Press release 28 August 2008
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

New Ambassador in Abuja

The Government decided today to appoint Per Lindgärde as Sweden's Ambassador in Abuja, Nigeria.

Per Lindgärde is currently Minister at the Swedish Embassy in Abuja. He has previously served at the Swedish Embassies in Nairobi and Addis Abeba, at the Permanent Mission of Sweden in Geneva and in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Africa Department.

Per Lindgärde will take up his post in the autumn of 2008.