Sweden

Official relations

Joined UNESCO: 23 January 1950

Head of State and/or Government in relation with UNESCO

Chef de l'Etat: Sa majesté Carl (XVI) GUSTAV, Roi de Suède
Prime Minister: H.E. Mr Fredrik REINFELDT

Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

H. E. Mr Mats Ringborg
Ambassador Permanent Delegate (4/13/2007)

Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of Sweden to UNESCO
Maison de l'UNESCO Bureau M7.18 1, rue Miollis 75732 PARIS Cedex 15
Telephone: 01.45.68.34.50
01.45.68.34.51
Fax: 01.47.34.10.03
E-mail: dl.suede@unesco-delegations.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Mrs Inger Davidson
Vice-Chairperson: Mr Thomas Kjellqvist
Secretary-General: Mr Mats Djurberg
Deputy Secretary-General: Ms Kerstin Lundman

Swedish National Commission for UNESCO (Svenska unescoradet)
Ministry for Education and Research SE - 103 33 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
Telephone: (46.8) 786 44 00; 46 70 530 42 54(Chairperson) ; 46 730 93 72 93 (Vice Chairperson) (46.8) 405 14 57; 46 702 33 81 84 (SG); 45 8 405 35 08; 46 70 849 85 93 (Deputy SG); 45 8 405 19 46; 46 708 17 01 84 (Secretariat)
Fax: (46-8) 20 32 55
E-mail: inger.davidson@kristdemokraterna.se (Chairperson); tomas.kjellqvist@bth.se (Vice Chairperson); mats.djurberg@education.ministry.se (SG); kerstin.lundman@education.ministry.se (Deputy SG); viveca.mattsson@education.ministry.se (Secretariat)
Web site: http://www.unesco.se

Representation on the Executive Board

Title	Name	Years	Sessions
Member	Mr Hilding Eek	1958-1966	53-74
Member	Ms Birgitta Ulvhammar	1985-1989	123-132
Representative		1995-1999	148-157

Note: The 1991 amendment modified Article V of the Constitution, with respect to the status of members of the Board, which with effect from the 27th session of the General Conference (1993) consists of Member States rather than of persons (26 C/Resolution 19.3).

Participation in subsidiary organs

Other intergovernmental organs


• Intergovernmental Committee on World Heritage
  Vice-Chairperson

Member (Term expires : 36th General Conference)

• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  Member


• Intergovernmental Committee of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Intergovernmental Committee of the Rome Convention)
  Vice-President : Mr H. Olsson

Member

UNESCO institutes and centres


• Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (former UNESCO Institute for Education, UIE)
  Chairperson : Mr Anders FALK (Term expires : 31 December 2009)

Celebration of anniversaries

Hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Swedish dramatist and novelist August Strindberg (22 January 1999).