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.
History On 19 December 1991, the Swedish government recognized Ukraine as an independent state. The Swedish government decided on 9 January 1992, to enter into an agreement with Ukraine to establish diplomatic relations. The agreement came into effect on 13 January 1992. It was signed in Kyiv by Sweden's Foreign Minister, Margaretha af Ugglas, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Anatoliy Zlenko.
List of representatives
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.
NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefMats Staffansson1992–1992Chargé d'affairesMartin Hallqvist1992–1996AmbassadorGöran Jacobsson1996–2000AmbassadorAlso accredited to Chișinău (from 1998).Åke Peterson2000–2004AmbassadorJohn-Christer Åhlander2004–2008AmbassadorStefan Gullgren2009–2013AmbassadorAndreas von Beckerath2013–2016AmbassadorMartin HagströmSeptember 2016 – 2019AmbassadorTobias Thyberg1 September 2019 – 2023AmbassadorMartin ÅbergAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador17 August 2023
Since 2000 there is also a Swedish honorary consulate in Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine.
In officeConsuls in Kakhovka2000–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 officeConsuls in Odesa1824–1857John Wilkins1857–1882Ignace von Ephrussi1882–1900Robert Wilkins1900–1902vacant1902–1924Oscar Mauritz Heribert Osberg
In officeConsuls in Kharkiv1908–1924Adolf Gustaf Münch
In officeConsuls in Kyiv1908–1916Michael Teofilovitj BukowinskiHe was a vice-consul under the consul of Odesa.1916–1917Claude Gustaf Hjalmar de Laval1918vacant1919–1924Theodor Harald Focker
In officeVice-Consuls in BerdianskThe vice-consulate in Berdiansk first belonged to the consulate in Odesa, but in 1908 it was moved under Kharkiv and in 1916 under Rostov.1848–1889Giovanni Gasparo Ivancich1889–1916Andronic Paicos1916–1924Edgar Borchert
In officeVice-Consuls in KerchThe vice-consulate in Kerch belonged to the consulate in Odesa.1869–1902François Tomasini della Torre
In officeVice-Consuls in MariupolThe vice-consulate in Mariupol belonged to the consulate in Odesa.1871–1898Giovanni Battista Chiozzo
In officeVice-Consuls in MykolaivThe vice-consulate in Mykolaiv belonged to the consulate in Odesa.1874–1897Charles Huntley Lawton1897–1915Victor Bossalini1915–1924James Reginald Martin
In officeVice-Consuls in OdesaThe vice-consulate in Odesa belonged to the consulate in Odesa.?–1824John Wilkins1853–1882Robert Wilkins1882–1898vacant1898–1901Einar Jessen
In officeVice-Consuls in SevastopolThe vice-consulate in Sevastopol belonged to the consulate in Odesa.1893–1902Nicolas Pierre Gripari
See also Sweden–Ukraine relations List of ambassadors of Ukraine to Sweden
References
Sveriges Statskalender 1835–2008
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