List of ambassadors of Sweden to Japan

Ambassador of Sweden to Japan
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Viktoria Flodh Li since 1 September 2024
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Tokyo
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	1 Chome-10-3-100 Roppongi [a]
Seat	Tokyo, Japan
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Frederik Philip van der Hoeven
Formation	1871
Website	Swedish Embassy, Tokyo

The Ambassador of Sweden to Japan (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Japan) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the emperor of Japan and the government of Japan.

History

Diplomatic relations between Sweden and Japan were established in 1868. ^[2] Due to letters patent on 11 November 1870, the care of the Sweden–Norway's interests there was handed over to the Dutch trade representation, which employed consuls and vice-consuls partly in Yokohama and Tokyo (Dutch legation), partly in Nagasaki, as well as in Osaka and Hyōgo. By a decision on 9 October 1900, a career Swedish-Norwegian consulate general was established in Kobe with the whole of Japan as a district. Upon reorganization in 1906, the consulate general in Kobe was closed, and its functions were taken over by the Swedish legation in Tokyo. ^[3]

By a decision on 28 September 1906, the consulate general in Japan was assigned to King in Council's minister there, Gustaf Wallenberg. Wallenberg served as consul general from the same date and as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the same year. ^{[3] [4]}

In the fall of 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Japanese 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. Sweden's envoy handed over his letter of credence as ambassador in December of the same year. ^[5]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Accreditation	Ref
Empire of Japan (1868–1947)
Frederik Philip van der Hoeven	1871–1872	Resident minister
Wilhelm Ferdinand Henrik van Wekherlin	1872–1878	Resident minister
Edmond W.F. Wittewaall van Stoetwegen	1879–1881	Resident minister
Johannes Jakobus van der Plot	1881–1889	Resident minister
Dmitri Louis van Bylandt	1890–1896	Resident minister
Hannibal Casimir Johannes Testa	1896–1900	Resident minister
Hannibal Casimir Johannes Testa	1900–1902	Envoy
Arthur M.D. Swerts de Landas Wyborgh	1902–1905	Envoy
John Loudon	1905–1906	Acting Envoy
Gustaf Wallenberg	1906–1920	Envoy	Also acreddited to Beijing. Also served as consul general from 28 September 1906.	[6] [4]
Patrik Reuterswärd	18 February 1912 – 14 June 1912	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[7]
Patrik Reuterswärd	11 October 1913 – 5 February 1914	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[7]
David Bergström	7 May 1918 – 1920	Acting Envoy	Also acreddited to Beijing.	[8]
David Bergström	11 June 1920 – 1922	Envoy	Also acreddited to Beijing.	[8]
Oskar Ewerlöf	1922–1928	Envoy	Also acreddited to Beijing.	[9]
Johan Hultman	1928–1936	Envoy	Also acreddited to Beijing (from 1929) and Bangkok (from 1931).	[10]
Widar Bagge	1937–1945	Envoy	Also acreddited to Bangkok.	[11]
Erik von Sydow	1945–1946	Chargé d'affaires		[12]
–	1946–1947	–	Vacant.	[13] [14]
Japan (1947–present)
Leif Öhrvall	1948–1951	Diplomatic representative		[15]
Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt	1951–1952	Diplomatic representative		[16]
Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt	1952–1956	Envoy		[17]
Tage Grönwall	9 July 1956 – December 1957	Envoy		[18] [5]
Tage Grönwall	December 1957 – 1962	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Seoul (1959–1962).	[5] [19]
Karl Fredrik Almqvist	1963–1970	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Seoul.	[20]
Gunnar Heckscher	1970–1975	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Seoul.	[21]
Bengt Odevall	1975–1981	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Seoul (1975–1979).	[22]
Gunnar Lonaeus	1981–1986	Ambassador		[23]
Ove Heyman	1986–1991	Ambassador		[24]
Magnus Vahlquist	1992–1997	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Marshall Islands (1995–1997) and the Federated States of Micronesia (1995–1997).	[25]
Krister Kumlin	1997–2002	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.	[26]
Mikael Lindström	2002–2006	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.	[27]
Stefan Noreén	2006–2011	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau (from 2008).	[28]
Lars Vargö	2011–2014	Ambassador
Magnus Robach	2014–2019	Ambassador
Pereric Högberg	1 September 2019 – 2024	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Palau (from February 2022) and the Federated States of Micronesia (from February 2024).	[29] [30] [31]
Viktoria Li	2024–present	Ambassador		[32]

