| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | Sweden to Japan |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Sweden.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden |
| Flagsize: | 200 |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Incumbent: | Pereric Högberg |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 September 2019 |
| Department: | Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Tokyo |
| Style: | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
| Reports To: | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Residence: | 1 Chome-10-3-100 Roppongi |
| Seat: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Appointer: | Government of Sweden |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Inaugural: | Frederik Philip van der Hoeven |
| Formation: | 1871 |
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.
Diplomatic relations between Sweden and Japan were established in 1868.[1] 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 a 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 Oscar Wallenberg. Wallenberg served as consul general from the same date and as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the same year.[2]
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.[3]
| Name | Period | Title | Accreditation | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederik Philip van der Hoeven | 1871–1872 | Resident minister | |||
| Wilhelm Ferdinand Henrik van Wekherlin | 1872–1878 | Resident minister | |||
| Edmond W.F. Wittewaall van Stoetwegen | 1879–1881 | Resident minister | |||
| Johannes Jakobus van der Plot | 1881–1889 | Resident minister | |||
| Dmitri Louis van Bylandt | 1890–1896 | Resident minister | |||
| Hannibal Casimir Johannes Testa | 1896–1900 | Resident minister | |||
| Hannibal Casimir Johannes Testa | 1900–1902 | Envoy | |||
| Arthur M.D. Swerts de Landas Wyborgh | 1902–1905 | Envoy | |||
| John Loudon | 1905–1906 | Acting Envoy | |||
| Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg | 1906–1920 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Beijing. Also served as consul general from 28 September 1906. | ||
| David Bergström | 7 May 1918 – 1920 | Acting Envoy | Also acreddited to Beijing. | ||
| David Bergström | 11 June 1920 – 1922 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Beijing. | ||
| Oskar Ewerlöf | 1922–1928 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Beijing. | [4] | |
| Johan Hultman | 1928–1936 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Beijing (from 1929) and Bangkok (from 1931). | [5] | |
| Widar Bagge | 1937–1945 | Envoy | Also acreddited to Bangkok. | ||
| – | 1946–1947 | – | Vacant. | [6] [7] | |
| Leif Öhrvall | 1948–1951 | Diplomatic representative | [8] | ||
| Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt | 1951–1952 | Diplomatic representative | [9] | ||
| Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt | 1952–1956 | Envoy | [10] | ||
| Tage Grönwall | 9 July 1956 – December 1957 | Envoy | [11] | ||
| Tage Grönwall | December 1957 – 1962 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Seoul (1959–1962). | [12] | |
| Karl Fredrik Almqvist | 1963–1970 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Seoul. | ||
| Gunnar Heckscher | 1970–1975 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Seoul. | ||
| Bengt Odevall | 1975–1981 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Seoul (1975–1979). | ||
| Gunnar Lonaeus | 1981–1986 | Ambassador | |||
| Ove Heyman | 1986–1991 | Ambassador | |||
| Magnus Vahlquist | 1992–1997 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Marshall Islands (1995–1997) and the Federated States of Micronesia (1995–1997). | ||
| Krister Kumlin | 1997–2002 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. | ||
| Mikael Lindström | 2002–2006 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. | ||
| Stefan Noreén | 2006–2011 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. | [13] | |
| Lars Vargö | 2011–2014 | Ambassador | |||
| Magnus Robach | 2014–2019 | Ambassador | |||
| Pereric Högberg | 1 September 2019 – 2024 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Palau (from February 2022) and the Federated States of Micronesia (from February 2024). | [14] [15] [16] | |
| Viktoria Li | 2024–present | Ambassador | [17] |