List of ambassadors of Sweden to Germany explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:
Sweden to Germany
Insignia:Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Flagsize:200
Flagborder:yes
Incumbent:Veronika Wand-Danielsson
Incumbentsince:August 2023
Department:Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Berlin
Style:His or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports To:Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence:Pücklerstraße 42–44, Dahlem
Seat:Berlin, Germany
Appointer:Government of Sweden
Termlength:No fixed term
Inaugural:Carl Gustaf Friesendorff
Formation:1705

The Ambassador of Sweden to Germany (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Federal Republic of Germany) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Germany and government of Germany.

Electorate of Brandenburg (1157–1815)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Anders Leijonstedt1698–1700Envoy extraordinary[1]

Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1692–1814)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Carl Gustaf Friesendorff1705–1710Envoy extraordinary[2]

Hannover

Lower Saxon Circle

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Bengt Faxell11 September 1769 – ?MinisterIn Hamburg. Instruction 20 November 1769, letter of credence 22 January 1770.[3]

Free City of Frankfurt (1372–1806)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Nikolaus von Haren1741 – 20 April 1752Envoy extraordinaryIn Frankfurt am Main[4]

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (1510–1815)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Anton Reinhold Wrangel13 July 1836 – 1841Chargé d'affaires[5]
Anton Reinhold Wrangel1841 – 22 September 1855Resident ministerIn Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck as well as at the grand ducal courts of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Imperial City of Regensburg

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Georg von Snoilsky1663 – 20 January 1672ResidentDied in office.[6]
Nikolaus von Haren122 April 1734 – 1737Chargé d'affaires
Nikolaus von Haren23 June 1737 – 1741Envoy

Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1825)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Carl August Järta22 April 1850 – 4 March 1852Chargé d'affairesIn Munich. Accredited from Vienna.[7]

Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Anders Leijonstedt1703–1710Envoy extraordinary[8]
Johan Rosenhane27 December 1704 – 1707AmbassadorIn Berlin.[9]
Carl Gustaf Friesendorff11 June 1712 – 13 September 1715Minister plenipotentiaryDied in office during the Siege of Stralsund.
Mr Kirbach 1719?
Carl Posse24 March 1720 – 1724Envoy extraordinary[10]
Henning Gyllenborg1743?
Carl Gustaf Tessin1744–1745AmbassadorIn Berlin.[11]
Gustaf Wulfvenstierna18 July 1748 – 9 May 1758EnvoyDied in office (on his way home to Sweden).[12]
Gustaf Adam von Nolcken12 September 1757 – 1761Chargé d'affairesIn Berlin.[13]
Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel1766–1779?
Carl Eherenfried von CarisienJune 1787 – 21 November 1794Envoy extraordinaryDied in office.[14]
Carl Fredrik von Heland1790–?Chargé d'affairesIn Dresden.[15]
Carl Gustaf Schultz von Ascheraden29 August 1795 – 22 March 1798MinisterDied in office.[16]
Lars von Engeström6 April 1798 – 5 September 1803MinisterIn Berlin.[17]
Nils Gustaf Palin1800–1805Chargé d'affairesIn Dresden.[18]
Karl Gustaf von BrinkmanJune 1803 – September 1803Chargé d'affairesIn Berlin.[19]
Karl Gustaf von BrinkmanNovember 1803 – June 1805Chargé d'affairesIn Berlin.
Karl Gustaf von Brinkman12 May 1807 – 7 March 1808Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryAt the Prussian court in Memel.
Vilhelm August Kantzow30 April 1821 – 1822Acting chargé d'affairesIn Berlin.[20]
Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'OhssonOctober 1834 – 25 September 1850EnvoyIn Berlin and Dresden.[21]
Carl Hochschild1850–1854?
Carl von und zu Mansbach1855–1857?
Carl August Järta16 December 1858 – 13 January 1865EnvoyIn Berlin, Dresden and Mecklenburg. Died in office.[22]

Electorate of Saxony (1356–1806)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Gustaf Zülich1729–1732?
Johan August Greiffenheim1747–1749MinisterAlso minister at the Polish court.[23]
Ulrik Celsing7 November 1782 – 19 April 1787EnvoyIn Dresden.[24] [25]
Fredrik von Ehrenheim19 April 1787 – 1790Chargé d'affairesIn Dresden.[26]

German Empire (1871–1918)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Frederik Due1871–1873Envoy
Gillis Bildt3 March 1874 – 21 August 1886Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryIn Berlin, also in Dresden on 21 April 1875, and in Karlsruhe on 27 April 1881.[27]
Alfred Lagerheim29 October 1886 – 1899Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryIn Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Dresden. In Munich from 28 May 1890.[28]
Arvid Taube28 February 1900 – 30 April 1909Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryImperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts.[29] [30]
Eric Trolle30 April 1909 – 1912Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryImperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts.[31]
Arvid Taube1 April 1912 – 14 October 1916Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDied in office.
Hans-Henrik von Essen13 February 1917 – 1918Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spécialeIn Berlin, Dresden, Karlsruhe, Munich, and Stuttgart.[32]

