Her Excellency
Barbro Elm
Elm in 2015
Ambassador of Sweden to Argentina
In office
1 September 2016 – July 2019
Preceded byGufran Al-Nadaf
Succeeded byAnders Carlsson
Ambassador of Sweden to North Korea
In office
2010–2012
Preceded byMats Foyer
Succeeded byKarl-Olof Andersson
Personal details
Born
Barbro Elm

1959 (age 64–65)
Sweden
OccupationDiplomat

Barbro Elm (born 1959) is a Swedish diplomat of Iraqi–Iranian descent who formerly became the ambassador to Argentina from 2016 to 2019, and North Korea from 2010 to 2012. She has been assignted to Swedish embassies in several countries which included in Dhaka, Havana, Athens, Madrid and Bratislava.[1]

Diplomatic career

Argentina

Elm has been chosen as the Swedish government's envoy in Buenos Aires. She works at the Foreign Ministry's America division at the moment. Her new role would begin on 1 September 2016.[2]

Barbro Elm, the Swedish ambassador to Argentina, honoured the memory of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who prevented thousands of deaths in Nazi-occupied Hungary, on 17 January 2017. The act was timed to the release of a lengthy piece in The Jerusalem Post titled "Our debt to Raoul Wallenberg," which had signatures from Baruch Tenembaum, Eduardo Eurnekian, and Perla Graisman, the founder, president, and director of worldwide development of the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.[3]

Rodolfo Nin Novoa and Elm received credentials from Rodolfo Nin Novoa on 21 March 2017. The occasion was used to evaluate the most important features of the great relations between the two countries. Among other things, the Uruguay-Sweden Political Consultation Mechanism Meeting in April 2016 was noteworthy because it established a structure for both nations to prioritise measures on subjects of shared interest.[4]

In May 2017, the Elm paid a visit to South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies along with a delegation led by Sweden's Ministry of Public Administration's Ardalan Shekarabi. During the event, many measures were deliberated upon in an effort to progress systems for academic cooperation between the nations. Among these measures was the advancement of PhD scholarships in Sweden. The event was planned as a component of Stockholm University's outreach tour, which aims to strengthen ties with various Latin American universities. Elm provided a reception to kick off the gathering.[5]

On 6 June, the national day of Sweden, Ambassador Elm, gave a reception last Wednesday in honour of the country. Elm would conclude a three-year tenure to Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay in July 2019.[6]

Return to Sweden

The news of the "impending execution of the sentence" were known to them, according to Elm, a spokesman for the Swedish foreign ministry who spoke to AFP. "We are trying to clarify the reports and are continually raising the issue with representatives for Iranian authorities," she stated.[7] A reference to Ahmad Reza Djalali, who was given a death sentence after being charged with spying on and working with Israel.[8]

References

  1. ↑ admin (2022-03-18). "UD tilldelade henne Nordkorea som nästa bas". Stockholms borgerskap. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  2. ↑ Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (2016-03-23). "Ny ambassadör i Argentina". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  3. ↑ conVistaAlMar.com.ar. "Swedish Ambassador, Barbro Elm, pays tribute to Wallenberg". The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Presentación de Cartas Figuradas de la Embajadora del Reino de Suecia, Barbro Elm". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  5. ↑ administrador (2019-05-23). "Meeting with the Head of Stockholm University to explore cooperation potential between SARAS and Sweden". SARAS Institute. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  6. ↑ "Swedish ambassador prepares to bid farewell to Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Times". www.batimes.com.ar. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  7. ↑ "Sweden urges Iran to call off execution of medical researcher". ahram.org.eg. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  8. ↑ "Ahmadreza Djalali, Iran". Scholars at Risk. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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