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Sweden. Israel–Sweden relations refers to the bilateral relations between Israel and Sweden. Israel has an embassy in Stockholm while Sweden has an embassy in Tel Aviv, and honorary consulates in Eilat and Haifa. The diplomatic relations between the two countries were briefly damaged when Sweden became the first member of the European Union ...
The Sweden–Israel Friendship Association established its first local branch in Stockholm in 1953. The founding was marked with an appeal written by Hugo Valentin, Swedish historian, in the Riksdag building on May 8. In 1954 local branches were also established in Gothenburg and Malmö. The nationwide association was established in 1978.
In July 1950, Sweden recognized the state of Israel de jure. [1] In January 1951, the Swedish government decided to establish a diplomatic mission in Israel, and Gösta Hedengren was appointed as the chargé d'affaires there. [2] Hedengren and his wife arrived in Haifa on 2 April 1951, aboard the Italian ship Abbazia.
Sweden has been a member of the United Nations since November 19, 1946, and participates actively in the activities of the organization, including as an elected member of the Security Council (1957–1958, 1975–1976, 1997–1998 and 2017–2018), providing Dag Hammarskjöld as the second elected Secretary-General of the UN, etc.
October 3, 2024 at 7:49 AM. COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Two Swedish teenagers were charged on Thursday with possessing five hand grenades and detonating two of them on a rooftop near Israel's embassy in ...
On 7 October 2023, a large escalation of the Gaza–Israel conflict began with a coordinated offensive by multiple Palestinian militant groups against Israel.A number of countries, including many of Israel's Western allies, such as the United States and a number of European countries, condemned the attacks by Hamas, expressed solidarity for Israel and stated that Israel has a right to defend ...
Isaac Bahman (Hebrew: יצחק בחמן; born 1957) is an Israeli diplomat who serves as ambassador, senior diplomatic advisor for the Knesset.Bachman Served as a special envoy for digital diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry of Israel, as the Chief Political advisor of the Foreign Minister, as Israel's ambassador to Sweden, to Bolivia, to Guatemala and as a non-resident ambassador to Honduras.
Abraham Avidar 1980 - 1984. Mordecai Kidron 1977 - 1980. Abner Edan 1973 - 1976. Mesholam Veron 1969 - 1973. Ephraim Evron 1968 - 1969. Yaacov Shimoni 1964 - 1968. Moshe Bitan 1962 - 1964. Arie Aroch 1959-1962. Ambassador Chaim Yahil 1956 - 1959.