List of ambassadors of Germany to Sweden explained

The following is a list of German ambassadors in Sweden. The seat of the embassy is the German Embassy Stockholm.

History

The German Embassy is located at Skarpögatan 9 in Stockholm (close to the Embassy of the United Kingdom). There are also honorary consuls located in Göteborg (the capital of Västra Götaland County), Jönköping (he seat of Jönköping Municipality), Kalmar (the seat of Kalmar Municipality), Luleå (the capital of Norrbotten County), Malmö (the largest city in Skåne County), Rättvik (the seat of Rättvik Municipality), Uddevalla (the seat of Uddevalla Municipality), and Visby (the seat of Gotland Municipality).[1]

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Kurt Sieveking19511953Consul General
Herbert Siegfried19541958
Hans-Ulrich von Marchtaler19581961
Karl Werkmeister19611963
Hans Ulrich Granow19631964
Gustav von Schmoller19641968
Adolf Max Obermayer19681972
Heinz Dietrich Stoecker19721976
Heinz Voigt19761978
Joseph J. Thomas19781981
Jesco von Puttkamer19811984
Gerhard Ritzel19841988
Reinhold Schenk19881992
Harald Hofmann19921997
Klaus-Hellmuth Ackermann19982001
Bernd von Waldow20012003[2]
Busso von Alvensleben20032006
Wolfgang Trautwein20062008
Joachim Rücker20082011
Harald Kindermann20112014
Michael Bock[3] 20142016
Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth20162019
Anna Elisabeth Prinz20192021
Joachim Bertele2021 [4] Present

Envoy of the German Empire

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Emil von Richthofen18671874Previously Envoy of the North German Confederation
Friedrich von Eichmann18711875
Richard von Pfuel18761888Envoy for the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
Clemens Busch18881892
Karl von Wedel18921894
Hippolyt von Bray-Steinburg18941897
Nikolaus von Wallwitz18971901Envoy for the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
Casimir von Leyden19011905
Felix von Müller19051907
Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss19081910
Franz von Reichenau19111914
Hellmuth Lucius von Stoedten19141920Envoy
Rudolf Nadolny19201924Envoy
Frederic von Rosenberg19241933Envoy
Karl Viktor von Wied19331943Envoy
Hans Thomsen19431945Envoy

Envoys from the German States (before 1871)

Saxon envoys

The Electorate of Saxony sent diplomatic representatives to Sweden since 1722 with the rank of plenipotentiary minister, extraordinary envoy, resident or legation secretary.

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Martin von Frensdorff17221727
Johann Christoph Walther17271732
Adam Adolph von Uetterodt17311737
Johann Christoph Walther17381744
Johann Heinrich von Tirzschkau17441745
Nicolaus von Suhm17451750
Johann Heinrich von Titzschkau17501753
Carl von der Osten-Sacken17531763
Johann Heinrich von Titzschkau17621765
Friedrich August von Zinzendorf17681776

Prussian envoys

Establishment of diplomatic relations in 1648.

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Lorenz Georg von Krockowbefore 16701670
Christoph von Brandt16701682
Heinrich von Podewils17291730
Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein17401742
Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein17441747
Jakob Friedrich von Rohd17471753
Helmuth Burchard von Maltzahn17531755
Victor Friedrich von Solms-Sonnenwalde17551757
Johann Heinrich Friedrich von Cocceji17641770
Christian von Dönhoff17711775
Adrian Heinrich von Borcke17881791
Karl Christian von Brockhausen17911795
August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz17971801
Friedrich Franz von Tarrach18151834
Adolf von Brockhausen18351843
Ferdinand von Galen18431844
Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade18451854
Otto Franz von Westphalen18541857
Karl Emil Gustav von Le Coq18571860
Alphonse von Oriola18601862
Adalbert von Rosenberg18621867
Emil von Richthofen18671874

From 1867: envoy of the North German Confederation, from 1871: envoy of the German Empire

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amt . Auswärtiges . German missions in Sweden . www.auswaertiges-amt.de . . 10 January 2024 . en.
  2. News: Obituary . 9 January 2024 . . 9 January 2024 . en.
  3. http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt2014/hogtidligaaudienserpakungligaslottet.5.4c3e6be7147afe8bc9f9c9d.html Högtidliga audienser på Kungliga slottet
  4. Web site: 2021-11-12. Auswärtiges Amt. de. Botschafterin Christina Beinhoff und Botschafter Dr. Joachim Bertele.