PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEW SWEDISH ENVOY TO FIJI

16/04/2015

His Excellency the President, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau today received the Letter of Credence from the new non-resident ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Fiji, His Excellency Pär Ahlberger.

The new envoy met with the Fijian head of State at Government House this morning where he presented his credentials.

Ambassador Ahlberger holds a degree in International Relations (IR) and Economics from the University of Stockholm and in IR from the Johns Hopkins University.

He has previously served as Sweden’s Ambassador to Singapore and Brunei as well as deputy head of mission at the embassy in Beijing, China.

Mr Ahlberger is based in Australia and is also accredited to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Kiribati, Tonga, Nauru and Tuvalu.