The dramatic events surrounding the reactor breakdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant kept television viewers glued to their screens this summer.

Diplomat Mats Åberg experienced the events in real life. This is his story about working at the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow right in the middle of the unfolding Chernobyl disaster, when Sweden played a crucial role.

In September, Sweden’s Resident Representative to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Mikaela Kumlin Grant was elected Chair of the Agency’s Board of Governors. This is the first time that a Swedish representative has held that post.

The Swedish ambassador Fredrik Löjdquist assesses his challenges and responsibilities in fulfilling a trailblazing role for his country.

He is Sweden's first ambassador and special envoy for countering hybrid threats. This is a natural development considering the worsening security policy situation in Europe and the widened scope of the antagonistic state threats that we are facing.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The Swedish Embassy in Kigali organised a discussion evening, held in April, focusing on what the world can do to contribute to knowledge about the genocide.

Sweden’s Embassy in Iraq recently carried out a field visit to meet Yazidi representatives to see how Swedish aid initiatives – through organisations such as UNFPA and UNMAS – are making a difference. Still today, 300 000 Yazidis are living as internally displaced persons in Iraq.

Follow Sweden’s day-to-day work in the UN via the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations.

She was the world’s first woman ambassador to the United Nations when she took office, at the height of the Cold War. Yet Agda Rössel remains relatively little known – in some ways forgotten.

We want to change this. Here is the story of Adga Rössel – pioneer and role model.