The Ambassador of Sweden to Germany (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Federal Republic of Germany) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Germany and government of Germany.
Electorate of Brandenburg (1157–1815) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefAnders Leijonstedt1698–1700Envoy extraordinary
Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1692–1814) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefCarl Gustaf Friesendorff1705–1710Envoy extraordinary
Hannover 1699 Henning von Strahlenheim 1699–1711 Carl Gustaf Friesendorff
Lower Saxon Circle NamePeriodTitleNotesRefBengt Faxell11 September 1769 – ?MinisterIn Hamburg. Instruction 20 November 1769, letter of credence 22 January 1770.
Free City of Frankfurt (1372–1806) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefNikolaus von Haren1741 – 20 April 1752Envoy extraordinaryIn Frankfurt am Main
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (1510–1815) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefAnton Reinhold Wrangel13 July 1836 – 1841Chargé d'affairesAnton Reinhold Wrangel1841 – 22 September 1855Resident ministerIn Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck as well as at the grand ducal courts of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Imperial City of Regensburg NamePeriodTitleNotesRefGeorg von Snoilsky1663 – 20 January 1672ResidentDied in office.Nikolaus von Haren122 April 1734 – 1737Chargé d'affairesNikolaus von Haren23 June 1737 – 1741EnvoyKnut Reinhold Bildt1795–?Envoy
Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1825) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefCarl August Järta22 April 1850 – 4 March 1852Chargé d'affairesIn Munich. Accredited from Vienna.
Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefAnders Leijonstedt1703–1710Envoy extraordinaryJohan Rosenhane27 December 1704 – 1707AmbassadorIn Berlin.Carl Gustaf Friesendorff11 June 1712 – 13 September 1715Minister plenipotentiaryDied in office during the Siege of Stralsund.Mr Kirbach 1719?Carl Posse24 March 1720 – 1724Envoy extraordinaryHenning Gyllenborg1743?Carl Gustaf Tessin1744–1745AmbassadorIn Berlin.Gustaf Wulfvenstierna18 July 1748 – 9 May 1758EnvoyDied in office (on his way home to Sweden).Gustaf Adam von Nolcken12 September 1757 – 1761Chargé d'affairesIn Berlin.Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel5 March 1766 – 1782Envoy extraordinaryCarl Eherenfried von CarisienJune 1787 – 21 November 1794Envoy extraordinaryDied in office.Carl Fredrik von Heland1790–?Chargé d'affairesIn Dresden.Carl Gustaf Schultz von Ascheraden29 August 1795 – 22 March 1798MinisterDied in office.Lars von Engeström6 April 1798 – 5 September 1803MinisterIn Berlin.Nils Gustaf Palin1800–1805Chargé d'affairesIn Dresden.Karl Gustaf von BrinkmanJune 1803 – September 1803Chargé d'affairesIn Berlin.Karl Gustaf von BrinkmanNovember 1803 – June 1805Chargé d'affairesIn Berlin.Karl Gustaf von Brinkman12 May 1807 – 7 March 1808Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryAt the Prussian court in Memel.Vilhelm August Kantzow30 April 1821 – 1822Chargé d'affaires ad interimIn Berlin.Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'OhssonOctober 1834 – 25 September 1850EnvoyIn Berlin and Dresden.Carl Hochschild25 September 1850 – 1854EnvoyIn Berlin.Carl von und zu Mansbach1855–1857?Carl August Järta16 December 1858 – 13 January 1865EnvoyIn Berlin, Dresden and Mecklenburg. Died in office.
Electorate of Saxony (1356–1806) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefGustaf Zülich1729–1732?Johan August Greiffenheim1747–1749MinisterAlso minister at the Polish court.Ulric Celsing7 November 1782 – 19 April 1787EnvoyIn Dresden.Fredrik von Ehrenheim19 April 1787 – 1790Chargé d'affairesIn Dresden.Jacob Gustaf De la Gardie15 August 1795 – January 1796Envoy en mission spécialeTo the Saxon court.
German Empire (1871–1918) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefFrederik Georg Knut DueOctober 1869 – November 1873EnvoyGillis Bildt3 March 1874 – 21 August 1886Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryIn Berlin, also in Dresden on 21 April 1875, and in Karlsruhe on 27 April 1881.Alfred Lagerheim29 October 1886 – 1899Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryIn Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Dresden. In Munich from 28 May 1890.Arvid Taube28 February 1900 – 30 April 1909Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryImperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts.Eric Trolle30 April 1909 – 1912Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryImperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts.Arvid Taube1 April 1912 – 14 October 1916Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryDied in office.Hans-Henrik von Essen13 February 1917 – 1918Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spécialeIn Berlin, Dresden, Karlsruhe, Munich, and Stuttgart.
Weimar Republic (1918–1933) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefHans-Henrik von Essen20 June 1919 – 1920Minister plenipotentiary en misson spécialeTo the German Reich.Patrik Reuterswärd1920–1920Chargé d'affaires ad interimHans-Henrik von Essen14 May 1920 – 31 January 1923EnvoyTo the German Reich. Died in office.Patrik Reuterswärd1921–1921Chargé d'affaires ad interimFredrik Ramel23 February 1923 – 1925EnvoyEinar af Wirsén26 September 1926 – 1937Envoy
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefArvid Richert29 January 1937 – 23 April 1945Envoy
West Germany (1949–1990) NamePeriodTitleNotesRefRagnar Kumlin1951–1956AmbassadorOle Jödahl1956–1967AmbassadorNils Montan1967–1972AmbassadorSven Backlund1972–1983AmbassadorLennart Eckerberg1983–1990Ambassador
East Germany (1949–1990)
NamePeriodTitleNotesRefCarl Johan Rappe1973–1976AmbassadorEric Virgin1976−1982AmbassadorRune Nyström1982–1985AmbassadorHenrik Liljegren1985–1989AmbassadorVidar Hellners1989–1990Ambassador
Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present) NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefTorsten Örn1990–1994AmbassadorÖrjan Berner1994–1996AmbassadorMats Hellström1996–2001AmbassadorCarl Tham2002–2006AmbassadorRuth Jacoby2006–2010AmbassadorStaffan Carlsson2010–2015AmbassadorLars Danielsson2015–2017AmbassadorPer ThöressonMarch 2017 – 2023AmbassadorVeronika Wand-DanielssonAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador27 September 2023
See also Germany–Sweden relations Embassy of Sweden, Berlin List of ambassadors of Germany to Sweden
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