​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : March 11, 1959
  • Bilateral Trade (2022)
    • Exports : $1,416,952,675(Electric vehicle, Other automobile, Wireless phone, Medicaments)
    • Imports : $1,942,882,489(Other automobile, Medicaments, Motor vehicle for transport of goods, Prime mover)
  • Bilateral Investments(~2019)
    • The ROK's Investment in Sweden : $ 178 million
    • Sweden's Investment in the ROK : $ 2,626 million
  • Number of Koreans living in Sweden(2019) : 12,721
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Sweden
      • 1994  August Minister of Foreign Affairs Han Seung-joo
      • 1999  October Minister for Trade Han Duck-soo
      • 2000  September ROK-Sweden Summit (During the United Nations General Assembly)
      • 2000  December President Kim Dae-jung
      • 2002  May Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Sung-hong
      • 2002  October Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Lee Geun-shik as a Special Envoy of the President
      • 2005  May Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Geun-tae
      • 2006  March Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2006  May Minister of Science and Technology Kim Woo-shik
      • 2006  August Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2007  September Prime Minister Han Duk-soo
      • 2009  May 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kwon Jong-rak
      • 2009  July President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2009  September Special Envoy of the President Na Kyung-won
      • 2009  September Minister of Education, Science and Technology Ahn Byung-man
      • 2010  August Commissionner of Korea Customs Service Yoon Young-sun
      • 2010  November Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Hong Jae-hyung,
        Presdent of Korea-Sweden Friendship Association Jung Dong-young
      • 2012  August Minister of health an welfare Lim Chae-min
      • 2015  May Minister of health and welfare Moon Hyung-pyo
      • 2016  July Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Shim Jae-chul
      • 2016  April Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Kwan-sup
      • 2017  July 1 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lim Sung-nam
      • 2018  June Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-joo
      • 2019  April 1 Vice Minister of Science and ICT Moon Mi-ok
      • 2019  Jun President Moon Jae-in
    • From Sweden to the ROK
      • 1993  April Prime Minister Carl Bildt
      • 1994  November King Carl XVI Gustaf
      • 1996  February Minister for Defense Thage G. Peterson
      • 1999  April Minister for Industry and Trade Leif Pagrotsky
      • 2000  September Parliament President Brigitte Dahl
      • 2000  October Prime Minister Goran Persson
      • 2001  May Prime Minister Goran Persson
      • 2004  March Prime Minister Goran Persson
      • 2006  April Parliament President Von Sydow
      • 2007  June Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tolgfors
      • 2008  April King Carl XVI Gustaf (unofficial visit)
      • 2009  February Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt
      • 2010  October Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsater-Svard
      • 2011  February Minister of Trade Björling
      • 2011  June Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors
      • 2012  March Foreign Minister Bildt (To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit)
      • 2013  October Foreign Minister Bildt (To attend Seoul Conference on Cyberspace)
      • 2015  March Crown Princess Victoria
      • 2015  May Crown Princess Victoria
      • 2015  September Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports Gabriel Wikstrom
      • 2015  November Minister for Enterprise Mikael Damberg
      • 2016  February Chair of the Committee and Civil Affairs of Parliamentary Caroline Szyber
      • 2017  September Minister for EU Affairs and Trade Ann Linde (To attend ASEM EMM)
      • 2018  February King Carl XVI Gustaf, Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, Minister for Health and Social Affairs Annika Strandhäll (Pyeongchang winter Olympics)
      • 2018  March Crown Princess Victoria (Pyeongchang Paralympics)
      • 2019  April King Carl XVI Gustaf (unofficial visit)
      • 2019  December Prime Minister Stefan Löfven

• Related documents

  • Prime Minister Stefan Löfven's visit to Korea
  • President Moon's State visit to Sweden
  • ROK-Sweden Foreign Ministerial Meeting
  • Crown Princess of Sweden and her Husband to Make their First Official Visit to the ROK

• Related links

  • Embassy in Sweden
  • Embassy of Sweden