List of ambassadors of Sweden to Spain

Ambassador of
Sweden to Spain
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Per-Arne Hjelmborn
since 2024
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Madrid
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceCalle de Zurbano 27[a]
SeatMadrid, Spain
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderPeter Axel Fleming
Formation1748
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Madrid

The Ambassador of Sweden to Spain (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Spain) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the monarch and government of Spain.

History

In 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Spanish 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]

List of representatives

Name Period Title Notes Presented credentials Ref
Kingdom of Spain (1700–1808)
Peter Axel Fleming 1748–1752 Envoy Died in office. [3]
Carl Leuhusen 1752–1755 Chargé d'affaires [4][5]
Henrik Jacob Hildebrand 1754–1762 Envoy [6]
Gustaf Philip Creutz 1762–1766 Envoy [7]
Fredrik Ulrik von Friesendorff 1766–1770 Envoy
Bengt Sparre 1771–1776 Envoy
Malte Ramel 1779–1780 Envoy [8]
Gustaf d'Albedyhll 1783–1784 Envoy [9]
Fredric Löwenhielm 1781–1783 Envoy [10]
Carl August Ehrensvärd 4 September 1783 – 1799 Envoy [11]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg 16 September 1783 – 1784 Chargé d'affaires [12]
Carl Fredrik von Heland 1785–1790 Chargé d'affaires [13]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg 29 June 1798 – 1805 Chargé d'affaires [12]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg 1 March 1805 – 8 July 1806 Envoy [12]
Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (1808–1813)
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg 21 October 1808 – 20 March 1809 Envoy [12]
Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (1810–1873)
Jacob Gustaf De la Gardie 2 October 1813 – December 1815 Envoy [14]
Gustaf Daniel Lorichs 1814–1816 Chargé d'affaires ad interim [15]
Gustaf Daniel Lorichs 1816 – 9 July 1852 Chargé d'affaires [15]
Johan Henrik Tawast 14 February 1821 – ? Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary This mission was not carried out. [16]
Johan Wilhelm Bergman 1852–1865 Resident minister
Eugène von Stedingk 17 November 1865 – 21 January 1869 Resident minister [17]
Lave Gustaf Beck-Friis 7 October 1868 – 1869 Chargé d‘affaires ad interim [18]
Frans Theodor Lindstrand 21 January 1869 – 11 February 1873[b] Resident minister [19]
First Spanish Republic (1873–1874)
Frans Theodor Lindstrand 11 February 1873[b] – 29 December 1874[c] Resident minister [19]
Kingdom of Spain (Bourbon) (1874–1931)
Frans Theodor Lindstrand 29 December 1874[c] – 1877 Resident minister [19]
Henrik Åkerman 1877–1882 Resident minister [20]
Henrik Åkerman 1882–1884 Minister plenipotentiary [20]
Johan Anton Wolff Grip 1884–1889 Minister plenipotentiary [21]
Arild Huitfeldt 1890 – 21 April 1891 Minister plenipotentiary Died in office. [22]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg 1891–1897 Minister plenipotentiary [23]
Ove Gude 1897–1902 Envoy [24]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg 1902–1905 Envoy [23]
Robert Sager 1905–1907 Envoy Also accredited to Lisbon. [25]
Carl Haraldsson Strömfelt 1907–1913 Envoy Also accredited to Lisbon. [26]
Gustaf Falkenberg 28 November 1913 – 26 August 1917 Envoy Also accredited to Lisbon. Died in office. [27][28]
Augustin Beck-Friis 4 December 1917 – 1920 Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary Also accredited to Lisbon. 4 March 1918 to King Alfonso XIII. [29][30]
Ivan Danielsson 1921–1922 Envoy Also accredited to Lisbon. 31 March 1921 to King Alfonso XIII. [31][32]
Wollmar Boström 1922–1925 Envoy Also accredited to Lisbon. [33]
Ivan Danielsson 1925–1931 Envoy Also accredited to Lisbon. [34]
Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939) and the Spanish State (1936–1975)
Ivan Danielsson 1931–1937 Envoy Also accredited to Lisbon. [34]
Erik Wisén 1936–1939 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Based in Barcelona. [35]
Nils Berencreutz 2 December 1938 – 31 March 1939 Agent Based in Burgos. [36][37]
Nils Berencreutz 1 April 1939 – 1939 Chargé d'affaires ad interim [37][38]
Karl Ivan Westman 1939–1941 Envoy [39]
Joen Lagerberg 28 March 1941 – 1942 Envoy [40]
Karl Ivan Westman 1942–1945 Envoy [41]
Nils Berencreutz 1948–1951 Chargé d'affaires ad interim [38]
Wilhelm Winther 1 February 1951 – 8 March 1956 Envoy [42][43]
Wilhelm Winther 9 March 1956 – 1958 Ambassador [43]
Herbert Ribbing 1958–1963 Ambassador March 1958 to Head of State Francisco Franco [44][45]
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna 1964–1968 Ambassador [46]
Jan Stenström 1969–1972 Ambassador [47]
Knut Bernström 1973–1975 Ambassador [48]
Kingdom of Spain (1975–present)
Knut Bernström 1975–1976 Ambassador [48]
Lennart Petri 1976–1980 Ambassador [49]
Carl-George Crafoord 1980–1986 Ambassador [50]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1986–1989 Ambassador [51]
Ulf Hjertonsson 1989–1995 Ambassador [52]
Tomas Bertelman 1995–2000 Ambassador Also accredited to Andorra. [53]
Lars Grundberg 2000–2005 Ambassador Also accredited to Andorra. [54]
Anders Rönquist 2005–2010 Ambassador Also accredited to Andorra. 26 September 2005 to King Juan Carlos I. [55][56]
Jörgen Persson 1 September 2010 – 2011 Chargé d'affaires [57]
Cecilia Julin 2011–2016 Ambassador Also accredited to Andorra. 10 January 2012 to King Juan Carlos I. [58][59]
Lars-Hjalmar Wide September 2016 – 2019 Ambassador Also accredited to Andorra. 29 September 2016 to King Felipe VI. [60][61][62]
Teppo Tauriainen 1 September 2019 – 2024 Ambassador Also accredited to Andorra. 27 November 2019 to King Felipe VI. [63][64][65]
Per-Arne Hjelmborn 2024–present Ambassador Also accredited to Andorra. 11 November 2024 to King Felipe VI. [66][67][68]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery.[1]
  2. ^ a b The 11 February 1873 was the start of the First Spanish Republic when King Amadeo I abdicated from the Spanish throne.
  3. ^ a b The 29 December 1874 was the end of the First Spanish Republic and the start of the Restoration.

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