List of ambassadors of Sweden to Spain

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Spain
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Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Per-Arne Hjelmborn in 2016.jpg
Incumbent
Per-Arne Hjelmborn
since 2024
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 [a]
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.

Contents

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. [2]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotes Presented credentials Ref
Kingdom of Spain (1700–1808)
Peter Axel Fleming1748–1752 Envoy Died in office. [3]
Carl Leuhusen1752–1755 Chargé d'affaires [4] [5]
Henrik Jacob Hildebrand1754–1762Envoy [6]
Gustaf Philip Creutz 1762–1766Envoy [7]
Fredrik Ulrik von Friesendorff1766–1770Envoy
Bengt Sparre1771–1776Envoy
Malte Ramel1779–1780Envoy [8]
Gustaf d'Albedyhll1783–1784Envoy [9]
Fredric Löwenhielm1781–1783Envoy [10]
Carl August Ehrensvärd4 September 1783 – 1799Envoy [11]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg16 September 1783 – 1784Chargé d'affaires [12]
Carl Fredrik von Heland1785–1790Chargé d'affaires [13]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg29 June 1798 – 1805Chargé d'affaires [12]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg1 March 1805 – 8 July 1806Envoy [12]
Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (1808–1813)
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg21 October 1808 – 20 March 1809Envoy [12]
Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (1810–1873)
Jacob Gustaf De la Gardie2 October 1813 – December 1815Envoy [14]
Gustaf Daniel Lorichs1814–1816Chargé d'affaires ad interim [15]
Gustaf Daniel Lorichs1816 – 9 July 1852Chargé d'affaires [15]
Johan Henrik Tawast14 February 1821 – ?Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryThis mission was not carried out. [16]
Johan Wilhelm Bergman1852–1865Resident minister
Eugène von Stedingk17 November 1865 – 21 January 1869Resident minister [17]
Lave Gustaf Beck-Friis7 October 1868 – 1869Chargé d‘affaires ad interim [18]
Frans Theodor Lindstrand21 January 1869 – 11 February 1873 [b] Resident minister [19]
First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)
Frans Theodor Lindstrand11 February 1873 [b] – 29 December 1874 [c] Resident minister [19]
Kingdom of Spain (Bourbon) (1874–1931)
Frans Theodor Lindstrand29 December 1874 [c] – 1877Resident minister [19]
Henrik Åkerman1877–1882Resident minister [20]
Henrik Åkerman1882–1884Minister plenipotentiary [20]
Johan Anton Wolff Grip1884–1889Minister plenipotentiary [21]
Arild Huitfeldt1890 – 21 April 1891Minister plenipotentiaryDied in office. [22]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg 1891–1897Minister plenipotentiary [23]
Ove Gude1897–1902Envoy [24]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg 1902–1905Envoy [23]
Robert Sager1905–1907EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [25]
Carl Haraldsson Strömfelt1907–1913EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [26]
Gustaf Falkenberg28 November 1913 – 26 August 1917EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. Died in office. [27] [28]
Augustin Beck-Friis4 December 1917 – 1920Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryAlso accredited to Lisbon.4 March 1918 to King Alfonso XIII. [29] [30]
Ivan Danielsson1921–1922EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon.31 March 1921 to King Alfonso XIII. [31] [32]
Wollmar Boström 1922–1925EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [33]
Ivan Danielsson1925–1931EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [34]
Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) and the Spanish State (1936–1975)
Ivan Danielsson1931–1937EnvoyAlso accredited to Lisbon. [34]
Erik Wisén1935–1939Chargé d'affaires ad interimBased in Barcelona. [35]
Nils Berencreutz2 December 1938 – 31 March 1939AgentBased in Burgos. [36] [37]
Nils Berencreutz1 April 1939 – 1939Chargé d'affaires ad interim [37] [38]
Karl Ivan Westman 1939–1941Envoy [39]
Joen Lagerberg28 March 1941 – 1942Envoy [40]
Karl Ivan Westman 1942–1945Envoy [41]
Nils Berencreutz1948–1951Chargé d'affaires ad interim [38]
Wilhelm Winther 1 February 1951 – 8 March 1956Envoy [42] [43]
Wilhelm Winther 9 March 1956 – 1958Ambassador [43]
Herbert Ribbing1958–1963Ambassador [44]
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna1964–1968Ambassador [45]
Jan Stenström1969–1972Ambassador [46]
Knut Bernström 1973–1975Ambassador [47]
Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)
Knut Bernström 1975–1976Ambassador [47]
Lennart Petri 1976–1980Ambassador [48]
Carl-George Crafoord 1980–1986Ambassador [49]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1986–1989Ambassador [50]
Ulf Hjertonsson1989–1995Ambassador [51]
Tomas Bertelman 1995–2000AmbassadorAlso accredited to Andorra. [52]
Lars Grundberg2000–2005AmbassadorAlso accredited to Andorra. [53]
Anders Rönquist2005–2010AmbassadorAlso accredited to Andorra.26 September 2005 to King Juan Carlos I. [54] [55]
Jörgen Persson1 September 2010 – 2011Chargé d'affaires [56]
Cecilia Julin 2011–2016AmbassadorAlso accredited to Andorra.10 January 2012 to King Juan Carlos I. [57] [58]
Lars-Hjalmar WideSeptember 2016 – 2019AmbassadorAlso accredited to Andorra.29 September 2016 to King Felipe VI. [59] [60] [61]
Teppo Tauriainen1 September 2019 – 2024AmbassadorAlso accredited to Andorra.27 November 2019 to King Felipe VI. [62] [63] [64]
Per-Arne Hjelmborn2024–presentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Andorra.11 November 2024 to King Felipe VI. [65] [66] [67]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery. [1]
  2. 1 2 The 11 February 1873 was the start of the First Spanish Republic when King Amadeo I abdicated from the Spanish throne.
  3. 1 2 The 29 December 1874 was the end of the First Spanish Republic and the start of the Restoration.

