List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States
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The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the United States of America is in charge of Sweden
's diplomatic mission
to the United States
.
The Swedish embassy is located at the House of Sweden
(inaugurated in 2006) at 2900 K Street
in Washington, D.C.
Previously the embassy was housed in rented space at, first Watergate
600, and later, 1501 M Street
NW.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
's diplomatic mission
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The Swedish embassy is located at the House of Sweden
House of Sweden
House of Sweden is a building in Washington, D.C. which houses the diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of Sweden, the Principality of Liechtenstein, and the Republic of Iceland to the United States of America. The building is located at 2900 K Street N.W...
(inaugurated in 2006) at 2900 K Street
K Street (Washington, D.C.)
K Street is a major thoroughfare in the United States capital of Washington, D.C. known as a center for numerous think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups.-Location:...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Previously the embassy was housed in rented space at, first Watergate
Watergate complex
The Watergate complex is a group of five buildings next to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in the United States. The site contains an office building, three apartment buildings, and a hotel-office building...
600, and later, 1501 M Street
M Street (Washington, D.C.)
The name "M Street" refers to two major roads in the United States capital of Washington, D.C. Because of the Cartesian-coordinate-based street-naming system in Washington, the name M Street can be used to refer to any east-west street located twelve blocks north or south of the dome of the United...
NW.
Resident Ministers (1812–1919)
- 1782 Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
- 1812–1819 Johan Albert Kantzow
- 1819–1831 Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg
Chargé d'affaires (1919–1945)
- 1921–1926 Axel Fingal Wallenberg
- 1925–1945 Wollmar Boström Wollmar BoströmWollmar Filip Boström was a diplomat and tennis player from Sweden. He won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London in the men's indoor doubles tournament, alongside Gunnar Setterwall. From 1925 till 1945 he was the Swedish minister in Washington....
Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (from 1945)
- 1948–1958 Erik Boheman
- 1958–1964 Gunnar JarringGunnar JarringGunnar Valfrid Jarring was a Swedish diplomat and Turkologist.Jarring was born in Brunnby, Höganäs Municipality, Skåne County , Sweden. He earned a Ph.D. from Lund University in 1933 with his dissertation Studien zu einer osttürkischen Lautlehre...
- 1972 Yngve Möller (appointed but never took admission due to a break in Swedish–American diplomatic relationsSwedish-American relationsSwedish–American relations are the Transatlantic relations between Sweden and the United States, and between the Swedish and American people in particular.Sweden and the United States have had strong ties since the 18th century.-History of relations:...
.) - 1974–1989 Wilhelm WachtmeisterWilhelm WachtmeisterCount Wilhelm Hans Fredrik Wachtmeister is a Swedish career diplomat who served as the Swedish Ambassador to the United States for 15 years from 1974 to 1989, eventually becoming the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in 1986, as the longest-serving ambassador in the U.S. diplomatic corps...
- 1989–1993 Anders Thunborg
- 1993–1997 Henrik Liljegren
- 1997–2000 Rolf EkéusRolf EkéusCarl Rolf Ekéus is a Swedish diplomat. From 1978 to 1983, he was a representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and he has worked on various other disarmament committees and commissions....
- 2000–2005 Jan EliassonJan EliassonJan Kenneth Eliasson is a Swedish diplomat and Social Democratic politician.- Biography :Jan Eliasson was born in a working-class family in Gothenburg. He was an AFS exchange student in Indiana, United States, from 1957 to 1958 and was commissioned reserve officer after military training at the...
- 2005–2007 Gunnar LundGunnar LundNils Gunnar Wiggo Lund, born 26 July 1947. Swedish diplomat and politician. Married to Kari Lotsberg. Three children: Gustav Harald and Ingrid ....
- 2007-present Jonas HafströmJonas HafströmSven Jonas Gerhardsson Hafström is a Swedish diplomat, currently serving as the Swedish ambassador to Washington, D.C., United States.- Biography :...
See also
- Swedish-American relationsSwedish-American relationsSwedish–American relations are the Transatlantic relations between Sweden and the United States, and between the Swedish and American people in particular.Sweden and the United States have had strong ties since the 18th century.-History of relations:...
- Diplomatic missions of SwedenDiplomatic missions of SwedenThis is a list of diplomatic missions of Sweden. Sweden has a moderately sized diplomatic network of 78 embassies and 13 consulates general, supplemented by honorary consulates, cultural centres and trade missions that are operated separately. Of note Sweden was the first Western country to have...
- United States Ambassador to SwedenUnited States Ambassador to SwedenThe United States Ambassador to Sweden serves as the chief representative of the United States Foreign Service to the Kingdom of Sweden, and 1814 to 1905, also to Norway, which was politically aligned with Sweden...