List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States
The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the United States of America is in charge of Sweden's diplomatic mission to the United States.
The Swedish Embassy is located at the House of Sweden (inaugurated in 2006) at 2900 K Street in Washington, D.C. Previously the embassy was housed in rented space at, first Watergate 600, and later, 1501 M Street N.W.
List of ambassadors[edit]
Resident ministers[edit]
- 1782 Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
- 1812–1819 Johan Albert Kantzow
Chargé d'affaires[edit]
- 1819–1831 Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg
- 1831–1833 David Gustaf Anckarloo
- 1834–1837 Severin Lorich
- 1838–1845 Gustaf af Nordin
- 1845–1850 Adam Christoffer Lovenskiold
- 1850–1854 Georg Sibbern
Resident ministers[edit]
- 1854–1858 Georg Sibbern
- 1858–1860 Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
- 1861–1864 Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper
Envoys[edit]
- 1864–1870 Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
- 1870–1875 Oluf Stenerson
- 1876–1884 Carl Lewenhaupt (Sweden's Foreign Minister 1889 to 1895)
- 1884–1888 Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld
- 1889–1906 Johan Anton Wolff Grip
- 1907–1910 Herman Lagercrantz
- 1910–1911 Albert Ehrensvärd (Sweden's Foreign Minister 1911 to 1914)
- 1912–1920 Wilhelm August Ferdinand Ekengren
- 1921–1926 Axel Fingal Wallenberg
- 1925–1945 Wollmar Boström
- 1945–1947 Herman Eriksson
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary (from 1947)[edit]
- 1947–1948 Herman Eriksson
- 1948–1958 Erik Boheman
- 1958–1964 Gunnar Jarring
- 1964–1972 Hubert de Bèsche
- 1972 Yngve Möller (appointed but never took admission due to a break in Swedish–American diplomatic relations.)
- 1974–1989 Wilhelm Wachtmeister
- 1989–1993 Anders Thunborg
- 1993–1997 Henrik Liljegren
- 1997–2000 Rolf Ekéus
- 2000–2005 Jan Eliasson (Sweden's Foreign Minister between April and October 2006), Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
- 2005–2007 Gunnar Lund
- 2007–2013 Jonas Hafström
- 2013–2017 Björn Lyrvall
- 2017–2023 Karin Olofsdotter
- 2023–present Urban Ahlin
See also[edit]
- Sweden–United States relations
- List of diplomatic missions of Sweden
- United States Ambassador to Sweden
References[edit]
- ^ Chief of Protocol, Diplomatic Representation for "Sweden". Sweden. September 12, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2017.Web archiving
