List of ambassadors of Sweden to China

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Ambassador of
Sweden to China
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Per Augustsson
since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Beijing
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence 3 Dongzhimenwai Dajie [lower-alpha 1]
Seat Beijing, China
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg  [ sv ]
Formation1907
Website Swedish Embassy, Beijing

The Ambassador of Sweden to China (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the People's Republic of China) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of China and government of China. The ambassador has a dual accreditation to Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).

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History

Sweden's first envoy to China was the minister in Tokyo, Japan, Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg. In April 1907, Wallenberg was in Beijing to have the Treaty of Canton (1847) between Sweden–Norway and China amended and to establish diplomatic relations between Sweden and China. [2]

During the 1920s and 1930s, legation counselors from the Swedish legation in Tokyo where based in Beijing and served as acting chargé d'affaires . From 1933, the holder of the consul general position also acted as the chargé d'affaires in the Republic of China. [3] Johan Beck-Friis  [ sv ] became Sweden's first resident envoy to China on 1 July 1937. [4]

In 1947, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Nationalist governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleRemarkRef
Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg1907–1918Envoy Acreddited from the legation in Tokyo. [5]
David Bergström7 May 1918 – 10 June 1920Acting envoyAcreddited from the legation in Tokyo. [6]
David Bergström11 June 1920 – 27 October 1922EnvoyAcreddited from the legation in Tokyo. [6]
Oskar Ewerlöf1923–1928EnvoyAcreddited from the legation in Tokyo. [7]
Carl Leijonhufvud1924–1930Legation counselor/Acting chargé d'affaires [8]
Johan Hultman 1929–1936EnvoyAcreddited from the legation in Tokyo. [9]
Joen Lagerberg14 July 1930 – 1932Legation counselor/Acting chargé d'affaires [10]
Johan Beck-Friis18 January 1936 – 30 June 1937Acting chargé d'affairesConsul General in Shanghai. [4]
Johan Beck-Friis1 July 1937 – 1939EnvoyBased in Shanghai. [11] [12]
Erik Kronvall1939–1941Acting chargé d'affairesBased in Shanghai. [13]
–1940–1943EnvoyVacant. [14] [15]
Malte Pripp1940–1946Acting chargé d'affairesBased in Shanghai. [16]
Sven Allard1943–1944Acting envoyBased in Chongqing. [17]
Sven Allard1944 – August 1947EnvoyBased in Chongqing (1944–1945), Nanjing (1945–1946), and Shanghai (from 1947). [18] [19] [20] [21]
Henrik RamelAugust 1947 – April 1948Chargé d'affaires [lower-alpha 2]
Torsten Hammarström July 1947 [lower-alpha 3] – 1951AmbassadorAlso acreddited as envoy to Manila (from 1947) and to Bangkok (from 1948). [22] [26]
Staffan Söderblom1 July 1951 – 1952AmbassadorAssumed office 15 July. [27]
Hugo Wistrand 1952–1956AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bangkok (1953–1956). [28]
Klas Böök 1956–1961AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Bangkok (1956–1959). [29]
Kjell Öberg1961–1962Ambassador [30]
Lennart Petri1963–1969AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Phnom Penh (1965–1969). [31]
Arne Björnberg1969–1974AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Phnom Penh (1969–1974) and Hanoi (1969–1972) as well as Pyongyang (1973–1974). [32]
Kaj Björk 1975–1980AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Phnom Penh (until 1979) and Pyongyang. [33] [34]
Sten Sundfeldt1980–1982AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Pyongyang. [35]
Lars Bergquist1982–1988AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Pyongyang. [36]
Björn Skala1988–1991AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Pyongyang. [37]
Sven Linder23 September 1992 – 1997AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Pyongyang and Ulaanbaatar. [38] [39]
Kjell Anneling1997–2002AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Pyongyang and Ulaanbaatar. [40]
Börje Ljunggren20 November 2002 – 2006AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Ulaanbaatar. [41] [42]
Mikael Lindström 2006–2010AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Ulaanbaatar. [43]
Lars Fredén 1 September 2010 – 2016AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Ulaanbaatar. Presented letter of credence on 1 December. [44] [45]
Anna Lindstedt 1 September 2016 – February 2019Ambassador [46] [47] [48]
Helena Sångeland 2019–2023Ambassador [49]
Per AugustssonAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador [50]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The ambassador's residence is located within the same area as the chancery. [1]
  2. ↑ Henrik Ramel served as legation secretary in China between 1946 and December 1948. [22] [23] After the envoy Sven Allard left China in August 1947, Ramel was chargé d'affaires until Torsten Hammarström took office in April 1948. [21] [23] [24]
  3. ↑ Appointed in July 1947 but only took office in April 1948. [25] [23]

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