Klas Anders Knape (born 7 July 1955 in Karlstad) is a Swedish conservative politician (Moderate Party).

[1] He served as the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE) of the Council of Europe between November 6, 2018[2] and March 23, 2021.

[3] He was president of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR),[4][5] from 2007 to 2015 and again from 2019 to 2022.

Other current positions are Executive President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)[6] and Vice President of the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions and president of the Swedish delegation to the Committee of the Regions.

[7] He is also the Deputy Head of the Swedish delegation to the CLRAE[8] and a member of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Executive Bureau and World Council as well as President of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA).