Director-General
Madeleine Sjöstedt is Director-general of the Swedish Institute and also chair of the board that on behalf of the Swedish public has insight into the work of the agency.
Department for Sweden communication and promotion
Director: Anna Rudels
Department for international relations
Director: Kurt Bratteby
Department for communications and management
Director: Monika Wirkkala
Institut suédois – Swedish Institute Paris
Director: Sara Arrhenius
Advisory Council
To ensure public transparency in the operations, there is a transparency council appointed by the government. Madeleine Sjöstedt is chairman of the transparency council, which meets four times a year. SI now has a new transparency council from July 1, 2023–July 1, 2026.
Members of the Advisory Council:
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Former Member of Parliament
Alexandra Völker, Member of Parliament
Martin Kragh, Head of Programme the Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Annika Levin, Former Cultural Attaché, France
Ahmed Abdirahman, Director Järvaveckan
Christian Ihre, Co-founder Lynxeye
Aurore Belfrage, tech-investor, geopolitical advisor