Diplomatic Circles

Former Swedish Speaker switches gears to become ambassador

Canada and Sweden can ‘push the agenda’ on the world stage in the fight to protect democracy, Sweden's new envoy says.

Sweden’s new ambassador to Canada, Urban Ahlin, came to Ottawa in February after the post sat vacant since last summer, ahead of the country's September 2018 elections. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

May 15, 2019

Working as Speaker of the Swedish Parliament from 2014 to 2018 helped prepare Urban Ahlin for his new career in diplomacy, and his first posting as the country's new ambassador to Can...

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