Mats Arne Staffansson
Mats Arne Staffansson
Ambassador
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Born on May 19, 1952 in Uppsala, Sweden
Education
1972-76 — University of Uppsala (Slavic), University of Stockholm (Slavic languages and Law), University of Warsaw (Polish philology and literature).
Work:
Researcher (Institute of Economics of Eastern Europe).
Work in the 79-81 years of the Soviet Union (Moscow and Kiev) as a personal assistant to the CEO and a representative of the Swedish company «Stansaab AB» / «Datasaab AB».
The diplomatic service in 1981
Various positions at embassies in Warsaw, Moscow, London in the Swedish mission to the UN, New York, Kiev (opened the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine), the OSCE mission in Riga
Since 1996 — Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Belgrade) and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Skopje).
2000 — 2005 Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Poland (Warsaw).
2008 — 2013 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Latvia
2015 — 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Macedonia
2020 — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Marital Status:
Married Biljana Staffansson, nee Milovanovic, an opera singer (soprano)
Son — Philip
Languages: Swedish (native), English, Russian,Polish, Serbian / Croatian / Bosnian,German, French
Hobbies:
history, literature, music and travel
