The Embassy of Sweden in

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. The mission consists of an

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, a number of Swedes sent by the

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and local employees. Mattias Lentz has been

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since 2019.

History

Ludvig Fabritius Ludvig (Lodewyck) Fabritius (14 September 1648, Brazil – 6 October 1729, Stockholm) was the Swedish ambassador to Safavid Iran during the reign of King Charles XI (r. 1660–1697) and Charles XII (r. 1697–1718). After an early career in the Ru ...

led three missions, in 1679–80, 1683–84, and 1697–1700, to the Safavid court during the reign of

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(r. 1660–1697) and

Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of t ...

(r. 1697–1718); and

Suleiman of Persia Suleiman I (; born Sam Mirza, February or March 1648 – 29 July 1694) was the eighth and the penultimate Shah of Safavid Iran from 1666 to 1694. He was the eldest son of Abbas II and his concubine, Nakihat Khanum. Born as Sam Mirza, Suleiman sp ...

(26 October 1666 – 29 July 1694 ),

Sultan Husayn Soltan Hoseyn ( fa, شاه سلطان حسین, Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Solayman (). Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn ascen ...

(29 July 1694 – 11 September 1722). In 1929 the governments of the

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and

Reza Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi ( fa, رضا شاه پهلوی; ; originally Reza Khan (); 15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian Officer (armed forces), military officer, politician (who served as Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), ...

(

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) established diplomatic relations in connection with the conclusion of a friendship treaty.

British Interest Office

Sweden acts as a

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for the

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in Iran, and on July 15, 2012, the British Interest Office was opened at the Swedish embassy. Sweden has previously been a protective force for Britain in Iran during the 1980s and until 1990.

Building

The property that houses the Swedish embassy in Tehran has been owned by the

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(SFV) since 1997. It was changed by SFV to an undeveloped site owned by the Swedish state since 1963. Since 1994, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had its embassy housed in the building and considered the house to be good and appropriate for embassy activities. The building was initially a multi-family house with five apartments. It consists of two floors and basement with garage, boiler room and storage room. An exercise room, sauna and pool were previously found in the basement floor. It is built as a

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deck structure with

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s and pillars in concrete and the facades are clad with light yellow brick. The garden is walled with natural stone walkways and stairs, fountains and plantings. At the takeover in 1997, the installations were of a very low standard. The house was built in 1979 in accordance with the then building rules and was inadequate in terms of safety against earthquake loads. Technical studies of the building's design and durability were carried out by SFV in consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which showed that it did not meet the minimum requirements according to Iranian earthquake safety. Earthquake reinforcement measures were undertaken by SFV with local earthquake expertise and Swedish designers. In conjunction with the reinforcement work, a thorough rebuilding of the regular embassy office was carried out to cope with the many visa cases and issues of biometric passports. Maintenance efforts were also made with regard to surface layers and installations. The rebuilding started in February 2007 and on 1 August 2007 the embassy moved into the newly renovated and earthquake-protected premises. In November 2007, the embassy was reopened.

Building facts

Data: * Year of construction: 1979 * Architect: unknown, at the earthquake reinforcement: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Gustav Appell & Linda Näslund * Visiting Address: 2, Nastaran Street, Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran * Tenant: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, * Manager: Lennart Karlsson, Swedish National Property Agency

Heads of Mission

The

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is the official representative of the Government in

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to the Government of

References

External links

* {{Diplomatic missions in Iran

Iran–Sweden relations