Ambassador of Sweden to Germany | |
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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 holder | Carl Gustaf Friesendorff |
Formation | 1705 |
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.
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Anders Leijonstedt | 1698–1700 | ? | ||
Anders Leijonstedt (and Herman Cedercreutz) | 1703–1710 | ? | ||
Johannes Rosenhane | 1705–1707 | ? | ||
Carl Gustaf Friesendorff | 1712–1715 | ? | ||
Mr Kirbach | 1719 | ? | ||
Carl Posse | 1720–1723 | ? | ||
Gustaf Zülich | 1740–1743 | ? | ||
Henning Gyllenborg | 1743 | ? | ||
Carl Gustaf Tessin | 1744–1746 | ? | ||
Gustaf Wulfvenstierna | 18 July 1748 – 9 May 1758 | Envoy | Died in office (on his way home to Sweden). | [1] |
Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel | 1766–1779 | ? | ||
Carl Eherenfried von Carisien | 1787–1794 | ? | ||
Carl Gustaf Schultz von Ascheraden | 1796–1798 | ? | ||
Lars von Engeström | 1798–1803 | ? | ||
Karl Gustaf von Brinkman | 1807–1808 | ? | ||
Carl Hochschild | 1850–1854 | ? | ||
Carl von und zu Mansbach | 1855–1857 | ? |
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Gustaf Zülich | 1729–1732 | ? | ||
Johan August Greiffenheim | 1747–1749 | Minister | Also minister at the Polish court. | [2] |
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Frederik Due | 1871–1873 | Envoy | ||
Gillis Bildt | 3 March 1874 – 21 August 1886 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | In Berlin, also in Dresden on 21 April 1875, and in Karlsruhe on 27 April 1881. | [3] |
Alfred Lagerheim | 29 October 1886 – 1899 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | In Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Dresden. In Munich from 28 May 1890. | [4] |
Arvid Taube | 28 February 1900 – 1909 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Imperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts. | [5] |
Eric Trolle | 30 April 1909 – 1912 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Imperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts. | [6] |
Arvid Taube | 1 April 1912 – 14 October 1916 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Died in office. | [5] |
Hans-Henrik von Essen | 13 February 1917 – 1918 | Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spéciale | In Berlin, Dresden, Karlsruhe, Munich, and Stuttgart. | [7] |
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Hans-Henrik von Essen | 20 June 1919 – 1920 | Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spéciale | To the German Reich. | [7] |
Hans-Henrik von Essen | 14 May 1920 – 31 January 1923 | Envoy | To the German Reich. Died in office. | [7] |
Fredrik Ramel | 23 February 1923 – 1925 | Envoy | [8] | |
Einar af Wirsén | 26 September 1926 – 1937 | Envoy | [9] | |
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Arvid Richert | 29 January 1937 – 23 April 1945 | Envoy | [10] | |
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Ragnar Kumlin | 1950–1956 | Ambassador | ||
Ole Jödahl | 1956–1967 | Ambassador | ||
Nils Montan | 1967–1972 | Ambassador | ||
Sven Backlund | 1972–1983 | Ambassador | ||
Lennart Eckerberg | 1983–1990 | Ambassador | ||
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Carl Johan Rappe | 1973–1976 | Ambassador | ||
Eric Virgin | 1976−1982 | Ambassador | ||
Rune Nyström | 1982–1985 | Ambassador | ||
Henrik Liljegren | 1985–1989 | Ambassador | ||
Vidar Hellners | 1989–1990 | Ambassador | ||
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Torsten Örn | 1990–1994 | Ambassador | ||
Örjan Berner | 1994–1996 | Ambassador | ||
Mats Hellström | 1996–2001 | Ambassador | ||
Carl Tham | 2002–2006 | Ambassador | ||
Ruth Jacoby | 2006–2010 | Ambassador | ||
Staffan Carlsson | 2010–2015 | Ambassador | ||
Lars Danielsson | 2015–2017 | Ambassador | [11] | |
Per Thöresson | March 2017 – 2023 | Ambassador | [12] | |
Veronika Wand-Danielsson | August 2023 – present | Ambassador | [13] |
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