Sweden and the Council of Europe Accession Sweden was one of the ten States which founded the Council of Europe on 5 May 1949.

Committee of Ministers
- Carl BILDT, Foreign Minister
- Per SJÖGREN, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since September 2004.

Parliamentary Assembly
Sweden is represented in the Parliamentary Assembly by a delegation of 6 representatives and 6 substitutes, including:
- Göran LINDBLAD (EPP/CD), head of the delegation and Chairperson of the Political Affairs Committee.
- Björn von SYDOW (SOC), second Vice-Chairperson of the Political Affairs Committee.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Sweden is represented in the Congress by a delegation of 6 representatives and 6 substitutes, including:
- Anders KNAPE (EPP/CD), Karlstad, head of the delegation, Vice-President of the Congress and Vice-President of the Chamber of Local Authorities.

Commissioner for Human Rights
- Thomas HAMMARBERG has been elected Commissioner for Human Rights on 5 October 2005.

Budget
The Council of Europe's ordinary budget for 2009 is € 205 002 000. The contribution of Sweden is € 4 326 772.21 (i.e. 2.1106 %).

Human Rights
Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights on 4 February 1952.
- Judge to the European Court of Human Rights: Elisabet FURA-SANDSTRÖM.
- The Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights is Erik FRIBERGH.
- Applications allocated to a decision body (*) in 2008 : 317
- Judgments in 2008: 2 violations
(*) Do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file)

Council of Europe Treaties
To date, Sweden has ratified and signed the following treaties

Updated : 10.03.2009