Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : March 11, 1959
Bilateral Trade (2022)
Exports : $1,416,952,675(Electric vehicle, Other automobile, Wireless phone, Medicaments)
Imports : $1,942,882,489(Other automobile, Medicaments, Motor vehicle for transport of goods, Prime mover)
Bilateral Investments(~2019)
The ROK's Investment in Sweden : $ 178 million
Sweden's Investment in the ROK : $ 2,626 million
Number of Koreans living in Sweden(2019) : 12,721
High-level Exchanges
From the ROK to Sweden
1994 August Minister of Foreign Affairs Han Seung-joo
1999 October Minister for Trade Han Duck-soo
2000 September ROK-Sweden Summit (During the United Nations General Assembly)
2000 December President Kim Dae-jung
2002 May Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Sung-hong
2002 October Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Lee Geun-shik as a Special Envoy of the President
2005 May Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Geun-tae
2006 March Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
2006 May Minister of Science and Technology Kim Woo-shik
2006 August Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
2007 September Prime Minister Han Duk-soo
2009 May 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kwon Jong-rak
2009 July President Lee Myung-bak
2009 September Special Envoy of the President Na Kyung-won
2009 September Minister of Education, Science and Technology Ahn Byung-man
2010 August Commissionner of Korea Customs Service Yoon Young-sun
2010 November Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Hong Jae-hyung,
Presdent of Korea-Sweden Friendship Association Jung Dong-young
2012 August Minister of health an welfare Lim Chae-min
2015 May Minister of health and welfare Moon Hyung-pyo
2016 July Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Shim Jae-chul
2016 April Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Kwan-sup
2017 July 1 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lim Sung-nam
2018 June Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-joo
2019 April 1 Vice Minister of Science and ICT Moon Mi-ok
2019 Jun President Moon Jae-in
From Sweden to the ROK
1993 April Prime Minister Carl Bildt
1994 November King Carl XVI Gustaf
1996 February Minister for Defense Thage G. Peterson
1999 April Minister for Industry and Trade Leif Pagrotsky
2000 September Parliament President Brigitte Dahl
2000 October Prime Minister Goran Persson
2001 May Prime Minister Goran Persson
2004 March Prime Minister Goran Persson
2006 April Parliament President Von Sydow
2007 June Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tolgfors
2008 April King Carl XVI Gustaf (unofficial visit)
2009 February Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt
2010 October Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsater-Svard
2011 February Minister of Trade Björling
2011 June Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors
2012 March Foreign Minister Bildt (To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit)
2013 October Foreign Minister Bildt (To attend Seoul Conference on Cyberspace)
2015 March Crown Princess Victoria
2015 May Crown Princess Victoria
2015 September Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports Gabriel Wikstrom
2015 November Minister for Enterprise Mikael Damberg
2016 February Chair of the Committee and Civil Affairs of Parliamentary Caroline Szyber
2017 September Minister for EU Affairs and Trade Ann Linde (To attend ASEM EMM)
2018 February King Carl XVI Gustaf, Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, Minister for Health and Social Affairs Annika Strandhäll (Pyeongchang winter Olympics)
2018 March Crown Princess Victoria (Pyeongchang Paralympics)
2019 April King Carl XVI Gustaf (unofficial visit)