Foreign Relations of Sweden - Europe

• Albania has an embassy in Stockholm.
• Sweden has an embassy in Tirana.

• Belarus has an embassy in Stockholm.
• Sweden has an embassy in Minsk.
• Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

• Since 1915, Bulgaria has embassy in Stockholm.
• Sweden has embassy in Sofia and an honorary consulate in Varna.
• Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and of the European Union.

Today, both countries are separated by the Øresund, which links the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Denmark has an embassy in Stockholm and 2 general consulates (in Gothenburg and Malmö). Sweden has an embassy in Copenhagen and 16 honorary consulates (in Aabenraa, Aarhus, Aalborg, Esbjerg, Frederikshavn, Grenå, Helsingør, Holbæk, Kolding, Nuuk, Nykøbing Falster, Odense, Rønne, Skagen, Tórshavn and Viborg).

Both countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, of the Council of Europe, and of the European Union. There are around 21,000 Swedish people living in Denmark and there are around 42,000 Danish people living in Sweden.

Estonia was under Swedish occupation between 1561 and 1721. Sweden re-recognized Estonia on August 27, 1991. Estonia has an embassy in Stockholm and 5 honorary consulates (in Eskilstuna, Gothenburg, Karlskrona, Malmö and Visby). Sweden has an embassy in Tallinn and 2 honorary consulates (in Narva and Tartu).

Finnish–Swedish relations have a long history, due to the close relationship between Finland and Sweden. Particularly in Finland, the issue emerges in frequent exposés of Finnish history, and in motives for governmental proposals and actions as reported in Finnish news broadcasts in English or other foreign languages. In Sweden, this relationship is a recurrent important theme of 20th-century history, although maybe by most Swedes considered to be an issue of purely historical relevance now that both countries have been members of the European Union since 1995.

Sweden has an embassy in Budapest. Diplomacy relations between the two countries started on December 28, 1945. These relations developed to a higher ambassador level. In Stockholm there is a Hungarian embassy.

Ireland has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden closed its embassy in Dublin in September 2010, but has four honorary consulates (in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick). Both countries are full members of Council of Europe and of the European Union. The speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Per Westerberg, visited Dublin on June 26, 2009 just a few days before the start of the Swedish Presidency of the European Union. On July 17, 2009 the Swedish Trade Council closed their office in Dublin, and Irish operations were moved to their UK office.

Sweden recognized Kosovo on 4 March 2008. Liaison Office of Sweden in Pristina, subordinated to the Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia On 8 March 2008, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt became the first foreign minister to officially visit Kosovo since it declared its independence. Sweden currently has 243 troops serving in Kosovo as peacekeepers in the NATO led Kosovo Force.

Moldova has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has a embassy in Chişinău. Sweden is one of Moldova's top donors. From 1996, Sweden provided Moldova with technical assistance worth 30 million dollars, which significantly helped strengthen sectors such as: protection of human rights, democracy, good governance, public health, education, agriculture, energy, infrastructure, transport and the private sector. Much of the aid is delivered through the Swedish International Development Agency. In 2007, the Swedish Government established the 2007-2010 strategy of cooperation with Moldova, which sees 11 million euros in financial assistance annually for three important sectors: good governance, strengthening of com petitiveness in the rural area and reduction of vulnerability in the energy sector.

Romania has an embassy in Stockholm and an honorary consulate in Gothenburg. Sweden has an embassy in Bucharest and an honorary consulate in Timişoara. In 2009 Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Both countries had a history of war, and reastablishing diplomatic missions. Today, both countries remain close trading partners. Russia has an embassy in Stockholm and a consulate in Gothenburg, and Sweden has an embassy in Moscow and consulates in Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad.

Serbia has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Belgrade.

Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Union for the Mediterranean. Sweden, which will take over the rotating presidency of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in July, 2009, supports Turkey's European Union membership. Sweden's Green Party has criticized France and Germany's opposition to Turkey's membership. On 11 March 2010, the Parliament of Sweden recognized the 1915 events as genocide.

A Ukrainian information bureau was opened 1916 in Stockholm by Volodymyr Stepankivskyi and M. Zaliznyak. In 1918 an official diplomatic mission from the Ukrainian People's Republic headed by K. Lossky was opened in Stockholm. Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Sweden were established on January 13, 1992. Sweden has an embassy in Kiev and an honorary consulate in Kakhovka. Ukraine has an embassy in Stockholm.

• Sweden has an embassy in London as well as Consulate Generals in Edinburgh and Gibraltar. Sweden also has consulates in Guernsey and Jersey as well as honorary consulates in Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Glasgow, Immingham, Lerwick, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Southampton and Stornonway.
• The United Kingdom has an embassy in Stockholm and honoury consulates in Gothenburg and Malmö.