List of ambassadors of the United States to Sweden explained

Post:Ambassador of the United States
to Sweden
Flag:Flag of a United States ambassador.svgborder
Flagsize:200px
Flagcaption:United States ambassador flag
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Incumbent:Erik Ramanathan
Incumbentsince:January 20, 2022
Department:U.S. Department of State
Embassy of the United States, Stockholm
Residence:Villa Åkerlund
Seat:Stockholm, Sweden
Reports To:U.S. Secretary of State
Nominator:The President
Appointer:The President
Termlength:At the pleasure of the President
Inaugural:Benjamin Franklin
as Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation:September 28, 1782
Website:U.S. Embassy – Stockholm

The United States ambassador to Sweden (Swedish: Förenta Staternas ambassadör i Sverige) serves as the official diplomatic representative of the United States to the King and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden. Diplomatic relations between Sweden and the United States began with the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in 1783. Sweden received its first U.S. resident minister in 1814, but in 1818, the senior U.S. diplomat again became the chargé d'affaires. In 1854, the senior American diplomat in Sweden again became the minister resident. From 1814 to 1905 the United States Chief of Mission in Sweden also represented United States interests with respect to Norway, as Norway was aligned with Sweden during this period in the Union between Sweden and Norway.

The contemporary tendency of American presidents is to appoint fundraisers or prominent campaign supporters to the ambassador's post in Sweden, rather than promoting career members of the United States Foreign Service. The current ambassador is Erik Ramanathan, who presented his credentials on January 20, 2022.

Residence

Since the 1930s, the ambassador is resident in the ambassadorial residence, Villa Åkerlund, of the United States Embassy in Diplomatstaden, Stockholm.

List of American chiefs of mission to Sweden

18th century

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Benjamin FranklinMinister PlenipotentiarySeptember 28, 1782None: Was in Paris as U.S. ambassador to France;
negotiated treaty with the Swedish Ambassador in Paris.[1] 		April 3, 1783

1814–1854 (non-resident minister)

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Jonathan Russell[2] [3] Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 18, 1814April 29, 1818October 22, 1818
Christopher HughesChargé d'AffairesJanuary 21, 1819July 5, 1825
William C. SomervilleChargé d'AffairesMarch 9, 1825Died en route to post
John James AppletonChargé d'AffairesMay 2, 1826October 28, 1826August 16, 1830
Christopher HughesChargé d'AffairesMarch 3, 1830August 16, 1830September 22, 1841
George W. LayChargé d'AffairesMay 12, 1842October 4, 1842October 11, 1845
Henry W. EllsworthChargé d'AffairesApril 19, 1845 October 11, 1845January 25, 1861
Francis SchroederChargé d'AffairesNovember 7, 1849 April 22, 1850June 29, 1854

1854–1885 (minister resident)

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Francis SchroederMinister ResidentJune 29, 1854August 19, 1854September 17, 1857
Benjamin F. AngelMinister ResidentJuly 17, 1857November 4, 1857June 25, 1861
Jacob S. HaldemanMinister ResidentMarch 16, 1861June 25, 1861September 24, 1864
James H. CampbellMinister ResidentMay 18, 1864Sep 24, 1864March 29, 1867
John McGinnis, Jr.Minister ResidentNovember 16, 1866 Did not proceed to post, his nomination having been rejected by the Senate while he was en route.
Joseph J. BartlettMinister ResidentMarch 19, 1867June 4, 1867July 24, 1869
John S. CarlileMinister ResidentNot commissioned
Christopher Columbus AndrewsMinister ResidentJune 3, 1869 July 24, 1869November 5, 1877
John L. StevensMinister ResidentAugust 28, 1877 November 5, 1877June 3, 1883
William W. Thomas, Jr.Minister ResidentJune 6, 1883September 6, 1883June 30, 1885
Rufus MageeMinister ResidentApril 2, 1885July 3, 1885Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

1885–1947 (envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary)

