List of ambassadors of Sweden to Greece

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Greece
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Johan Borgstam
since September 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Athens
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Ioanni Metaxa 56, Filothei
Seat Athens, Greece
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Einar af Wirsén
Formation1921
Website Swedish Embassy, Athens

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

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History

Sweden has had diplomatic relations with Greece since 1833. [1]

In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, it was proposed that the head of the mission in Constantinople also be accredited in Athens. However, the experts suggested that, for the time being, the minister should be accredited only in Sofia. [2] Instead, the first Swedish minister to Greece was Einar af Wirsén in 1921, which held a dual accreditation and was posted to the Swedish legation in Bucharest.

Knut Richard Thyberg was the first resident Swedish minister in Greece. He arrived in August 1944. As the Germans did not permit any foreign diplomatic representatives, Minister Thyberg initially held the title of Swedish consul general and only gained full diplomatic status after Greece's liberation and the Germans' withdrawal in October 1944. [3]

In May 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Greek 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. [4]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Carl Peter von Heidenstam2 May 1833 – 5 June 1878 Chargé d'affaires Consul General to the United States of the Ionian Islands on 8 January 1838. Died in office. [5]
Einar af Wirsén 26 September 1921 – 1924 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Bucharest. [6]
Johan Beck-Friis 11 November 1923 – 1924Acting chargé d'affaires [7]
Jonas Alströmer 1925–1933EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Bucharest. [8]
Erik Boheman 1933–1934EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [9]
Wilhelm Winther 1934–1937EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [10]
Eric Gyllenstierna 1938–1939EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [11]
Sven Allard 1938–1939Legation counsellor and chargé d'affaires [12]
Einar Modig 21 August 1939 [lower-alpha 1] – 1944EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [13]
Knut Richard Thyberg 1944–1948Chargé d'affaires [14]
Alexis Aminoff 1949–1951Envoy [15]
Tage Grönwall 1951–1956Envoy [16]
Fritz Stackelberg 1956–1962 Ambassador [17]
Tage Grönwall 1962–1965Ambassador [16]
Gösta Brunnström 1965–1972AmbassadorRecalled to Stockholm in 1967. [lower-alpha 2]
Dag Bergman 1972–1973Ambassador [21]
Agda Rössel 1973–1976Ambassador [22]
Ivar Öhman 1976–1980Ambassador [23]
Iwo Dölling 1980–1985Ambassador [24]
Hans Colliander 1985–1989Ambassador [25]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1989–1992Ambassador [26]
Krister Kumlin1993–1997Ambassador [27]
Björn Elmér1997–2002Ambassador [28]
Mårten Grunditz2002–2008Ambassador [29]
Håkan Malmqvist2008–2013Ambassador [30]
Charlotte Wrangberg 2013–2017Ambassador [31]
Charlotte Sammelin1 September 2017 – 2021Ambassador [32]
Johan BorgstamSeptember 2021 – presentAmbassador [33]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Assumed the position in 1941. [13]
  2. ↑ Brunnström was called back to Stockholm in protest on 15 December 1967 due to the coup d'état of 21 April of the same year. He never returned to Athens but retained his accreditation with the King of Greece until 1972. [18] [19] [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "Grekland" [Greece] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Vår diplomati: beskickning bör upprättas i Prag" [Our diplomacy: diplomatic mission should be established in Prague]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 3. 4 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Bretholz (12 May 1945). "Grekerna..." . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. A15. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Svensk ambassad i Aten" [Swedish embassy in Athens]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 31 May 1956. p. 4A. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1927). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 3 Gadde-Höökenberg. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 530. SELIBR   10076750.
  6. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1934). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 8 Stålarm-Voltemat. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 825. SELIBR   10076764.
  7. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 261. SELIBR   10076137.
  8. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1933 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1933. pp. 194, 197.
  9. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1934 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1934. p. 196.
  10. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1937 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1937. pp. 207, 211.
  11. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1939 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1939. p. 222.
  12. ↑ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 21. SELIBR   9649168.
  13. 1 2 Rockberger, Nicolaus (1985–1987). "Einar Modig". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 25. National Archives of Sweden. p. 600. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  14. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1948 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1948. p. 266.
  15. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1951 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1951. p. 294.
  16. 1 2 Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1981 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1981] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1980. p. 364. ISBN   91-1-805012-3. SELIBR   3681525.
  17. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 1962 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1962. p. 299.
  18. ↑ "Svenske ambassadören hem - "Demonstration mot juntan"" [Swedish ambassador called back - "Demonstration against the junta"]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 16 December 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Till Montreal" [To Montreal]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 27 September 1969. p. 13. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "Snöpligt" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 28 June 1972. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  21. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1973). Sveriges statskalender 1973 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 353. SELIBR   3682755.
  22. ↑ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1976). Sveriges statskalender 1976 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 430. ISBN   91-38-02736-4. SELIBR   3682757.
  23. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1246. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
  24. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 248. ISBN   91-1-914072-X.
  25. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 215. ISBN   91-1-914072-X.
  26. ↑ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1209. ISBN   91-1-943202-X. SELIBR   8261514.
  27. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1997). Sveriges statskalender 1997 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN   9138309734. SELIBR   3682776.
  28. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN   9138319519. SELIBR   8428312.
  29. ↑ Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 181. ISBN   978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR   10900526.
  30. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 181. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  31. ↑ "Nya ambassadörer utsedda" [New ambassadors appointed] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  32. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Grekland" [New ambassador in Greece] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  33. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Grekland" [New ambassador in Greece] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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