List of ambassadors of Sweden to Switzerland

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Switzerland
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Carl Magnus Nesser
since 27 June 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Bern
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence Pourtalèsstrasse 49, Muri bei Bern [a]
Seat Bern, Switzerland
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Albert Ehrensvärd
Formation12 August 1915
Website Swedish Embassy, Bern

The Ambassador of Sweden to Switzerland (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Swiss Confederation) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of the Swiss Confederation and the Federal Council.

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History

In August 1915, the Swedish government appointed the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Albert Ehrensvärd, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation. This made him Sweden's first ministerial representative in Switzerland, where the country had previously only been represented by a consular agent in Geneva. [3]

In April 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Swiss 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. [4]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Elof SigneulJanuary 1814 – 1815Diplomatic agent [5]
Albert Ehrensvärd 12 August 1915 – 1918Envoy [6]
Patrick Adlercreutz22 July 1918 – 26 September 1921Acting envoy [b] [7]
Patrick Adlercreutz26 September 1921 – 1922Envoy [7]
Jonas Alströmer 28 June 1922 – 1925EnvoyAlso accredited to Budapest and Vienna (from 27 September 1924). [8]
Einar Hennings1925–1928EnvoyAlso accredited to Budapest and Vienna. [9]
Karl Ivan Westman 1928–1939Envoy [10]
Hans Beck-Friis1939–1940Envoy [11]
Zenon P. Westrup1940–1946Envoy [12]
Staffan Söderblom6 July 1946 – 1951EnvoyAppointed on 14 June 1946. [13]
Torsten Hammarström 1951 – April 1957Envoy [4] [14]
Torsten Hammarström April 1957 – 1962Ambassador [4] [14]
Fritz Stackelberg 1962–1965Ambassador [15]
Klas Böök 1965–1972Ambassador [16]
Sven-Eric Nilsson1973–1982Ambassador [17]
Bengt Odevall 1982–1987Ambassador [18]
Hans Ewerlöf1987–1993AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz (from 1991). [19]
Jan Mårtenson 1993–1995AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz. [20]
Folke Löfgren1996–2001AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz. [21]
Lars Magnuson2001–2006AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz. [22]
Per ThöressonSeptember 2006 – August 2014AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz. [23] [24]
Magnus Hartog-Holm1 September 2014 – 2019AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz. [25]
Jan Knutsson1 September 2019 – 2023AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz. [26] [27]
Carl Magnus Nesser27 June 2023 – presentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz. [28] [29]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The former residence, located at Thunstrasse 67 in Gryphenhübeli, [1] was sold by the National Property Board of Sweden in the first quarter of 2020. [2]
  2. ↑ Appointed Acting Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation on 22 July 1918; appointed Minister Resident and Head of the Legal Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 12 September 1919; concurrently serving as Acting Envoy to the Swiss Confederation from the same date. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 321.
  2. ↑ "Årsredovisning 2020 - Året i korthet" [Annual report 2020 - The year in brief](PDF) (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. 2020. p. 86. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Svensk ministerpost i Schweiz" [Swedish minister post in Switzerland]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). No. 222. 18 August 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ambassadörer" [Ambassadors]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 13 April 1957. p. A11. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Hagstedt, Rolf (2003–2006). "Elof Signeul". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 32. National Archives of Sweden. p. 182. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Hildebrand, Bengt; Lindberg, Folke (1949). "Johan Jakob Albert Ehrensvärd". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 12. National Archives of Sweden. p. 496. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 37. SELIBR   10076137.
  8. ↑ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 71. SELIBR   10076137.
  9. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 459. SELIBR   8261511.
  10. ↑ Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1019. SELIBR   3681519.
  11. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 73. SELIBR   8261511.
  12. ↑ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 874. SELIBR   9649168.
  13. ↑ Matz, Johan (2020). "Staffan John Söderblom". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 35. National Archives of Sweden. p. 365. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  14. 1 2 Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 412. SELIBR   9649168.
  15. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1020. ISBN   91-1-843222-0. SELIBR   3681527.
  16. ↑ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 167. ISBN   91-1-766022-X. SELIBR   3681523.
  17. ↑ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 819. ISBN   91-1-960852-7. SELIBR   3681533.
  18. ↑ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 864. ISBN   9172850426. SELIBR   8261515.
  19. ↑ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 351, 357. ISBN   9138128098. SELIBR   3682772.
  20. ↑ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 809. ISBN   9172850426. SELIBR   8261515.
  21. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 184, 190. ISBN   9138318385. SELIBR   8261601.
  22. ↑ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. pp. 185, 192. ISBN   91-38-32230-7. SELIBR   10156707.
  23. ↑ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. pp. 188, 195. ISBN   978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR   11846164.
  24. ↑ "Per Thöresson". LinkedIn . Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  25. ↑ "CV Ambassador Magnus Hartog-Holm" (PDF). Embassy of Sweden, Bern. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  26. ↑ "Ny ambassadör i Schweiz" [New ambassador in Switzerland] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  27. ↑ "Ambassador Jan Knutsson had the honour to present his credentials to Minister Dr. Katrin Eggenberger for the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein". Embassy of Sweden, Bern. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2024– via Facebook.
  28. ↑ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bern. 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  29. ↑ "The Swedish Embassy in Bern is responsible also for the diplomatic relations between Sweden and Liechtenstein". Embassy of Sweden, Bern. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024– via Facebook.
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