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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.

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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 N.W.

Resident Ministers

  • 1782 Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
  • 1812–1819 Johan Albert Kantzow

    • Charge d´Affaires

  • 1819–1831 Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg
  • 1831-1833 David Gustaf Anckarloo
  • 1834+1837 Severin Lorich
  • 1838-1845 Gustaf af Nordin
  • 1845-1850 Adam Christoffer Lovenskiold
  • 1850-1854 Georg Sibbern

    • Resident Ministers

  • 1854-1858 Georg Sibbern
  • 1858-1860 Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
  • 1861-1864 Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper

    • Envoys

  • 1864-1870 Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
  • 1870+1875 Oluf Stenerson
  • 1876-1884 Carl Lewenhaupt (Sweden`s Foreign Minister 1889 to 1895)
  • 1884-1888 Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld
  • 1889-1906 Johan Anton Wolff Grip
  • 1907-1910 Herman Lagercrantz
  • 1910-1911 Albert Ehrensvärd (Sweden´s Foreign Minister 1911 to 1914)
  • 1912-1920 Wilhelm August Ferdinand Ekengren
  • 1921–1926 Axel Fingal Wallenberg
  • 1925–1945 Wollmar Boström
  • 1945-1947 Herman Eriksson

    • Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (from 1947)

  • 1947-1948 Herman Eriksson
  • 1948–1958 Erik Boheman
  • 1958–1964 Gunnar Jarring
  • 1964-1972 Hubert de Besche
  • 1972 Yngve Möller (appointed but never took admission due to a break in Swedish–American diplomatic relations.)
  • 1974–1989 Wilhelm Wachtmeister
  • 1989–1993 Anders Thunborg
  • 1993–1997 Henrik Liljegren
  • 1997–2000 Rolf Ekéus
  • 2000–2005 Jan Eliasson (Sweden´s Foreign Minister between April to October 2006), Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • 2005–2007 Gunnar Lund
  • 2007–2013 Jonas Hafström
  • 2013-present Björn Lyrvall

    • References

    List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States Wikipedia
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