List of ambassadors of Sweden to Argentina

Ambassador of Sweden to Argentina
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Torsten Ericsson since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Buenos Aires
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Olof Gyldén
Formation	1906
Website	Swedish Embassy, Buenos Aires

The Ambassador of Sweden to Argentina (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Argentine Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Argentina and government of Argentina.

History

On 10 December 1831, a Swedish consulate was established in Buenos Aires, whose first holder was referred to as the consul general. On 1 October 1906, the position of consul general was combined with that of the head of the Swedish legation to the Argentine Republic, with a jurisdiction limited to that state.[1]

From 1918, the minister in Buenos Aires was also accredited in Santiago (Chile) and Montevideo (Uruguay).[2]

In January 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Argentine 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.[3]

Today the Swedish ambassador in Argentina is also accredited to Paraguay and Uruguay.[4]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Olof Gyldén	26 October 1906 – 21 January 1910	Resident minister	Also consul general.	[1]
Gerhard Löwen	16 December 1910 – 15 March 1918	Resident minister	Also consul general.	[5]
Carl Hultgren	1 April 1918 – 1925	Envoy	Also accredited to Santiago (from 1 April 1918), Montevideo and Asunción (from 1921).	[6][7]
Einar Ekstrand	1925–1931	Envoy	Also accredited to Santiago, Asunción and Montevideo.	[8]
Axel Paulin	1925–1926	Chargé d'affaires		[9]
Axel Paulin	1928–1931	Chargé d'affaires		[9]
Christian Günther	23 January 1931 – 1933	Envoy	Also accredited to Santiago, Asunción and Montevideo.	[10]
Axel Paulin	1932–1933	Chargé d'affaires		[9]
Einar Modig	31 December 1934 – 1939	Envoy	Also accredited to Santiago, Asunción and Montevideo.	[11]
Wilhelm Winther	1940–1945	Envoy	Also accredited to Asunción and Montevideo.	[12]
Carl Olof Gisle	1945–1949	Envoy	Also accredited to Asunción and Montevideo.	[13]
Herbert Ribbing	1949 – January 1957	Envoy	Also accredited to Asunción.	[14][3]
Herbert Ribbing	January 1957 – 1958	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción.	[3][14]
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna	1958–1963	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción.	[15]
Östen Lundborg	1964–1972	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción.	[16]
Sven Fredrik Hedin	1973–1975	Ambassador		[17]
Per Bertil Kollberg	1975–1977	Ambassador		[18]
Karl-Anders Wollter	1977–1980	Ambassador		[19]
Lars Karlström	1980–1983	Ambassador	Also accredited to Montevideo (from 1981).	[20][21]
Bengt Friedman	1983–1986	Ambassador	Also accredited to Montevideo.	[22]
Ethel Wiklund	1986–1987	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción and Montevideo.	[23]
Anders Sandström	1987–1994	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción and Montevideo.	[24]
Håkan Granqvist	1994–1997	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción and Montevideo.	[25]
Peter Landelius	1997–2001	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción and Montevideo.	[26]
Madeleine Ströje-Wilkens	2001–2005	Ambassador	No dual accreditation.[a]	[27]
Arne Rodin	2005–2010	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción, La Paz and Montevideo.	[28]
Charlotte Wrangberg	2010–2013	Ambassador	Also accredited to Asunción and Montevideo.
Gufran Al-Nadaf	2013–2016	Ambassador		[29]
Barbro Elm	1 September 2016 – 2019	Ambassador		[30]
Anders Carlsson	1 September 2019 – 2023	Ambassador		[31]
Torsten Ericsson	August 2023 – present	Ambassador	Presented credentials on 6 October 2023. Also accredited to Asunción.[b]	[33][34][32]

Gallery

• 
  Ambassador Östen Lundborg (1964–1972) and Luis Federico Leloir.
• 
  Ambassador Håkan Granqvist (1994–1997) and President Carlos Menem.
• 
  Ambassador Peter Landelius (1997–2001) and President Carlos Menem.
• 
  Ambassador Gufran Al-Nadaf (2013–2016) and Minister of Culture Teresa Parodi.
• 
  Ambassador Barbro Elm (2016–2019) and President Mauricio Macri.
• 
  Ambassador Anders Carlsson (2019–2023) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Faurie.

