List of ambassadors of Australia to Sweden

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Ambassador of Australia to Sweden
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Incumbent
Frances Sagala
since 29 September 2023
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style His Excellency
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Waterfront Building, Norrmalm
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holderBill Carney (Chargé d'affaires)
Formation15 June 1961
Website Australian Embassy, Sweden

The Ambassador of Australia to Sweden is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Kingdom of Sweden. The ambassador resides in Stockholm. [1] The ambassador also holds non-resident accreditation for Finland (since 1968) and Latvia (since 1997). Accreditation has also previously been held for Denmark (1997–2000), Norway (1970–2003), Lithuania (1997–2013), Iceland (1997–2000) and Estonia (1991–2018). [2]

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Posting history

The earliest Australian representation in Sweden dates to the appointment of a Trade commissioner to Stockholm, which was first announced on 11 May 1958 with responsibility for promoting trade with Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland: "the post would provide an important link in Australia’s trade liaison with the Scandinavian countries, which had recently formed the Nordic Common Market and were an important factor in the discussions now taking place for the formation of a European Free Trade Area. The Stockholm post would ensure far more effective contact with those countries on trade developments in Europe, which were of vital importance to Australia." [3] The first Australia trade commissioner in Stockholm, Bill Carney, took up office in December 1958. [4]

On 28 March 1961, the acting Minister for External Affairs, Sir Garfield Barwick, announced that an Australian legation would be established in Sweden, absorbing the existing trade commissioner's office, with Carney assuming office as chargé d'affaires ad interim from 15 June 1961. [5] [6] In November 1963, it was announced that the legation would be upgraded to the status of embassy, with the Australian Ambassador to the Soviet Union resident in Moscow appointed as the first ambassador to Sweden. [7] On 27 September 1965, Bertram Ballard was appointed as the first resident ambassador to Sweden, and Ballard presented his credentials to King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden on 21 February 1966. [8] [9]

In May 1968 the Minister for External Affairs, Paul Hasluck, announced that the Australian Ambassador to Sweden would receive non-resident accreditation as Ambassador to Finland to exchange representatives at the ambassador level. [10] In July 1968, the second resident Ambassador to Sweden, Roy Peachey, was appointed as the first Ambassador to Finland. [11] [12]

On 8 November 1970, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, William McMahon, announced the appointment of Peachey as Australia's first ambassador to Norway whilst remaining ambassador to Sweden and Finland. [13] Peachey presented his credentials to King Olav V of Norway on 24 November 1970. [14] In 2003, responsibility for Norway was transferred to the Ambassador to Denmark. [15]

On 27 August 1991, Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced Australia's decision to re-establish full diplomatic relations with Estonia, with the Ambassador to Sweden, Robert Merrillees, receiving non-resident accreditation as Australia's first Ambassador to Estonia from 21 November 1991. [16] [17] Responsibility for relations with Estonia was held until 2018, when Foreign Minister Julie Bishop established a new Embassy in Estonia, which would function on a "pop-up" basis, with the ambassador resident in Tallinn for two months of the year and the embassy having a virtual presence based in Stockholm for the remainder of the year. [18] [19]

When the new government of Prime Minister John Howard cut the budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1996–97, forcing the closure of the Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 1997, accreditation for Denmark, Iceland, Latvia, and Lithuania, was transferred to the embassy in Sweden. [20] [21] However responsibility for relations with Denmark and Iceland was lost when the Embassy in Denmark reopened in May 2000. In 2013, responsibility for relations with Lithuania was transferred to the Ambassador to Poland.

Officeholders

The Waterfront Building, home to the Australian Embassy chancery in Stockholm since July 2010. Waterfront Building September 2014 08.jpg
The Waterfront Building, home to the Australian Embassy chancery in Stockholm since July 2010.
#NameTitleOther officesResidencyTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
−Bill CarneyTrade Commissioner and
Chargé d'affaires		 Stockholm, Sweden15 June 196112 July 19621 year, 27 days [1]
−Frederick Gullick23 July 196226 September 19653 years, 65 days [1] [23]
1 Stewart Wolfe Jamieson Ambassador A Moscow, Russia29 November 1963March 19651 year, 3 months [1] [7] [24]
2 John Rowland A March 196527 September 19656 months [1]
3 Bertram Ballard Stockholm, Sweden27 September 1965May 19682 years, 7 months [25]
4Roy Peachey B C May 1968May 19724 years [26] [27] [12] [28]
5 John Petherbridge B C May 1972September 19753 years, 4 months [29]
6 Lance Barnard B C September 1975June 19782 years, 9 months [30] [31]
7 Brian Hill B C June 1978January 19801 year, 7 months [32]
8W. Kevin Flanagan B C January 1980December 19833 years, 11 months [33]
9M. Rosaleen McGovern B C December 1983February 19884 years, 2 months [34] [35] [36]
10Ian Nicholson B C February 1988October 19913 years, 8 months [37]
11 Robert Merrillees B C D October 1991January 19964 years, 3 months [17]
12Judith Pead B C D E F G H January 1996January 19993 years [38]
13 Stephen Brady B C D E F G H January 1999January 20034 years [39]
14Richard Rowe B D G H January 2003March 20074 years, 2 months [40]
15Howard Brown B D G H March 200720 November 20092 years, 8 months [41]
16Paul Stephens B D G H 20 November 200913 November 20122 years, 359 days [42]
17Gerald Thomson B D G H 13 November 2012August 20163 years, 8 months [43]
18Jonathan Kenna B D G 24 August 2016August 20192 years, 11 months [44] [45]
19Bernard Philip B G 29 August 201929 August 20194 years, 1 month [46]
20Frances Sagala B G 29 September 2023incumbent9 months [47]

Notes

^A Also served concurrently as the resident Ambassador of Australia to the Soviet Union, 29 November 1963–27 September 1965.
^B Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Finland, 1968–present.
^C Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Norway, 1970–2003.
^D Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Estonia, 1991–2018.
^E Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Denmark, 1997–2000.
^F Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Iceland, 1997–2000.
^G Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Latvia, 1997–present.
^H Also served as non-resident Ambassador of Australia to Lithuania, 1997–2013.

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