See also

• Japan–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo

Footnotes

1. The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery. ^[1]

References

Notes

1. "Tokyo, Japan. Ambassadanläggning" [Tokyo, Japan. Embassy complex] (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
2. "Om oss" [About us] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
3. Almquist 1914 , pp. 399–400
4. Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1920 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1920. p. 173.
5. "Svensk ambassad även i Tokio" [Swedish embassy also in Tokyo]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 8 December 1957. p. 4A. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
6. Almquist 1914 , p. 400
7. Elgenstierna 1931 , p. 276
8. Jacobson 1922 , p. 728
9. Sveriges statskalender för året 1928 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1928. p. 186.
10. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 506. SELIBR   8261511.
11. Svensson 1953 , p. 61
12. Salander Mortensen 1996, p.  1089.
13. Sveriges statskalender för året 1946 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1946. p. 272.
14. Sveriges statskalender för året 1947 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 278.
15. Sveriges statskalender för året 1951 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1951. p. 295.
16. Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1952 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1952. p. 300.
17. Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1956 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1956. p. 318.
18. "Sveriges beskickning i Tokio" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 November 1957. p. 4A. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
19. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 397. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
20. Sköldenberg 1970 , p. 353
21. Sköldenberg 1975 , p. 410
22. Salander Mortensen 1996, p.  853.
23. Spiegelberg 1986 , p. 357
24. Spiegelberg 1991 , p. 353
25. Almqvist 1997 , pp. 183, 187
26. Spiegelberg 2002 , pp. 183, 187–188
27. Spiegelberg 2006 , pp. 181, 187
28. Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. pp. 184, 190, 193. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
29. "Ny ambassadör i Japan" [New ambassador in Japan] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
30. "Virtual Presentations of Credentials". Office of the President, Republic of Palau. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2024– via Facebook.
31. "Presentation of Credentials Ceremony of His Excellency Ambassador Pereric Högberg of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Federated States of Micronesia". Palikir: Government of the Federated States of Micronesia. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
32. "Ny ambassadör i Japan" [New ambassador in Japan] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

Print

• Almquist, Johan Axel (1914). Kommerskollegium och Riksens Ständers Manufakturkontor samt konsulsstaten 1651-1910: administrativa och biografiska anteckningar (PDF). Meddelanden från svenska Riksarkivet, Ny följd. Ser. 2, 99-0506720-5; 4 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR   844316.
• Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1997). Sveriges statskalender 1997 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. ISBN   9138309734. SELIBR   3682776.
• Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1931). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 6 Posse-von Scheven. Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR   10076758.
• Jacobson, G. (1922). "David Kristian Bergström". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 3. National Archives of Sweden . Retrieved 19 March 2024.
• Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997[Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN   91-1-960852-7. SELIBR   3681533.
• Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender 1970 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer.
• Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1975). Sveriges statskalender 1975 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. ISBN   91-38-02088-2. SELIBR   3682757.
• Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1986). Sveriges statskalender 1986 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. ISBN   91-38-08944-0. SELIBR   3682765.
• Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1991). Sveriges statskalender 1991 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. ISBN   9138125277. SELIBR   3682770.
• Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. ISBN   9138319519. SELIBR   8428312.
• Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. ISBN   91-38-32230-7. SELIBR   10156707.
• Svensson, Stina, ed. (1953). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1953 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1953] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR   9649164.

External links

• Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo (in Swedish, English, and Japanese)