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Peru–Sweden relations

Peru–Sweden relations

Bilateral relations

Peru–Sweden relations refers to the bilateral relations between Peru and Sweden. In November 2016, the Swedish embassy in Lima restarted its activities. However, the embassy closed again in October 2022 and the Swedish embassy in Santiago, Chile is accredited to Peru.[1] Peru has an embassy in Stockholm.[2]

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History

The original Swedish embassy in Lima was established in 1940. The building was redesigned in 1956, by the architect J. Fussing.[3]

One major issue in Peruvian-Swedish relations has been the matter of the Paracas textiles. A large collection of textile artifacts originating from the ancient Paracas culture, located in modern Peru, were illegally smuggled out by the Swedish diplomat Sven Karell in the 1930s, contravening Peruvian laws on the export of antiquities. After years of attempting to retrieve the textiles, kept in Gothenburg, in 2013 Peruvian authorities were successful in negotiating a deal for their gradual return.[4] This exchange began in 2014, with some of the textiles put on display in Peru.[5] The plan is to have the entire collection, consisting of 89 separate pieces, returned by 2021.[6]

Resident diplomatic missions

See also

References

  1. [1]
    La Embajada de Suecia en Lima cierra permanentemente en octubre 2022 (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    Embassy of Peru in Stockholm
  3. [3]
    "Lima, Peru". www.sfv.se (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Sweden returns ancient textiles to Peru". CBS News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Peru displays pre-Inca shroud returned from Sweden". BBC. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. [6]
    Valderrama, Andrea (18 June 2014). "Paracastextilier överlämnas officiellt". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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