Photo: Catarina Axelsson/MFA

Articles by Mats Samuelsson

Foreign Editor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Old Man and the Prize

Thanks to a Swedish entrepreneur and our Embassy in Havana, there is now a fine Hemingway sculpture in the garden of his Cuban villa. Indeed,...

Exports are the engine that drives Sweden’s economy

More people than ever are currently employed by Swedish export companies. Exports are the engine that drives Sweden’s economy and keeps around 1.5 million people...

International cooperation more important than ever

No country can tackle the world’s challenges alone: wars and conflicts, climate change, poverty, lack of equality, lack of respect for human rights, nuclear weapons...

Vienna has become the first line of defence in diplomacy

During the second half of this year, Sweden holds the chairmanship of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) within the Organisation for Security and Cooperation...

Increased Swedish and international support for Somalia

Development in Somalia is moving forward but remains in a critical phase. Sweden’s new strategy for development cooperation with Somalia (adopted by the Government this...

Unique UN meeting in idyllic Backåkra

There was a hint of summer in the air on that Saturday morning in April when the United Nations Security Council cortège advanced along the...

WikiGap increases gender equality on the internet

The whole world helped to fill Wikipedia with articles on prominent women on International Women’s Day. The WikiGap campaign has already been established in over...

Meet Björn Andersson, Regional Director of UNFPA in Bangkok

Here, Björn Andersson describes his many years of working for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender equality and women’s rights. He is head...

Meet Malin Herwig, adviser at UNDP in Amman

Malin Herwig works as an adviser on conflict prevention at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Hub for the Arab States, based in Amman....

Meet Stina Eriksson, UNDP peacebuilder in Sri Lanka

Stina Eriksson currently works for UNDP Sri Lanka, monitoring and evaluating peacebuilding projects. She and her colleagues work to implement resolution 1325 in the Sri...
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