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Rufus MageeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 10, 1888September 26, 1888May 25, 1889
William W. Thomas, Jr.Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 19, 1889May 27, 1889May 2, 1894
Thomas B. FergusonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 14, 1894May 2, 1894February 7, 1898
William W. Thomas, Jr.Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryDecember 18, 1898February 8, 1898May 31, 1905
Charles H. GravesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMarch 8, 1905May 31, 1905December 12, 1913
Ira Nelson MorrisEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 13, 1914August 28, 1914April 3, 1923
Robert Woods BlissEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 30, 1923August 8, 1923March 15, 1927
Leland HarrisonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFebruary 26, 1927May 31, 1927November 11, 1929
John Motley Morehead IIIEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJanuary 22, 1930March 31, 1930April 6, 1933
Laurence A. SteinhardtEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMay 11, 1933August 28, 1933June 26, 1937
Fred Morris DearingEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryApril 22, 1937September 23, 1937June 17, 1938
Frederick A. SterlingEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJune 16, 1938September 26, 1938July 14, 1941
Herschel V. JohnsonEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryOctober 21, 1941December 12, 1941April 28, 1946
Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAugust 1, 1946January 3, 1947October 6, 1947
H. Freeman MatthewsEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuly 21, 1947

1947–present day (ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary)

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H. Freeman MatthewsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 20, 1947December 5, 1947May 24, 1950
W. Walton ButterworthAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 5, 1950September 18, 1950December 9, 1953
John M. CabotAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 1, 1954May 6, 1954May 14, 1957
Francis WhiteAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 3, 1957September 17, 1957December 9, 1958
James C.H. BonbrightAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 29, 1958January 9, 1959March 20, 1961
J. Graham ParsonsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 15, 1961May 16, 1961April 17, 1967
William Womack HeathAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 5, 1967May 23, 1967January 23, 1969
VacantNo ambassador appointedJanuary 24, 1969February 15, 1970
Jerome H. HollandAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 16, 1970April 14, 1970August 30, 1972
Chargé d'Affaires ad interimDecember 1972May 1974
Robert Strausz-HupéAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 25, 1974May 29, 1974March 3, 1976
David S. SmithAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 6, 1976May 7, 1976April 29, 1977
Rodney O'Gliasain Kennedy-MinottAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 3, 1977September 29, 1977September 26, 1980
Franklin S. ForsbergAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 11, 1981January 14, 1982December 12, 1985
Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 1985December 19, 1985June 12, 1989
Charles Edgar RedmanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 12, 1989June 13, 1989August 24, 1992
Thomas L. SiebertAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 9, 1994March 24, 1994December 17, 1997
Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1997January 22, 1998August 1, 2001
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 3, 2001September 26, 2001February 12, 2004
Miles T. BivinsAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 25, 2004June 9, 2004January 31, 2006[4]
Michael M. WoodAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 30, 2006[5] June 8, 2006January 20, 2009
Matthew BarzunAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 12, 2009August 21, 2009May 28, 2011[6]
Mark BrzezinskiAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 18, 2011November 24, 2011July 1, 2015
Robert S. GilchristChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 1, 2015 March 1, 2016
Azita RajiAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 1, 2016March 1, 2016January 20, 2017
David LindwallChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2017 December 18, 2018
Pamela TremontChargé d'Affaires ad interimApril 2019 November 7, 2019
Ken HoweryAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 17, 2019November 7, 2019January 20, 2021
Pamela TremontChargé d'Affaires ad interimJanuary 20, 2021June 12, 2021
Sandillo "Dillon" BanerjeeChargé d'Affaires ad interimJune 12, 2021July 22, 2021
Pamela TremontChargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 23, 2021January 20, 2022
Erik RamanathanAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 18, 2021January 20, 2022Incumbent

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Franklin was concurrently the ambassador to France. He did not proceed to Sweden and did not present credentials there. He did, however, negotiate a "Treaty of Amity and Commerce" with Count Gustaf Philip Creutz, Swedish Ambassador in Paris. Web site: Sweden. United States Department of State. 2011-07-04.
  2. Although Benjamin Franklin had been appointed as minister to Sweden, the U.S. and Sweden did not formally establish diplomatic relations until 1818 when Jonathan Russell presented his credentials to the King on April 29, 1818.Web site: Guide to Countries and recognition. United States Department of State. 2011-07-04.
  3. [John L. Lawrence]
  4. News: Health ends term of Texan envoy . . A19 . 2005-12-15 . 2007-01-05.
  5. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/wood-michael
  6. Web site: Matthew Winthrop Barzun (1970–). United States Department of State. 2014-06-26.

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