Diplomatic
relations between Peru and Sweden were established in 1930. However, the first Swedish company,
SKF, operated in the country as early as 1918. , CEO of
Svenska Tändsticks AB's (STAB) Peruvian subsidiary served as Swedish honorary consul general in Lima from 1925 to 1955. The decision for Sweden to have a representative in Peru was made on 30 July 1930, but it was not until 1 January 1931 that envoy
Einar Modig formally began his position and the credentials were signed. He was
also accredited to
Bolivia,
Colombia,
Ecuador, and
Venezuela. In 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Peruvian governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. In 1995, it was reported that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs would save 185 million Swedish kronor over the next three budget years. 15 Swedish embassies and consulates were to be closed by 1998. The embassy in Peru was saved from the threat of closure through alternative cost-saving measures. The embassy was closed in 2001 and the ambassador was subsequently accredited from the Swedish embassy in
Santiago. The decision to close was made based on budgetary reasons. The press release that went out about the closure stated the following: "Sweden's relations with the outside world are constantly changing, and it is sometimes necessary to change the center of gravity in the monitoring of the outside world. The foreign service currently has a significant deficit, which also makes it necessary to take measures to achieve a balance between operations and resources. The purpose of the structural changes is to have a foreign service as modern and cost-effective as possible." Since 2001, Peruvian affairs are under the embassy in Santiago. These mainly consist of bilateral relations between Peru and Sweden on a political, commercial, economic and cultural level. Remaining in Lima, there was an honorary consulate general that dealt with consular affairs under the leadership of consul general Stefan Sandberg. The consulate also had a vice consul and three local employees. The consulate was housed in an annex to the former Swedish residence in the
San Isidro District. There was also an honorary consulate in
Arequipa. Following a government decision in December 2015, it was decided to reopen the embassy in 2016. On 22 November 2016, the Swedish embassy in Lima was inaugurated by
Minister for European Union Affairs and Trade Ann Linde together with a Team Sweden delegation. The embassy was closed in August 2022, and was discontinued in October 2022. Sweden's ambassador to Chile is now also accredited to Peru. Sweden has an honorary consulate in
Cusco. ==Staff and tasks==