Ambassador of Sweden to Norway | |
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Incumbent since 2024Mikael Eriksson | |
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Oslo | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Inkognitogata 27 [lower-alpha 1] |
Seat | Oslo, Norway |
Appointer | Government of Sweden |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Ernst Günther |
Formation | 1905 |
Website | Swedish Embassy, Oslo |
The Ambassador of Sweden to Norway (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Norway) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the monarch and government of Norway.
Sweden's first minister in Norway, Ernst Günther, was appointed in November 1905 after the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in June of the same year. [2] The consulate general established for Norway after the dissolution of the union was entrusted to the King in Council's minister in Norway. [3]
In 1947, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Norwegian 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. On 21 September of the same year, Baron Johan Beck-Friis took office as Sweden's first ambassador in modern times. [4]
Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Ernst Günther | 29 November 1905 – 1908 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | Also consul general. [lower-alpha 2] | [2] |
Ivan Danielsson | 1908–1910 | Acting chargé d'affaires | [5] | |
Gustaf Falkenberg | 17 June 1908 – 1913 | Envoy | Also consul general. [lower-alpha 3] | [6] |
Fredrik Ramel | 28 November 1913 – 1923 | Envoy | Also consul general. [lower-alpha 4] | [7] |
Claës Bonde | 9 March 1917 – 1 June 1918 | Acting chargé d'affaires | [8] | |
Patrik Reuterswärd | 1918–1918 | Acting chargé d'affaires | [9] | |
Torvald Höjer | 28 February 1923 – 30 October 1937 | Envoy | [10] | |
Christian Günther | 26 November 1937 – 1939 | Envoy | [11] | |
Johan Beck-Friis | 1940 – 20 September 1947 | Envoy | [4] | |
Johan Beck-Friis | 21 September 1947 – 1950 | Ambassador | [4] | |
Hans W:son Ahlmann | 1950–1956 | Ambassador | [12] | |
Rolf Edberg | 1956–1967 | Ambassador | [13] | |
Dick Hichens-Bergström | 1968–1973 | Ambassador | [14] | |
Yngve Möller | 1973–1978 | Ambassador | [15] | |
Love Kellberg | 1978–1987 | Ambassador | [16] | |
Axel Edelstam | 1987–1989 | Ambassador | [17] | |
Lennart Bodström | 1989–1993 | Ambassador | [18] | |
Kjell Anneling | 1993–1997 | Ambassador | [19] | |
Magnus Vahlqvist | 1997–2001 | Ambassador | [20] | |
Mats Ringborg | 2002–2006 | Ambassador | [21] | |
Michael Sahlin | 2007–2010 | Ambassador | [22] | |
Ingrid Hjelt af Trolle | 2010–2014 | Ambassador | ||
Axel Wernhoff | 2014–2018 | Ambassador | ||
Krister Bringéus | November 2018 – 2020 | Ambassador | [23] | |
Cecilia Björner | January 2021 – 2024 | Ambassador | [24] | |
Mikael Eriksson | 2024–present | Ambassador | [25] |
FriherreEbbe Gyllenstierna af Lundholm was a Swedish Army officer and a modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished 16th.