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.org

National Commission for UNESCO

Chairperson: Mrs Görel Thurdin
Vice-Chairperson: Mr Jan-Sture Karlsson
Secretary-General: Ms Ulrika Körnell
Deputy Secretary-General: Mr Carl-Peter Hedin

Swedish National Commission for UNESCO (Svenska unescoradet)
Ministry for Education and Research SE - 103 33 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN
Telephone: (46.70) 543 29 63(Chairperson) ; (46.8) 405 47 45 (Sec-Gen); (46.8) 405 19 46 (Secretariat); (46.8) 405 19 51
Fax: (46-8) 411 04 70
E-mail: swe-nat-com.unesco@education.ministry.se; ulrika.kornell@education.ministry.se (SG); gorel.thurdin@kramnet.se (pt);
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

Subsidiary organs of the General Conference


• International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere
  Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)


• Intergovernmental Council of the "Management of Social Transformations" Programme
  Member (Term expires : 35th General Conference)

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

Celebration of anniversaries

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