Hans Dahlgren | |
Office: | Minister for European Union Affairs |
Primeminister: | Stefan Löfven Magdalena Andersson |
Term Start: | 21 January 2019 |
Term End: | 17 October 2022 |
Predecessor: | Ann Linde |
Successor: | Jessika Roswall |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1948 |
Birth Place: | Uppsala, Sweden |
Party: | Social Democrats |
Hans Eric Albert Dahlgren (born 16 March 1948) is a Swedish politician and former diplomat.[1] A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, he served as Minister for European Union Affairs from January 2019 to 17 October 2022 under Prime Minister Stefan Löfven;[2] he retained the position in the Andersson Cabinet.[3]
Between 1997 and 2012, Dahlgren held various high-level positions in Sweden's diplomatic service, including as Swedish representative at the United Nations Security Council (1997–1998); as Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (1997–2000); as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (2000–2006); as Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (2007–2010); and as Ambassador for Human Rights at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2010–2012).
From 2014 until 2019, Dahlgren served as State Secretary for International and EU Affairs in the Prime Minister's Office.
On 13 May 2016, Dahlgren was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of Nordic leaders Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Sauli Niinistö, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Erna Solberg and Löfven at the White House.[4]