Håkan Jevrell has been named as the new Swedish Ambassador to Singapore.
Mr Jevrell’s career has spanned appointments as District Prosecutor at Västerort local public prosecution office in Stockholm, deputy head of coordination at the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office and State Secretary at the Swedish Ministry of Defence between 2007 and 2012.
A member of the Moderate Party in Sweden, Mr Jevrell served as State Secretary under Sten Tolgfors at the Ministry of Defence. Mr Tolgfors resigned in 2012 after criticism over an arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
Mr Jevrell will take up his new position in autumn 2013.
In This Story: Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
The country’s territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet, the combined area of which has increased by 25% since the country’s independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the second greatest population density in the world. The country has almost 5.7 million residents, 61% (3.4 million) of whom are Singaporean citizens. There are four official languages of Singapore: English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil; with English being the lingua franca.
Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains. Its principal cities, eastern capital Stockholm and southwestern Gothenburg and Malmö, are all coastal. Stockholm is built on 14 islands. It has more than 50 bridges, as well as the medieval old town, Gamla Stan, royal palaces and museums such as open-air Skansen.
