He presented his credentials to Prime Minister General Ibrahim Abboud in June 1960.

[5] Sweden had a diplomatic presence in Sudan from 1966 to 1969, in the form of an embassy led by Bengt Rösiö as chargé d'affaires.

The embassy was established to support an irrigation project aimed at helping nomads settle, but the project collapsed following the Six-Day War, when Sudan cut ties with the United States and Germany, leading to the withdrawal of key partners and Sweden's eventual closure of the embassy.

[6] In December 2007, the government decided to establish an embassy in Khartoum.

[7] The Swedish embassy in Khartoum closed when fighting broke out in April 2023.