Dinner Reception with Sweden’s Consul General
In-person, Members-only
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Join us on Tuesday, November 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET as part of our Diplomatic Discussion Series for a special conversation with Erik Ullenhag, Québec’s Delegate General in New York.
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine fundamentally remade European security and is one of the wedges in the strained Transatlantic relationship. Sweden, having joined NATO is 2024, has emerged as a leader in European security in addition to its longstanding role in innovation and environment. It is increasing its defense spending, deepening its security ties, and pressing the EU to take a firmer line on Russia. At the same time, uncertainty over America’s commitments to Europe and instability in the Middle East are straining a transatlantic partnership that Swedish security policy has long treated as its foundation.
What role does Sweden see itself playing within Europe and on the global stage? How might Stockholm’s relationship with Washington play out at this critical moment? And with a war still raging on the European continent and conflict spiraling in the Middle East, how does a seasoned diplomat with experience in Jordan and Israel, as well as within Sweden’s domestic politics, view the prospect for stability?
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SPEAKER:
Erik Ullenhag
Erik Ullenhag is a Swedish diplomat and former politician who has served as Consul General of Sweden in New York since 2024. A lawyer by profession and a committed advocate for gender equity, he previously served as Sweden’s Ambassador to Israel, beginning in September 2020, and Ambassador to Jordan from 2016 to 2020.
Before entering diplomacy, Ullenhag held several senior positions in Swedish politics, including Minister for Integration from 2010 to 2014 and parliamentary group leader of the Liberal People’s Party, now the Liberals, from 2014 to 2016. He also represented Uppsala County in the Swedish Riksdag, served as party secretary from 2006 to 2010, and chaired the Liberal Youth of Sweden from 1997 to 1999.
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