The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the United States of America is in charge of

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to the United States. The Swedish Embassy is located at the

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(inaugurated in 2006) at 2900 K Street in

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Previously the embassy was housed in rented space at, first

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600, and later, 1501 M Street N.W.

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*1782 Samuel Gustaf Hermelin *1812–1819 Johan Albert Kantzow

Chargé d'affaires

*1819–1831

Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg (12 January 1784 in Turku County, Finland – 10 November 1845 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish military officer and diplomat. Stackelberg was governor of the Swedish colony of St. Barthélemy in the West Indies ...

*1831–1833 David Gustaf Anckarloo *1834–1837 Severin Lorich *1838–1845 Gustaf af Nordin *1845–1850 Adam Christoffer Lovenskiold *1850–1854

Georg Sibbern Georg Christian Sibbern (29 March 1816 – 4 October 1901) was a Norwegian diplomat who served as the prime minister of Norway. Background He was born at Rygge in Østfold. He was the son of Valentin Sibbern (1779–1853) and Anne Cathrine de Sto ...

Resident ministers

*1854–1858

*1858–1860

Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt Baron Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt (November 8, 1815 – January 1, 1887) was a Swedish diplomat and translator of opera libretti. In his early career he worked in the Swedish Foreign Office and had diplomatic posts in Vienna, Berlin, the Hague ...

*1861–1864

Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper Count Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper (1820 - 1891) was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In the beginning of his career he worked in the Swedish Foreign Office and had served as Swedish-Norwegian legation-secretary in Copenhagen during the Crimean War ...

Envoys

*1864–1870

*1870–1875 Oluf Stenerson *1876–1884

Carl Lewenhaupt Count Carl Lewenhaupt (19 March 1835 – 10 December 1906) was a Swedish diplomat and politician, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1889 to 1895. Early life Lewenhaupt was born on 19 March 1835 at Herrevad Abbey in Klippan Municipa ...

(Sweden's Foreign Minister 1889 to 1895) *1884–1888 Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld *1889–1906 Johan Anton Wolff Grip *1907–1910 Herman Lagercrantz *1910–1911

Albert Ehrensvärd Johan Jakob Albert Ehrensvärd (9 May 1867 – 6 March 1940) was a Swedish diplomat. He was Sweden's envoy to Washington D.C between 1910 and 1911. He became Sweden's Foreign Minister in Liberal leader and Prime Minister Karl Staaff Karl Albe ...

(Sweden's Foreign Minister 1911 to 1914) *1912–1920

Wilhelm August Ferdinand Ekengren Wilhelm August Ferdinand Ekengren (10 November 1861 – 26 November 1920) was a Swedish diplomat. He was envoy of Sweden to the United States from 1912 to 1920. Career Ekengren was born in Stockholm, Sweden to Vilhelm Ferdinand Ekengren (1835- ...

*1921–1926

Axel Fingal Wallenberg Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque ...

*1925–1945

Wollmar Boström Wollmar Filip Boström (15 June 1878 – 7 November 1956) was a Swedish diplomat and tennis player. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics in singles and men's doubles and won a bronze medal in the doubles in 1908, finishing fifth in three oth ...

*1945–1947 Herman Eriksson

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary (from 1947)

*1947–1948 Herman Eriksson *1948–1958

Erik Boheman Erik Carlsson Boheman (19 January 1895 – 18 September 1979), was a Sweden, Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party (Sweden), Liberal People's Party.

*1958–1964

Gunnar Jarring Gunnar Valfrid Jarring (12 October 1907 – 29 May 2002) was a Swedish diplomat and Turkologist. Early life Jarring was born in Brunnby, Malmöhus County, Sweden, the son of Gottfrid Jönsson, a farmer, and his wife Betty (née Svensson). He had ...

*1964–1972

Hubert de Bèsche Hubert Wathier August de Bèsche (7 July 1911 – 11 March 1997) was a Swedish foil and sabre fencer. He competed in three events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was also a diplomat and Foreign Service officer. He served as the Swedish Am ...

*1972

Yngve Möller Yngve is a Scandinavian male given name, mostly used in Sweden and Norway. It is the modern form of either Old Norse Yngvi or of Ingwin. ''Yngvi'' was the Old Norse name of the Germanic god ''Ingu-'', later identified with Freyr, or of ''Ingwian- ...

(appointed but never took admission due to a break in Swedish–American diplomatic relations.) *1974–1989

Wilhelm Wachtmeister Count Wilhelm Hans Fredrik Wachtmeister (29 April 1923 – 3 February 2012) was a Swedish career diplomat who served as the Swedish Ambassador to the United States for 15 years from 1974 to 1989, eventually becoming the Dean of the Diplomatic Cor ...

*1989–1993

Anders Thunborg Anders Thunborg (1934–December 2004) was a Swedish social democratic politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister between 1983 and 1985. He was also Swedish ambassador to the United Nations, Moscow, Washington and the Vatican Cit ...

*1993–1997

Henrik Liljegren Henrik Liljegren () is a linguist and Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University. He does fieldwork on languages of northern Pakistan, particularly the Hindukush– Karakoram region, and studies typology of and ge ...

*1997–2000

Rolf Ekéus Carl Rolf Ekéus (born 7 July 1935 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish diplomat. From 1978 to 1983, he was a representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and he has worked on various other disarmament committees and commissions. ...

*2000–2005

Jan Eliasson Jan Kenneth Eliasson (born 17 September 1940) is a Swedish diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from July 2012 to December 2016. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Eliasson served as Minister for Forei ...

(Sweden's Foreign Minister between April and October 2006),

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*2005–2007

Gunnar Lund Nils Gunnar Wiggo Lund (born 26 July 1947) is a Swedish diplomat and politician. Gunnar Lund did his military service as an interpreter in Uppsala and was educated in Russian. He graduated from Stockholm University and Uppsala University with a b ...

*2007–2013 Jonas Hafström *2013–2017 Björn Lyrvall *2017–2023

Karin Olofsdotter Karin Olofsdotter Bång, also known as ''Bång-Karin'' (1720–1790), was a Swedish spiritual ecstatic leader. She was the leader of an apocalyptic cult together with Mårten Thunberg, vicar of the Lillhärdal parish in Jämtland, a cult known ...

*2023–present

Urban Ahlin Urban Christian Ahlin (; born 13 November 1964) is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician who was Speaker of the Riksdag from September 2014 to September 2018. He served as a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for the Västra Götaland County Eas ...

'' Chief of Protocol'', Diplomatic Representation for

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