List of ambassadors of Sweden to Spain

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Spain
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Incumbent
Teppo Tauriainen
since 1 September 2019
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Madrid
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Calle de Zurbano 27
Seat Madrid, Spain
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holderPeter Axel Fleming
Formation1748
Website Swedish Embassy, Madrid

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

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History

In 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Spanish 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. [1]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Peter Axel Fleming1748–1752 Envoy Died in office. [2]
Carl Leuhusen1752–1755 Chargé d'affaires [3] [4]
Henrik Jacob Hildebrand1754–1762Envoy [5]
Gustaf Philip Creutz 1762–1766Envoy [6]
Fredrik Ulrik von Friesendorff1766–1770Envoy
Bengt Sparre1771–1776Envoy
Malte Ramel1779–1780Envoy [7]
Gustaf d'Albedyhll1783–1784Envoy [8]
Fredric Löwenhielm1781–1783Envoy [9]
Carl August Ehrensvärd4 September 1783 – 1799Envoy [10]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg16 September 1783 – 1784Chargé d'affaires [11]
Carl Fredrik von Heland1785–1790Chargé d'affaires [12]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg29 June 1798 – 1805Chargé d'affaires [11]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg1 March 1805 – 8 July 1806Envoy [11]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg21 October 1808 – 20 March 1809Envoy [11]
Jacob Gustaf De la Gardie2 October 1813 – December 1815Envoy [13]
Gustaf Daniel Lorichs1814–1816Acting chargé d'affaires [14]
Gustaf Daniel Lorichs1816 – 9 July 1852Chargé d'affaires [14]
Johan Henrik Tawast14 February 1821 – ?Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryThis mission was not carried out. [15]
Johan Wilhelm Bergman1852–1865Resident minister
Eugène von Stedingk17 November 1865 – 21 January 1869Resident minister [16]
Lave Gustaf Beck-Friis7 October 1868 – 1869Chargé d‘affaires ad interim [17]
Frans Theodor Lindstrand1869–1877Resident minister
Henrik Åkerman1877–1882Resident minister
Henrik Åkerman1882–1884Minister plenipotentiary
Johan Anton Wolff Grip1884–1889Minister plenipotentiary [18]
Arild Huitfeldt1890 – 21 April 1891Minister plenipotentiaryDied in office. [19]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg 1891–1897Minister plenipotentiary [20]
Ove Gude1897–1902Envoy [21]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg 1902–1905Envoy [20]
Robert Sager1905–1907EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [22]
Carl Haraldsson Strömfelt1907–1913EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [23]
Gustaf Falkenberg28 November 1913 – 26 August 1917EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. Died in office. [24] [25]
Augustin Beck-Friis4 December 1917 – 1920Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryAlso accredited to Lisbon. [26]
Ivan Danielsson1921–1922EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [27]
Wollmar Boström 1922–1925EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [28]
Ivan Danielsson1925–1937EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [29]
Erik Wisén1935–1939Acting charge d'affairesBased in Barcelona. [30]
Nils Berencreutz2 December 1938 – 31 March 1939AgentBased in Burgos. [31] [32]
Nils Berencreutz1 April 1939 – 1939Acting chargé d'affaires [32] [33]
Karl Ivan Westman 1939–1941Envoy [34]
Joen Lagerberg28 March 1941 – 1942Envoy [35]
Karl Ivan Westman 1942–1945Envoy [36]
Nils Berencreutz1948–1951Acting chargé d'affaires [33]
Wilhelm Winther 1 February 1951 – 8 March 1956Envoy [37] [38]
Wilhelm Winther 9 March 1956 – 1958Ambassador [38]
Herbert Ribbing1958–1963Ambassador [39]
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna1964–1968Ambassador [40]
Jan Stenström1969–1972Ambassador [41]
Knut Bernström 1973–1976Ambassador [42]
Lennart Petri1976–1980Ambassador [43]
Carl-George Crafoord 1980–1986Ambassador [44]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1986–1989Ambassador [45]
Ulf Hjertonsson1989–1995Ambassador [46]
Tomas Bertelman 1995–2000AmbassadorDual accreditation to Andorra. [47]
Lars Grundberg2000–2005AmbassadorDual accreditation to Andorra. [48]
Anders Rönquist2005–2010AmbassadorDual accreditation to Andorra. [49]
Jörgen Persson1 September 2010 – 2011Chargé d'affaires [50]
Cecilia Julin 2011–2016Ambassador
Lars-Hjalmar WideSeptember 2016 – 2019Ambassador [51]
Teppo Tauriainen1 September 2019 – presentAmbassadorDual accreditation to Andorra. [52] [53]

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