Helena Sångeland (born 17 September 1961) is a Swedish diplomat and is the current Swedish Ambassador to China. Sångeland presented her credentials on May 16, 2019.[1]

Biography

She grew up in Gothenburg, where her parents had moved from Finland in the 1950s.[2] She studied economy at Stockholm School of Economics, graduating in 1988, after which she took a job at the publishing house Bra Böcker in Höganäs but soon moved to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[2] She worked at the ministry in Stockholm, but also at the embassies in Helsinki – where she served as embassy secretary between 1992 and 1995[3] – and Hanoi.[2] A career diplomat, she served in the ministry for 17 years before she was appointed the Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia in 2005.[2] She was appointed Ambassador to Iran in 2016,[4] until she replaced Anna Lindstedt, Swedish Ambassador to China, who was recalled to Stockholm.[5] She's previously headed the Asia and Oceania department at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[6]

Personal life

Sångeland is married to architect Patrick Orhammar and has two children.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Deputy Director-General of the Protocol Department and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions of the Foreign Ministry Wang Lutong Accepts the Copy of Credentials from the Newly-appointed Swedish Ambassador to China". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Nilsson, Per H. (9 September 2005). "Helenas jobb har mest fördelar". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish).
  3. ↑ "Riddartecknet till Sångeland". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 10 February 1996.
  4. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Iran". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). 9 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sweden sends new ambassador to China in wake of diplomatic scandal". The Local. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Kina utsedd". TT Nyhetsbyrån. 18 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Engqvist, Agneta. "Toppar och dalar för Sverige – Kina men basen solid". Sweden China Trade Council (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 February 2023.


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