List of ambassadors of Sweden to France

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Ambassador of
Sweden to France
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Incumbent
Håkan Åkesson
since September 2020
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Paris
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence 17 rue Barbet de Jouy
Seat Paris, France
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Hugo Grotius
Formation1634
Website Swedish Embassy, Paris

The Ambassador of Sweden to France (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the French Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of France and the government of France.

Contents

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRefs
Hugo Grotius 1634–1645?
Clas Åkesson Tott1661–1662?
Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck April 1666 – 1667AmbassadorPower of attorney on 31 May 1665 [1]
Clas Åkesson Tott1672–1674?
Carl Bonde7 October 1674 – ?Envoy extraordinary [2]
Nils Lillieroot9 November 1677 – November 1677Envoy extraordinary [3]
Nils Lillieroot31 March 1681 — 1689EnvoyWith a break in service in 1686 [3]
Johan Palmquist6 April 1697 – 1702Resident [4]
Daniel Cronström 13 August 1702 – 3 November 1703Resident [5]
Daniel Cronström 4 November 1703 – 30 August 1719Envoy extraordinaryDied in office. [5]
Carl Gustaf Bielke 19 October 1719 – 27 February 1721Envoy extraordinary [6]
Niclas Peter von Gedda6 May 1721 – 1725Resident [7]
Niclas Peter von Gedda16 August 1725 – 1728Envoy [7]
Niclas Peter von Gedda1 December 1730 – 1736Minister Plenipotentiary [7]
Per Axel Fleming1738–1742 Minister
Carl Gustaf Tessin 1739–1742Minister Plenipotentiary [8]
Claes Ekeblad1742–1744Envoy
Carl Fredrik Scheffer February 1744 – 1752Envoy [9]
Ulrik Scheffer1752–1763Envoy
Ulrik Scheffer1763–1765Ambassador
Gustaf Philip Creutz 7 January 1766 – 1772Envoy [10]
Gustaf Philip Creutz 6 October 1772 – 1783Ambassador [10]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein May 1783 – 1783 Chargé d'affaires [11]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 31 July 1783 – 1783Minister Plenipotentiary [11]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 24 November 1783 – February 1792Ambassador [11]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 25 February 1783 – November 1793Ambassador [11]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 23 February 1795 – August 1796Ambassador [11]
Carl Gustaf König22 November 1796 – 1797Chargé d'affaires [12]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 20 February 1798 – 1798Commissioner Plenipotentiary [11]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 4 April 1798 – 13 July 1799Minister Plenipotentiary [11]
Carl August Ehrensvärd23 May 1801 – 28 March 1804Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [13]
Gustaf Lagerbielke8 August 1810 – 16 April 1811Envoy [14]
Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'Ohsson 24 May 1811 – 29 December 1812Chargé d'affaires [15]
Elof Signeul1 October 1815 – 8 November 1817Chargé d'affaires [16]
Carl Hochschild 16 October 1817 – 1818Chargé d'affaires [17]
Gustaf Löwenhielm 4 April 1818 – 8 February 1856Envoy [18]
Georg Adelswärd8 July 1844 – 16 September 1844Acting chargé d'affaires [19]
Georg Adelswärd31 July 1850 – 8 September 1850Acting chargé d'affaires [19]
Georg Adelswärd12 July 1852 – 12 August 1852Acting chargé d'affaires [19]
Carl August Järta1853–1856Chargé d'affaires [20]
Ludvig Manderström 8 January 1856 – 1858Envoy [21]
Georg Adelswärd15 June 1858 – 14 December 1877Envoy [19]
Georg Sibbern 1878–1884Envoy [22]
Carl Lewenhaupt 30 September 1884 – 1889Envoy [23]
Gustaf Adolf Sixten Axel August Lewenhaupt1 November 1889 – 21 November 1889Chargé d'affaires [24]
Frederik Georg Knut Due1890–1899Envoy [25]
Henrik Åkerman1899 – 13 June 1905EnvoyDied in office. [26]
August Gyldenstolpe1905–1918Envoy [27]
Albert Ehrensvärd 11 June 1918 – 4 May 1934Envoy [28]
Einar Hennings1934–1944Envoy [29]
Erik Boheman 1944–1947Envoy
Karl Ivan Westman 1947 – 15 October 1947Envoy [30]
Karl Ivan Westman 15 October 1947 – 1956Ambassador [30]
Ragnar Kumlin1956–1965Ambassador [31]
Rolf Sohlman2 November 1965 – 23 July 1967AmbassadorDied in office. [32]
Gunnar Hägglöf 1967–1971Ambassador [33]
Ingemar Hägglöf1971–1978Ambassador [33]
Sverker Åström 1978–1982Ambassador [34]
Carl Lidbom 1982–1992Ambassador [35]
Stig Brattström1992–1996Ambassador [36]
Örjan Berner1996–2001Ambassador [37]
Frank Belfrage 2001–2006Ambassador [38]
Krister Kumlin2006–2007Chargé d'affaires ad interim (acting)
Gunnar Lund 2007–2014Ambassador
Veronika Wand-Danielsson 2014–2020Ambassador
Håkan ÅkessonSeptember 2020 – presentAmbassador [39]

See also

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