Меню
Bilateral cooperation
General Information
On April 7, 1992, the countries established diplomatic relations.
In December 2013, Kazakhstan opened its Embassy in Sweden. Since February 2021, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Sweden is Mr. Sergey Nurtayev.
In October 2010, Sweden opened its Embassy in Kazakhstan. Since October 2017, Ambassador of Sweden to Kazakhstan is Mats Foyer.
Political cooperation
In October 2004, President of Kazakhstan N.Nazarbayev paid the first official visit to Sweden.
In February 2006, First Deputy Prime-minister of Sweden B.Ringholm visited Kazakhstan.
In December 2010, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, C.Bildt took part at the OSCE Summit in Astana and was a head of the Swedish delegation.
In March 2013, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan E.Idrissov paid an official visit to Stockholm.
In April 2013, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden C.Bildt attended the Ministerial Conference of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan in Almaty.
In March 2015, Prime ministers of Kazakhstan K.Massimov and Sweden S.Löfven held talks on the margins of the Boao Forum.
In June 2015, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan A.Volkov visited Sweden as a Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the promotion of the candidacy of Kazakhstan to non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2017-2018.
In October 2015, the Commissioner of the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO-2017 R.Zhoshybayev visited Sweden.
Minister of Foreign Affairs E.Idrissov and Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Walström met within the framework of the UNGA in New York, in September 2015 and 2016.
In October 2016, the first bilateral ministerial consultations at the level of Directors of the MFA Departments of Kazakhstan and Sweden were held in Stockholm. In November 2018, the second bilateral ministerial consultations on the level of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Director of the Department of Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Swedish Foreign Ministry were held in Astana.
The third round of political consultations between the foreign ministries of Kazakhstan and Sweden was held in October 2021 in the format of a videoconference. The Kazakh delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Alimbaev, the Swedish delegation was headed by Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Andreas von Beckerath.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of both countries K.Abrakhmanov and M.Wallström met three times in 2017: within the framework of the Open Debates of the Ministerial Level of the UN Security Council (January, New York); Conference on Disarmament (March, Geneva); on the side-lines of the 72nd session of the UNGA (September, New York).
In January 2017, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and the EU, O.Stenström visited Kazakhstan.
On May 21-23, 2019, delegation of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the international conference «New Challenges to Democracy, Governance and Peace».
In September 2019, Kazakh delegation led by the Chairman of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan visited Sweden within a framework of UNDP joint project.
On September 16-17, 2019, Kazakhstan delegation headed by the Vice Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the event «Dialogue on the reform of education policy» in Stockholm.
Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi took part in the 28th OSCE Ministerial Council that was held in Stockholm in December 2021.
Inter-parliamentary cooperation
In June 2014, the delegation of Kazakh MPs headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan D.Nazarbayeva made a working visit to Sweden.
In March 2015, Speaker of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan
K.Zhakupov held talks with Speaker of the Swedish Parliament U.Ahlin in the framework of the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Hanoi (Vietnam).
In May 2016, Member of the Swedish Parliament, Vice-President of the OSCE PA K.Härstedt visited Kazakhstan to participate in the International Conference «Religions against Terrorism».
In June 2017, Speaker of the Swedish Parliament U.Ahlin paid an official visit to Kazakhstan.
On June 9-10, 2019, member of the Social Democratic Party, former Head of the Swedish delegation to the OSCE PA, Special Envoy of the Government of Sweden for North Korea and Myanmar K.Harstedt paid a visit to Nur - Sultan.
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Kazakhstan, M.Foyer, represented the Riksdag (Parliament of Sweden) at the fourth Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian countries in Nur-Sultan in September 2019.
Honorary Consuls of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Gothenburg, businessperson Joakim Dahl and Professor Vadim Kessler in Uppsala are accredited in Sweden. The Honorary Consul of Sweden in the Republic of Kazakhstan is the Kazakh businessman Nurlan Izmaylov.