References

  1. ↑ "Sveriges ambassad i Madrid, Spanien" [Embassy of Sweden in Madrid, Spain] (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Beskickningen Madrid (1740 – )" [Diplomatic mission Madrid (1740 – )] (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Hildebrand, Bengt; Gillingstam, Hans (1964–1966). "Fleming, släkt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 16. National Archives of Sweden. p. 111. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1928). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 4 Igelström-Lillietopp. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 595. SELIBR   10076751.
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  6. ↑ "Hildebrand, släkt, adlig". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 19. National Archives of Sweden. 1971–1973. p. 35. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Castrén, Gunnar (1931). "Gustav Philip Creutz". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 9. National Archives of Sweden. p. 136. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  8. ↑ H G-m (1995–1997). "Ramel, släkt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 29. National Archives of Sweden. p. 629. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1926). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 2 af Chapman-Fägerstråle. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 148. SELIBR   10076748.
  10. ↑ H G-m (1982–1984). "Löwenhielm, släkt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 24. National Archives of Sweden. p. 590. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Hildebrand, Bengt; Hildebrand, Ingegerd (1949). "Carl August Ehrensvärd". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 12. National Archives of Sweden. p. 469. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Naumann, Erik (1918). "Carl Gustaf Adlerberg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 1. National Archives of Sweden. p. 103. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  13. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1927). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 3 Gadde-Höökenberg. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 552. SELIBR   10076750.
  14. ↑ Grade, A. (1931). "Jacob Gustaf De la Gardie". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 10. National Archives of Sweden. p. 739. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  15. 1 2 Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1930). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 5 Lind af Hageby-von Porten. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 76. SELIBR   10076756.
  16. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1934). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 8 Stålarm-Voltemat. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 200. SELIBR   10076764.
  17. ↑ Lenander, Anne-Marie (2007–2011). "L Eugéne F O Stedingk, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 33. National Archives of Sweden. p. 188. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  18. ↑ Hedin, E. (1922). "Lave G Beck-Friis". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 3. National Archives of Sweden. p. 8. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  19. 1 2 3 Anjou, Anton (1899). Kongl. Svea hofrätts presidenter samt embets- och tjenstemän 1614-1898: Biografiska anteckningar (in Swedish). Eksjö: Eksjö tryckeriaktiebolag. p. 238. SELIBR   2493248.
  20. 1 2 Westrin, Theodor, ed. (1922). Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi (in Swedish). Vol. 33 (New, revised and richly illustrated edition. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förl. p. 969. SELIBR   8072220.
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  27. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1926). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 2 af Chapman-Fägerstråle. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 660. SELIBR   10076748.
  28. ↑ "Envoyen Gustaf Falkenberg död" [Envoy Gustaf Falkenberg dead]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 230. 27 August 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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  32. ↑ "Sveriges nye minister i Madrid" [Sweden's new minister in Madrid]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 92. 8 April 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  33. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 187.
  34. 1 2 Sveriges statskalender för året 1937 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1937. p. 210.
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  37. 1 2 "Sverige har nu erkänt Francospanien" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1 April 1939. p. A5. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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  43. 1 2 "Ny ambassadör" . Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 10 March 1956. p. 4A. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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  55. ↑ "Presentación de las cartas credenciales del Embajador del Reino de Suecia" [Presentation of the credentials of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden] (in Spanish). Madrid: Royal House. 26 September 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  56. ↑ "Swedish ambassador post in Spain still vacant". The Local . 23 January 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  57. ↑ "Cecilia Julin: Ambassador of Sweden to Spain and Andorra". www.uno-magazine.com. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
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  60. ↑ "Lars-Hjalmar Wide". www.ambassadorllp.com. The Ambassador Partnership. Retrieved 21 August 2025. He has served as Sweden's Ambassador to [...] and until September 2019 to Spain and Andorra.
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  64. ↑ "Siete nuevos Embajadores extranjeros presentan cartas credenciales" [Seven new foreign ambassadors present credentials] (in Spanish). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  65. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Spanien" [New ambassador in Spain] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  66. ↑ Hjelmborn, Per-Arne [@EmbajadorSuecia] (18 March 2025). "En Andorra entregué las Cartas Credenciales a la Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores de Andorra, Sra. @ImmaTorFaus. Tuvimos una conversación entrañable sobre nuevas vías de colaboración entre nuestros países" [In Andorra, I presented my Credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Andorra, Ms. @ImmaTorFaus. We had a warm conversation about new avenues for collaboration between our countries.] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Andorra la Vella. Retrieved 21 August 2025– via Twitter.
  67. ↑ "Per-Arne Hjelmborn, Sveriges Ambassadör i Madrid överlämnade idag sitt Kreditivbrev till Spaniens Kung Felipe VI" [Per-Arne Hjelmborn, Sweden's Ambassador in Madrid, today presented his Letters of Credence to Spain's King Felipe VI.]. Consulate of Sweden, Torrevieja. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2025– via Facebook.
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