List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine

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Ambassador of
Sweden to Ukraine
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Incumbent
Martin Åberg
since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Kyiv
Style His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat Kyiv, Ukraine
Appointer Government of Sweden
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holderMartin Hallqvist
Formation1992
Website Swedish Embassy, Kyiv

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

Contents

List of Swedish chiefs of mission to Ukraine

The Swedish Embassy on vul. Ivana Franka 34/33 in Kyiv. Swedish-emb-kyiv-2008.jpg
The Swedish Embassy on vul. Ivana Franka 34/33 in Kyiv.

The Swedish embassy in Kyiv was opened in 1992 with its location at Hotel National on vul. Rozi Luksemburg 5. Since 1997 the embassy is located at vul. Ivana Franka 34/33.

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Martin Hallqvist1992–1996Ambassador
Göran Jacobsson1996–2000Ambassador
Åke Pettersson2000–2004Ambassador
John-Christer Åhlander2004–2008Ambassador
Stefan Gullgren2008–2013Ambassador
Andreas von Beckerath2013–2016Ambassador
Martin Hagström September 2016 – 2019Ambassador [1]
Tobias Thyberg 1 September 2019 – 2023Ambassador [2]
Martin ÅbergAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador [3]

Since 2000 there is also a Swedish honorary consulate in Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine.

In office Consuls in Kakhovka
2000–presentCarl Sturén

Swedish representatives in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire

Sweden also had several consuls and vice-consuls in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire. The diplomatic representations were formally in function until 1924, but in reality until about 1920. There were consuls in Odesa, Kharkiv and Kyiv and vice-consuls (most often non-Swedes) in Berdiansk, Kerch, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sevastopol and Taganrog.

In office Consuls in Odesa
183?–1857John Wilkins
1857–1882 Ignace von Ephrussi
1882–1900Robert Wilkins
1900–1902vacant
1902–1924Oscar Mauritz Heribert Osberg
In office Consuls in Kharkiv
1908–1924Adolf Gustaf Münch
In office Consuls in Kyiv
1908–1916Michael Teofilovitj Bukowinski [4]
1916–1917Claude Gustaf Hjalmar de Laval
1918vacant
1919–1924Theodor Harald Focker
In office Vice-Consuls in Berdiansk [5]
1848–1889Giovanni Gasparo Ivancich
1889–1916Andronic Paicos
1916–1924Edgar Borchert
In office Vice-Consuls in Kerch [6]
1869–1902François Tomasini della Torre
In office Vice-Consuls in Mariupol [7]
1871–1898Giovanni Battista Chiozzo
In office Vice-Consuls in Mykolaiv [8]
1874–1897Charles Huntley Lawton
1897–1915Victor Bossalini
1915–1924James Reginald Martin
In office Vice-Consuls in Odesa [9]
1853–1882Robert Wilkins
1882–1898vacant
1898–1901Einar Jessen
In office Vice-Consuls in Sevastopol [10]
1893–1902Nicolas Pierre Gripari

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References

  1. "Ny ambassadör i Ukraina" [New ambassador in Ukraine] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. "Ny ambassadör i Ukraina" [New ambassador in Ukraine] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. "Martin Åberg ny ambassadör i Ukraina" [Martin Åberg new ambassador in Ukraine] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. He was a vice-consul under the consul of Odesa.
  5. The vice-consulate in Berdiansk first belonged to the consulate in Odesa, but in 1908 it was moved under Kharkiv and in 1916 under Rostov.
  6. The vice-consulate in Kerch belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  7. The vice-consulate in Mariupol belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  8. The vice-consulate in Mykolaiv belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  9. The vice-consulate in Odesa belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  10. The vice-consulate in Sevastopol belonged to the consulate in Odesa.