The Ambassador of Sweden to Finland (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Finland) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Finland and government of Finland.
History Finland declared itself an independent state on 6 December 1917. On 4 January 1918, the King, with the unanimous support of the government ministers, decided in council to recognize Finland as an independent and sovereign state. A few days later, the consul general in Helsinki, , was appointed to temporarily represent Sweden in Finland in the capacity of chargé d'affaires. Ahlström immediately assumed his duties as chargé d'affaires, while at the same time continuing to hold his position as consul general.
Sweden's first minister in Finland was , who was appointed by the King in Council on 17 March 1918 as a minister en mission spéciale to the Finnish government in Vaasa. In April of the same year, Westman presented his credentials to the Chairman of the Senate of Finland Pehr Evind Svinhufvud.
In September 1954, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Finish governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefWalter AhlströmJanuary 1918 – 1918Chargé d'affairesGustaf Westman17 March 1918 – 1918Minister en mission spécialeTo the Vaasa Senate.10 April 1918Gustaf Westman1918–1921EnvoyCarl Leijonhufvud1919–1919Chargé d'affaires ad interimDuring different times of the year 1919.Claes Vilhelm Benjamin Grill Tersmeden31 March 1920 – 28 April 1920Chargé d'affaires ad interimClaes Vilhelm Benjamin Grill Tersmeden17 June 1920 – 22 November 1920Chargé d'affaires ad interimJohan Hultman1920–1921Chargé d'affairesGustaf Henning Elmquist16 December 1921 – 26 September 1925Envoy9 January 1922Carl Hamilton26 September 1925 – 1931EnvoyHerbert Ribbing1930–1930Chargé d'affaires ad interimCarl von Heidenstam27 August 1931 – 11 March 1939EnvoyDied in office.Stig SahlinMarch 1939 – March 1941EnvoyKarl Ivan Westman1941–1942EnvoyHans Beck-Friis1942–1947EnvoyOtto Johansson1947–1951EnvoyGösta Engzell1951–1954EnvoyGösta Engzell1954–1963AmbassadorIngemar Hägglöf1964–1971AmbassadorGöran Ryding1971–1975AmbassadorSten Sundfeldt1975–1980Ambassador29 August 1975Kaj Sundberg1980–1984AmbassadorKnut Thyberg1984–1992AmbassadorMats Bergquist1992–1997AmbassadorKerstin Asp Johnsson1997–2001AmbassadorUlf Hjertonsson2001–2005AmbassadorEva Walder BrundinMarch 2006 – March 2009AmbassadorJohan Molander2009 – 20 December 2011AmbassadorÖrjan Berner2 January 2012 – 2012Acting chiefAnders Lidén2012–2016AmbassadorAnders AhnlidNovember 2016 – 2020Ambassador1 December 2016Nicola ClaseOctober 2020 – 2024Ambassador22 October 2020Peter Ericson2024–presentAmbassador3 September 2024
See also Finland–Sweden relations Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki List of ambassadors of Finland to Sweden
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