Mr. Erik Ullenhag, Consul General of Sweden in New York
Mr. Ullenhag has served as Consul General of Sweden in New York since 2024. A lawyer by profession and an advocate for gender equity, he previously served as Sweden’s Ambassador to Israel, beginning in September 2020, and as Ambassador to Jordan from 2016 to 2020.
Before entering diplomacy, Mr. 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.
Mr. Ullenhag was born in Uppsala in 1972. He is married to diplomat Maria Velasco and has two daughters.
