The ambassador has a dual accreditation to Muscat (Oman) and to Sanaa (Yemen).

Sweden's first ambassador accredited to Saudi Arabia was Brynolf Eng, who was the Swedish envoy in Cairo starting in 1957.

[2] Later, the Swedish ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon, was accredited to Saudi Arabia.

At the beginning of 1967, a permanent representation was established in Saudi Arabia's commercial center, Jeddah, under the leadership of a chargé d'affaires ad interim.

[3] In December 1973, Bengt Rösiö was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.