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Hans-Henrik von Essen20 June 1919 – 1920Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spécialeTo the German Reich.
Hans-Henrik von Essen14 May 1920 – 31 January 1923EnvoyTo the German Reich. Died in office.
Fredrik Ramel23 February 1923 – 1925Envoy[33]
Einar af Wirsén26 September 1926 – 1937Envoy[34]

Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Arvid Richert29 January 1937 – 23 April 1945Envoy[35]

West Germany (1949–1990)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Ragnar Kumlin1951–1956Ambassador[36]
Ole Jödahl1956–1967Ambassador[37]
Nils Montan1967–1972Ambassador[38]
Sven Backlund1972–1983Ambassador[39]
Lennart Eckerberg1983–1990Ambassador[40]

East Germany (1949–1990)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Carl Johan Rappe1973–1976Ambassador[41]
Eric Virgin1976−1982Ambassador[42]
Rune Nyström1982–1985Ambassador[43]
Henrik Liljegren1985–1989Ambassador[44]
Vidar Hellners1989–1990Ambassador[45]

Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Torsten Örn1990–1994Ambassador[46]
Örjan Berner1994–1996Ambassador[47]
Mats Hellström1996–2001Ambassador
Carl Tham2002–2006Ambassador
Ruth Jacoby2006–2010Ambassador
Staffan Carlsson2010–2015Ambassador
Lars Danielsson2015–2017Ambassador[48]
Per ThöressonMarch 2017 – 2023Ambassador[49]
Veronika Wand-DanielssonAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador[50]

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Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Anders (Wollimhaus) Leijonstedt . . . Bernt . Olsson . 1977–1979 . 22 . 506 . 12 August 2024 . sv.
  2. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 2 af Chapman-Fägerstråle . 1926 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 841.
  3. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 2 af Chapman-Fägerstråle . 1926 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 674.
  4. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 3 Gadde-Höökenberg . 1927 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 483.
  5. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 9 Wrangel-Östner . 1936 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 9.
  6. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 7 Schildt-Sture . 1932 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 344.
  7. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 3 Gadde-Höökenberg . 1927 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 598.
  8. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 4 Igelström-Lillietopp . 1928 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 582.
  9. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 6 Posse-von Scheven . 1931 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 484.
  10. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 6 Posse-von Scheven . 1931 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 10.
  11. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 8 Stålarm-Voltemat . 1934 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 241.
  12. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 9 Wrangel-Östner . 1936 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 91.
  13. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 5 Lind af Hageby-von Porten . 1930 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 446.
  14. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing . 1925 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 740.
  15. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 3 Gadde-Höökenberg . 1927 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 552.
  16. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 7 Schildt-Sture . 1932 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 77.
  17. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 2 af Chapman-Fägerstråle . 1926 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 582.
  18. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 5 Lind af Hageby-von Porten . 1930 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 624.
  19. Encyclopedia: Carl Gustaf Brinkman, von . . . Hilma . Borelius . Hilma Borelius . 1926 . 6 . 283 . 24 July 2024 . sv.
  20. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 4 Igelström-Lillietopp . 1928 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 100.
  21. Encyclopedia: Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'Ohsson . . . Nils P. . Holm . Gunnar . Jarring . Bengt . Hildebrand . Gunnar Jarring . 1945 . 11 . 340 . 2024-04-13 . sv.
  22. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 3 Gadde-Höökenberg . 1927 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 598.
  23. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 3 Gadde-Höökenberg . 1927 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 137.
  24. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing . 1925 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 829.
  25. Encyclopedia: Ulric Celsing . . . Herbert . Lund . 1929 . 8 . 226 . 11 June 2024 . sv.
  26. Encyclopedia: Fredrik Wilhelm Ehrenheim . . . Nils F. . Holm . 1949 . 12 . 267 . 11 June 2024 . sv.
  27. Encyclopedia: D A Gillis Bildt . . . O. . Hallendorff . 1924 . 4 . 318 . 11 June 2024 . sv.
  28. Encyclopedia: C H T Alfred Lagerheim . . . Kent . Zetterberg . 1977–1979 . 22 . 121 . 11 June 2024 . sv.
  29. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 8 Stålarm-Voltemat . 1934 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 171.
  30. Book: Almquist, Johan Axel . Kommerskollegium och Riksens Ständers Manufakturkontor samt konsulsstaten 1651-1910: administrativa och biografiska anteckningar . Meddelanden från svenska Riksarkivet, Ny följd. Ser. 2, 99-0506720-5 ; 4 . 1914 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 434.
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  32. Book: Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . Elgenstierna . Gustaf . 2 af Chapman-Fägerstråle . 1926 . Norstedt . Stockholm . sv . . 600.
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  48. Ny ambassadör i Tyskland . . New ambassador in Germany . 28 May 2015 . 11 June 2024 . sv.
  49. Ny ambassadör i Tyskland . . New ambassador in Germany . 12 January 2017 . 11 June 2024 . sv.
  50. Veronika Wand-Danielsson ny ambassadör i Tyskland . . Veronika Wand-Danielsson new ambassador in Ukraine . 23 March 2023 . 11 June 2024 . sv.