-1995, including shorter postings in Sarajevo and Belgrade, thereafter acting Deputy Head of the Department for European Security Policy
• 1999-2002 DCM at the Swedish delegation to NATO
• 2002 Head of the Commission for missing and/or kidnapped persons in Macedonia
• 2003-2006 Head of the Balkan unit, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• 2006-2010 Deputy Head of the EU Department which includes also Turkey and Balkans
• During the Swedish EU Presidency fall 2009 special envoy to Bosnia to promote the US/EU-initiative
• 2010 appointed Ambassador of Sweden to Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania
• 2013 appointed Ambassador of Sweden to Türkiye
• 2018 appointed Ambassador of Sweden to Ireland
• 2021 Senior Advisor to the Department of Americas
• 2023 Deputy Director General, Department for Europe and North America
• 2023 appointed Ambassador of Sweden to Lithuania