| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | Sweden to Australia |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Sweden.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden |
| Flagsize: | 200 |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Incumbent: | Pontus Melander |
| Incumbentsince: | 10 October 2022 |
| Department: | Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Canberra |
| Style: | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
| Reports To: | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Residence: | 5 Turrana Street, Yarralumla |
| Seat: | Canberra, Australia |
| Appointer: | Government of Sweden |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Inaugural: | Constans Lundquist |
| Formation: | 1947 |
The Ambassador of Sweden to Australia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Commonwealth of Australia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the governor-general and the Australian government.
In 1945, Constans Lundquist was appointed consul general at Sydney with jurisdiction in the Fiji Islands. He was appointed as Sweden's first envoy to Sydney in August 1947 when the Swedish legation was established and the consulate general closed.[1]
In 1963, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Australian 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.[2]
| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constans Lundquist | August 1947 – 26 April 1950 | Envoy | Died in office. | [3] [4] | |
| Bo Alander | 1950–1951 | Acting Chargé d'affaires | [5] | ||
| Martin Kastengren | 1951–1957 | Envoy | Also accredited to New Zealand. | [6] | |
| Carl Bergenstråhle | 1957–1960 | Envoy | [7] | ||
| Nils-Eric Ekblad | 1960–1963 | Envoy | [8] | ||
| Gösta af Petersens | 1963–1969 | Ambassador | [9] | ||
| Per Anger | 1970–1975 | Ambassador | [10] | ||
| Per Lind | 1975–1979 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Papua New Guinea (from 1977). | [11] | |
| Lars Hedström | 1979–1985 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (from 1982). | [12] | |
| Hans Björk | 1986–1990 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. | [13] | |
| Bo Heinebäck | 1990–1994 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Papua New Guinea (from 1991), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. | [14] | |
| Göran Hasselmark | 1994–2000 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Cook Islands, New Zealand (from 1995) and Papua New Guinea (from 2000). | [15] [16] [17] | |
| Lars-Erik Wingren | 2000–2003 | Ambassador | Also accredited to New Zealand, Tonga (from 2002) and Vanuatu (from 2002). | [18] | |
| Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist | 2003–2008 | Ambassador | Also accredited to New Zealand. | [19] | |
| Sven-Olof Petersson | 2008–2014 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. | [20] | |
| Pär Ahlberger | 2014–2019 | Ambassador | |||
| Henrik Cederin | 1 September 2019 – 2022 | Ambassador | [21] | ||
| Pontus Melander | 10 October 2022 – present | Ambassador | Also accredited to Fiji (from 26 October 2023), New Zealand (from 16 November 2022), and Tonga (from 16 April 2024). | [22] [23] |