Argentine-Swedish are foreign relations between
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
and
Sweden. Both countries established diplomatic relations on January 3, 1846. Argentina has an embassy in
Stockholm. Sweden
has an embassy in Buenos Aires and 3 honorary consulates (in
Córdoba,
Oberá
Oberá, formerly Svea, is a city in the interfluvial province of Misiones, Argentina, and the head town of the Oberá Department. It is located 96 km east of the provincial capital Posadas, on National Route 14, and about 1,150 km nort ...
, and
Tucumán); the ambassador is also concurrent to Uruguay and Paraguay.
There are around 175,000 people of
Swedish descent living in Argentina.
In 1977, Swedish-Argentine girl
Dagmar Hagelin disappeared in Argentina during the
Dirty War
The Dirty War ( es, Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina ( es, dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina, links=no) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as ...
.
See also
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Foreign relations of Argentina
This article deals with the diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and international relations of Argentina. At the political level, these matters are handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also known as the ''Cancillería'', which answers ...
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Foreign relations of Sweden
The foreign policy of Sweden is based on the premise that national security is best served by staying free of alliances in peacetime in order to remain a neutral country in the event of war. In 2002, Sweden revised its security doctrine. The s ...
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Argentina–European Union relations
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Swedish Argentines
Swedish Argentines are Argentine citizens of Swedish descent, as well as Swedish-born people who reside in Argentina.
The history of Swedish settlement in Argentina took place principally in the mid to late 19th century, when Swedish people a ...
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Brazil–Sweden relations
References
External links
Argentina Ministry of Foreign Relations: list of bilateral treaties with Sweden (in Spanish only) Swedish embassy in Buenos Aires (in Spanish and Swedish only)
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Sweden
Bilateral relations of Sweden