See also

• Argentina–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Buenos Aires

Footnotes

1. Ambassador Madeleine Ströje-Wilkens' husband, Martin Wilkens was stationed as ambassador at the Swedish Embassy in Buenos Aires from 2002 to 2005, with dual accreditation to Asunción, La Paz and Montevideo.[27]
2. Presented credentials to President Santiago Peña on 4 March 2024.[32]

References

1. Almquist, Johan Axel (1914). Kommerskollegium och Riksens Ständers Manufakturkontor samt konsulsstaten 1651-1910: administrativa och biografiska anteckningar (PDF). Meddelanden från svenska Riksarkivet, Ny följd. Ser. 2, 99-0506720-5; 4 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 350–351. SELIBR 844316.
2. "Beskickningsarkiv Buenos Aires" [Diplomatic mission archive Buenos Aires] (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
3. "Mellan svenska och argentinska regeringarna". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 12 January 1957. p. 4A. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
4. "Argentina". Governtment of Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
5. Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1930). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 5 Lind af Hageby-von Porten. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 113. SELIBR 10076756.
6. "Utnämningar m.m." [Appointments etc]. Sydsvenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 75. 17 March 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
7. Lindblad, Göran, ed. (1924). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1925 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1925] (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners. p. 339. SELIBR 6gnl7s754g5f6x82.
8. "Ekstrand, släkter". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 13. National Archives of Sweden. 1950. p. 174. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
9. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 852. SELIBR 8261511.
10. Brandell, Ulf (1967–1969). "Christian E Günther". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 17. National Archives of Sweden. p. 642. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
11. Rockberger, Nicolaus (1985–1987). "Einar Modig". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 25. National Archives of Sweden. p. 600. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
12. Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1067.
13. Svensson, Stina; Ekstedt, Tage, eds. (1955). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1955 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1955] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 311. SELIBR 3681511.
14. Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 893. SELIBR 9649168.
15. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 136. ISBN 91-1-766022-X. SELIBR 3681523.
16. Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 717. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.
17. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1975). Sveriges statskalender 1975 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 398. ISBN 91-38-02088-2. SELIBR 3682757.
18. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1977). Sveriges statskalender 1977 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 431. ISBN 91-38-03338-0. SELIBR 3682758.
19. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1980). Sveriges statskalender 1980 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 333. ISBN 91-38-05350-0. SELIBR 33682761.
20. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 355, 378. ISBN 9138067307. SELIBR 3682763.
21. "Utrikesdepartementet" [Ministry for Foreign Affaires]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 15 January 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
22. Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 355. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
23. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1987). Sveriges statskalender 1987 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 347. ISBN 91-38-09751-6. SELIBR 3682766.
24. Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 339. ISBN 9138128098. SELIBR 3682772.
25. Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1994). Sveriges statskalender 1994 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 172. ISBN 9138129485. SELIBR 3682773.
26. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 171. ISBN 9138318385. SELIBR 8261601.
27. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 169. ISBN 9138321971. SELIBR 9879458.
28. Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 174. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
29. "Nya ambassadörer utsedda" [New ambassadors appointed] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
30. "Ny ambassadör i Argentina" [New ambassador in Argentina] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
31. "Ny ambassadör i Argentina" [New ambassador in Argentina] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
32. "Ambassadör Torsten Ericsson har överlämnat sina kreditivbrev i Paraguay" [Ambassador Torsten Ericsson has presented credentials in Paraguay] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Buenos Aires. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
33. "Torsten Ericsson ny ambassadör i Argentina" [Torsten Ericsson new ambassador in Argentina] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
34. "Överlämnande av kreditivbrev" [Presenting of credentials] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Buenos Aires. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024.

External links

• Embassy of Sweden, Buenos Aires, official website (in Swedish)