The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the United States of America is in charge of
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
's
diplomatic mission to the United States.
The
Swedish Embassy
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Sweden. Sweden has a moderately sized diplomatic network of 78 embassies and 7 consulates general, supplemented by honorary consulates, cultural centres and trade missions. In countries without Swedish repr ...
is located at the
House of Sweden (inaugurated in 2006) at 2900
K Street in
Washington, D.C. Previously the embassy was housed in rented space at, first
Watergate
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual ...
600, and later, 1501
M Street N.W.
List of ambassadors
Resident ministers
*1782
Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
*1812–1819
Johan Albert Kantzow
Chargé d'affaires
*1819–1831
Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg
*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
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 ...
*1858–1860
Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
*1861–1864
Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper
Envoys
*1864–1870
Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
*1870–1875 Oluf Stenerson
*1876–1884
Carl Lewenhaupt (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 (Sweden's Foreign Minister 1911 to 1914)
*1912–1920
Wilhelm August Ferdinand Ekengren
*1921–1926
Axel Fingal Wallenberg
*1925–1945
Wollmar Boström
*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
*1964–1972
Hubert de Bèsche
*1972
Yngve Möller (appointed but never took admission due to a break in
Swedish–American diplomatic relations.)
*1974–1989
Wilhelm Wachtmeister
*1989–1993
Anders Thunborg
*1993–1997
Henrik Liljegren
*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 (Sweden's Foreign Minister between April and October 2006),
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
*2005–2007
Gunnar Lund
*2007–2013
Jonas Hafström
Sven Jonas Gerhardsson Hafström (born 27 February 1948) is a Swedish diplomat who was Sweden's Ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013.
Biography
Jonas Hafström was born in Stockholm. He earned a LL.B. from Lund University in 1974. ...
*2013–2017
Björn Lyrvall
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...
*2017–2023
Karin Olofsdotter
*2023–present
Urban Ahlin
['' Chief of Protocol'', Diplomatic Representation for Web archiving]
See also
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Sweden–United States relations
The relations between Sweden and the United States reach back to the days of the American Revolutionary War. The Kingdom of Sweden was the first country not formally engaged in the conflict (although around a hundred Swedish volunteers partook o ...
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List of diplomatic missions of Sweden
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United States Ambassador to Sweden
References
{{Portal bar, Sweden, United States, Biography, Lists, Politics
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United States
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...