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] The first Swedish minister to Greece was Einar af Wirsén in 1921. He held a dual accreditation and was posted to the Swedish legation in Bucharest, Romania.

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. [2]

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. [3]

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. [4]
Einar af Wirsén 26 September 1921 – 1924 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Bucharest. [5]
Jonas Alströmer 1925–1933EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Bucharest. [6]
Erik Boheman 1933–1934EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [7]
Wilhelm Winther 1934–1937EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [8]
Eric Gyllenstierna 1938–1939EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [9]
Einar Modig 21 August 1939 [lower-alpha 1] – 1944EnvoyAccredited from the legation in Ankara. [10]
Knut Richard Thyberg 1944–1948Chargé d'affaires [11]
Alexis Aminoff 1949–1951Envoy [12]
Tage Grönwall 1951–1956Envoy [13]
Fritz Stackelberg 1956–1962 Ambassador [14]
Tage Grönwall 1962–1965Ambassador [13]
Gösta Brunnström 1965–1972AmbassadorRecalled to Stockholm in 1967. [lower-alpha 2]
Dag Bergman 1972–1973Ambassador [18]
Agda Rössel 1973–1976Ambassador [19]
Ivar Öhman 1976–1980Ambassador [20]
Iwo Dölling 1980–1985Ambassador [21]
Hans Colliander 1985–1989Ambassador [22]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1989–1992Ambassador [23]
Krister Kumlin1993–1997Ambassador [24]
Björn Elmér1997–2002Ambassador [25]
Mårten Grunditz2002–2008Ambassador [26]
Håkan Malmqvist2008–2013Ambassador [27]
Charlotte Wrangberg 2013–2017Ambassador
Charlotte Sammelin1 September 2017 – 2021Ambassador [28]
Johan BorgstamSeptember 2021 – presentAmbassador [29]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Assumed the position in 1941. [10]
  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. [15] [16] [17]

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References

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  7. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1934 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1934. p. 196.
  8. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1937 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1937. pp. 207, 211.
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