Pretoria

Facts

Honorary Consulate of Sweden
P.O. Box 1884
Gaborone
Botswana

Visiting address:
Office number 1, Plot 50362
Fairgrounds Office Park
Gaborone

Consul: Abdul Rahim Khan

Phone:  +267 3188 988
Phone:  +267 3188 989 
Fax:  +267 3188 951
Mobile:  +267 1300 270
Email: arkhan@rahimkhan.co.bw 

Office hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8.00-12.00

Ambassaden / The Embassy

Sweden in Gaborone, Botswana

Sweden does not have an embassy in Botswana. The Swedish embassy in Pretoria has the main responsibility for Sweden's relations with Botswana, as well as for the consular work and promotion of Swedish trade with Botswana in cooperation with the Swedish Trade Council.

Sweden has an honorary consulate in Gaborone. On this page you will find information about visa and residence permit applications and contact details to the consulate and the Swedish Trade Council in Gaborone, as well as a link to information about trade between Sweden and Botswana.

State Visit to the Republic of Botswana

The Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf paid a State Visit to the Republic of Botswana on 22-25 March 2011.
> Read more about the visit

Strategy for selective cooperation with Botswana 2009-2013

This strategy sets out the direction of Sweden´s selective cooperation with Botswana for the period up until the end of 2013. Download the strategy from the column on the right.

Visa applications

The German embassy in Gaborone handles visa applications from Botswana to Sweden.
> German Embassy in Gaborone

Residence permits

Applications for Swedish residence permits should be handed in at the Swedish embassy in Pretoria.
> Read more about how to apply for a residence permit

Honorary consulate in Gaborone

Please find contact details to the Swedish honorary consulate in Gaborone in the column to the right.

Consular emergencies

For consular emergencies out of office hours, call the emergency phone of the Embassy of Sweden in Pretoria on +27 (0)83 2920712.

Swedish Trade Council in Gaborone

Swedish Trade Council Gaborone
Private Bag 0017
Gaborone

Visiting address:
President Drive
Plot 3125
Gaborone

Olov Hemström
Office Manager
Tel: +267 (0)395 3425
Mobile: +267 (0)71342384
E-mail: olov.hemstrom@swedishtrade.se

More information

> Trade between Sweden and Botswana
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