The Ambassador of Sweden to Japan (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Japan) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the emperor of Japan and the government of Japan.
History Diplomatic relations between Sweden and Japan were established in 1868. Due to letters patent on 11 November 1870, the care of the Sweden–Norway's interests there was handed over to the Dutch trade representation, which employed consuls and vice-consuls partly in Yokohama and Tokyo (Dutch legation), partly in Nagasaki, as well as in Osaka and Hyōgo. By a decision on 9 October 1900, a career Swedish-Norwegian consulate general was established in Kobe with the whole of Japan as its consular district. Upon reorganization in 1906, the consulate general in Kobe was closed, and its functions were taken over by the Swedish legation in Tokyo.
By a decision on 28 September 1906, the consulate general in Japan was assigned to King in Council's minister there, Gustaf Wallenberg. Wallenberg served as consul general from the same date and as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the same year.
In the fall of 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Japanese 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. Sweden's envoy handed over his letter of credence as ambassador in December of the same year.
From 1995, the ambassador was concurrently accredited to the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. From the autumn of 2008, the ambassador was also concurrently accredited to Palau, which had previously been under the responsibility of Sweden's ambassador in Manila.
List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefEmpire of Japan (1868–1947)Frederik Philip van der Hoeven1871–1872Resident ministerWilhelm Ferdinand Henrik van Wekherlin1872–1878Resident ministerEdmond W.F. Wittewaall van Stoetwegen1879–1881Resident ministerJohannes Jakobus van der Plot1881–1889Resident ministerDmitri Louis van Bylandt1890–1896Resident ministerHannibal Casimir Johannes Testa1896–1900Resident ministerHannibal Casimir Johannes Testa1900–1902EnvoyArthur M.D. Swerts de Landas Wyborgh1902–1905EnvoyJohn Loudon1905–1906Acting EnvoyGustaf Wallenberg1906–1920EnvoyAlso acreddited to BeijingAlso served as consul general from 28 September 1906Patrik Reuterswärd18 February 1912 – 14 June 1912Chargé d'affaires ad interimPatrik Reuterswärd11 October 1913 – 5 February 1914Chargé d'affaires ad interimThore Fevrell1917–1919Chargé d'affaires ad interimAlso in Beijing (from 1918)David Bergström7 May 1918 – 1920Acting EnvoyAlso acreddited to BeijingDavid Bergström11 June 1920 – 1922EnvoyAlso acreddited to BeijingOskar Ewerlöf18 December 1922 – 1928EnvoyAlso acreddited to BeijingJune 1923Johan Hultman1928–1936EnvoyAlso acreddited to Beijing (from 1929) and Bangkok (from 1931)Widar Bagge1937 – April 1945EnvoyAlso acreddited to BangkokErik von SydowApril 1945 – 15 February 1946Chargé d'affaires ad interim–1946–1947–VacantJapan (1947–present)Leif Öhrvall1948–1951Diplomatic representativeKarl-Gustav Lagerfelt1951–1952Diplomatic representativeKarl-Gustav Lagerfelt1952–1956EnvoyTage Grönwall9 July 1956 – December 1957EnvoyTage GrönwallDecember 1957 – 1962AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Seoul (from 1959)Karl Fredrik Almqvist1963–1970AmbassadorAlso acreddited to SeoulGunnar Heckscher1970–1975AmbassadorAlso acreddited to SeoulBengt Odevall1975–1981AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Seoul (1975–1979)Gunnar Lonaeus1981–1986AmbassadorOve Heyman1986–1991AmbassadorMagnus Vahlquist1992–1997AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Marshall Islands (from 1995) and the Federated States of Micronesia (from 1995)Krister Kumlin1997–2002AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Marshall Islands and the Federated States of MicronesiaMikael Lindström2002–2006AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Marshall Islands and the Federated States of MicronesiaStefan Noreén2006–2011AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau (from 2008)Lars Vargö2011–2014AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and PalauMagnus Robach2014–2019AmbassadorAlso acreddited to PalauJapan: Palau: Pereric Högberg1 September 2019 – 2024AmbassadorAlso acreddited to Palau and the Federated States of MicronesiaJapan: Palau: Federated States of Micronesia: Viktoria Li2024–presentAmbassador
See also Japan–Sweden relations Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo
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