Mats Foyer  Mats Olof Foyer (born 1954) was the ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden accredited to and resident in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea), a position he held 2005-2010. Foyer has a LLB and BA from the University of Stockholm and speaks Swedish, English, Russian and French. From 2002-2005 Foyer was minister in charge of political affairs at the Swedish Embassy in Beijing. Foyer has served in other posts including:   At home in Sweden he worked at the Russian desk at Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foyer was involved in the talks to release American journalists held in North Korea. He met with the journalists several times while they were held. The government of Sweden represents the United States in North Korea in lieu of an American embassy.