The ambassador of Great Britain to Sweden was the foremost diplomatic representative in Sweden of the Kingdom of Great Britain, created by the Treaty of Union in 1707, in charge of the British diplomatic mission in Stockholm. The title was more often Envoy extraordinary than ambassador.

For ambassadors to Sweden after 1800, see List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden. For envoys before 1707, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Sweden.

List of heads of mission Ambassadors to Sweden

1707–1717: Robert Jackson Commissary in charge, representing England in 1696 and 1703–1707, Great Britain 1707-1710; with title of Minister Resident 1710–1717 and 1717–1729D. B. Horn, British Diplomatic Representatives 1689-1789 (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) 1707: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Plenipontiary 1711–1715: Captain James Jeffreys Minister or Resident in attendance on Charles XII of Sweden 1717–1719 No diplomatic relations 1719–1720: John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1720: Admiral Sir John Norris Plenipontiary 1720–1724: William Finch Envoy extraordinary 1724–1727: Stephen Poyntz Envoy extraordinary; Ambassador from 1727 1726: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Wager Plenipontiary 1727: Isaac Leheup MP (in Stockholm only 19 days) 1727–1728: Baron von Diescau (Hanoverian envoy) Chargé d'Affaires 1728–1739: Edward Finch MP Envoy extraordinary 1739–1741: John Burnaby Legation secretary 1742–1748: Col. Melchior Guy-Dickens MinisterThe National Archives, Class SP95,H.S.K. Kent, War and Trade in Northern Seas: Anglo-Scandinavian Economic Relations in the mid-18th century (Cambridge University Press 1973), 20. 1748–1763 no mission 1758–1773: Sir John Goodricke, 5th BaronetJ. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 83-4. Nominally Minister, but resident at Copenhagen 1758-1764; then Envoy extraordinary (at Stockholm) 1774–1776: Lewis De Visme Esq Envoy extraordinary 1776–1778: Horace St Paul 1778–1787: Thomas Wroughton 1787–1788: Charles Keene, Chargé d'Affaires 1788–1793: Robert Liston (diplomat) Envoy extraordinary https://web.archive.org/web/20091010220555/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/index.php/collection/online_az/4:322/results/0/3012 1793–1795: Lord Henry John Spencer 1795–1802: Daniel Hailes

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