Charlotta Schlyter (born 15 April 1965) is a Swedish diplomat and was the
Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh from 2017 to 2020. She joined as ambassador of Sweden Embassy in Dhaka in September 2017. Before that she was the Deputy Head of Mission at the
Swedish Embassy located in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...
.
Early life
Schlyter graduated from the
Stockholm University
Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...
in 1984 in French language and literature. From 1985 to 1989, she studied law at
Uppsala University
Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
Initially fou ...
. She obtained her master's degree in law from the
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
in 1990.
Career
Schlyter entered the Foreign Service in 1997.
Slyter joined the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1997. In 2010 and 2011, she briefly worked at the Swedish embassies in Ottawa and Mexico City. From September 2001 to August 2015, she was head of the Human Rights and Social Affairs section of the European Union delegation to the United Nations. From August 2015 to September 2017, she was deputy head of mission at the Swedish embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, and in September 2017 she was appointed as Sweden's ambassador to Dhaka,
succeeded by Alexandra Berg von Linde in 2020.
References
External links
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1965 births
Ambassadors of Sweden to Bangladesh
Stockholm University alumni
University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumni
Swedish women ambassadors
Living people
21st-century Swedish women