Ireland–Sweden relations

Ireland–Sweden relations are foreign relations between Ireland and Sweden. Ireland has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Dublin. Both countries are full members of Council of Europe and of the European Union.

Ireland-Sweden relations
Map indicating locations of Ireland and Sweden

Ireland
Sweden

History

The Vikings from the Scandinavian countries began raiding Ireland just before 800 AD and continued for two centuries before Brian Boru defeated them at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. The first recorded Viking raid in Ireland occurred in 795 AD when the church on Lambeg Island in Dublin was plundered and burned.

On 25 February 1946, an Irish delegation arrived in Stockholm to discuss, among other things, the opening of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Ireland and Sweden. On 28 June, Ireland's charge d'affaires, John Aloysius Belton, arrived in Stockholm. Oscar Thorsing was appointed as Swedish chargé d'affaires in Dublin from 1 July 1946.[1] A Swedish legation in Dublin was opened the same year and the Swedish consulate that had operated since 1926 ceased to exist.

The speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Per Westerberg, visited Dublin on June 26, 2009 just a few days before the start of the Swedish Presidency of the European Union.[2] On July 17, 2009 the Swedish Trade Council will close their office in Dublin and move the Irish operations to their UK office.[2][3] There are 2,982 Irish people living in Sweden and 1,713 Swedes living in Ireland.

See also

References
  1. Rudberg, Erik, ed. (1947). Svenska Dagbladets årsbok (Händelserna 1946) [Svenska Dagbladet's Yearbook (Events of 1946)] (in Swedish). Vol. 24. Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. p. 8. SELIBR 283647.
  2. "The Speaker of the Swedish Parliament visits Dublin". Sweden. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  3. "Exportrådet i Irland" (in Swedish). Sweden. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
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