List of ambassadors of Sweden to Germany

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Germany
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
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Incumbent
Veronika Wand-Danielsson
since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Berlin
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Pücklerstraße 42–44, Dahlem
Seat Berlin, Germany
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holderCarl Gustaf Friesendorff
Formation1705
Website Swedish Embassy, Berlin

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

Contents

Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Hannover

Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Anders Leijonstedt1698–1700?
Anders Leijonstedt (and Herman Cedercreutz)1703–1710?
Johannes Rosenhane1705–1707?
Carl Gustaf Friesendorff1712–1715?
Mr Kirbach1719?
Carl Posse1720–1723?
Gustaf Zülich1740–1743?
Henning Gyllenborg1743?
Carl Gustaf Tessin 1744–1746?
Gustaf Wulfvenstierna18 July 1748 – 9 May 1758EnvoyDied in office (on his way home to Sweden). [1]
Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel1766–1779?
Carl Eherenfried von Carisien1787–1794?
Carl Gustaf Schultz von Ascheraden1796–1798?
Lars von Engeström 1798–1803?
Karl Gustaf von Brinkman 1807–1808?
Carl Hochschild 1850–1854?
Carl von und zu Mansbach 1855–1857?

Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Gustaf Zülich1729–1732?
Johan August Greiffenheim1747–1749MinisterAlso minister at the Polish court. [2]

German Empire (1871–1918)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Frederik Due 1871–1873Envoy
Gillis Bildt 3 March 1874 – 21 August 1886Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryIn Berlin, also in Dresden on 21 April 1875, and in Karlsruhe on 27 April 1881. [3]
Alfred Lagerheim 29 October 1886 – 1899Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryIn Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Dresden. In Munich from 28 May 1890. [4]
Arvid Taube 28 February 1900 – 1909Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryImperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts. [5]
Eric Trolle 30 April 1909 – 1912Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryImperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts. [6]
Arvid Taube 1 April 1912 – 14 October 1916Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDied in office. [5]
Hans-Henrik von Essen13 February 1917 – 1918Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spécialeIn Berlin, Dresden, Karlsruhe, Munich, and Stuttgart. [7]

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Hans-Henrik von Essen20 June 1919 – 1920Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spécialeTo the German Reich. [7]
Hans-Henrik von Essen14 May 1920 – 31 January 1923EnvoyTo the German Reich. Died in office. [7]
Fredrik Ramel 23 February 1923 – 1925Envoy [8]
Einar af Wirsén 26 September 1926 – 1937Envoy [9]

Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Arvid Richert29 January 1937 – 23 April 1945Envoy [10]

West Germany (1949–1990)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Ragnar Kumlin1950–1956Ambassador
Ole Jödahl1956–1967Ambassador
Nils Montan 1967–1972Ambassador
Sven Backlund 1972–1983Ambassador
Lennart Eckerberg1983–1990Ambassador

East Germany (1949–1990)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Carl Johan Rappe1973–1976Ambassador
Eric Virgin 1976−1982Ambassador
Rune Nyström1982–1985Ambassador
Henrik Liljegren 1985–1989Ambassador
Vidar Hellners1989–1990Ambassador

Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Torsten Örn1990–1994Ambassador
Örjan Berner1994–1996Ambassador
Mats Hellström 1996–2001Ambassador
Carl Tham 2002–2006Ambassador
Ruth Jacoby2006–2010Ambassador
Staffan Carlsson2010–2015Ambassador
Lars Danielsson2015–2017Ambassador [11]
Per ThöressonMarch 2017 – 2023Ambassador [12]
Veronika Wand-Danielsson August 2023 – presentAmbassador [13]

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