Harald Nils Erik Sandberg (born 12 March 1950) is a Swedish diplomat and civil servant.

[1] Sandberg joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as a trainee in 1976, served in Seoul from 1977 to 1979, and at Sweden's Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Geneva from 1980 to 1983.

From 1991 to 1994, he headed the Europe and Foreign Trade Minister's Office, and in 1992 was promoted to director (departementsråd).

[2] with dual accreditation in East Timor (2002–2003),[3] Sandberg then served as ambassador to South Korea from 2003 to 2005.

[4] In September 2005, Ambassador Sandberg received a decoration from the Korean national Red Cross for his work for Human Rights in North Korea[5] Having acted as an observer in the 1999 East Timorese elections and headed up the Swedish response to the 2002 Bali bombing,[6] Sandberg was selected in July 2006 by the Swedish government to head up its mission to evacuate Swedish citizens from war ravaged Lebanon.