Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Olof Skoog | |
Order: | 16th |
Ambassador From: | Sweden |
Country: | the United Nations |
Predecessor: | Mårten Grunditz |
Successor: | Anna Karin Eneström |
Ambassador From2: | Sweden |
Country2: | Colombia |
Term Start2: | 2000 |
Term End2: | 2004 |
Predecessor2: | Björn Sternby |
Successor2: | Lena Nordström |
Ambassador From3: | Sweden |
Country3: | Ecuador |
Term Start3: | 2000 |
Term End3: | 2004 |
Predecessor3: | Björn Sternby |
Successor3: | Lena Nordström |
Birth Date: | 1962 9, df=yes |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Spouse: | Johanna Brismar |
Children: | 3 |
Occupation: | Ambassador |
Björn Olof Skoog (born 6 September 1962) is a Swedish diplomat who has served as the European Union Ambassador to the UN from 2019 to 2023.[1]
From March 2015 until 2019, Skoog served as Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations and as the President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of January 2017[2] and July 2018.
Skoog served as the Swedish Ambassador to Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama and the EU Ambassador to Indonesia, Brunei, and ASEAN.[3]
Skoog's wife Johanna Brismar is currently the Ambassador of Sweden to Brazil. They have three children.[5]