The Swedish embassy serves as the protecting power for the United States and as consular representation for Australia, Canada, Italy, Latvia,[1] Iceland and Finland.

[2] On 8 April 1973, North Korea declared that it had received and accepted Sweden's proposal to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The official North Korean news agency announced that Foreign Minister Ho Dam, in his response to the message from Foreign Minister Wickman, stated, "On behalf of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, I have the honor to inform you that it agrees to your government's proposal to establish diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Sweden.

[10] On September 16, 2010, Barbro Elm handed over her letter of credence to North Korean President Kim Yong-nam.

This made Sweden the first Western country to resume regular diplomatic operations in North Korea since the pandemic.