List of ambassadors of Sweden to Peru

Ambassador of Sweden to Peru
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Tomas Wiklund since 18 April 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Lima
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Calle La Santa María 120-130[a]
Seat	Santiago, Chile[b]
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Einar Modig
Formation	1931

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

History

Both countries established diplomatic relations in the 1930s[1][2][3] and maintained diplomatic missions in both Lima and Stockholm.

In November 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Peruvian 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.[4]

In 1983, after Ambassador Cai Melin [sv] expressed support for Amnesty International during a private event in Peru—which had criticized the Peruvian regime in a letter for torture and arbitrary executions, including of Indigenous people during the Peruvian Civil War—he faced criticism from the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They conveyed their dissatisfaction with Melin to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The regime in Peru, under President Fernando Belaúnde, had been displeased with Amnesty's criticism. Melin was recalled, even though he had not been officially declared persona non grata by the Peruvian government.[5]

The Swedish embassy in Lima was closed in 2001 but reopened in 2016[2] and the embassy of Peru in Stockholm was closed in 2010 but reopened in 2012.[1][6] The Swedish embassy closed again in 2022.[7] Since 2023, the Swedish ambassador in Santiago, Chile has a dual accreditation to Lima.

List of representatives

Name	Period	Resident/Non resident	Title	Accreditation	Ref
Einar Modig	1 January 1931[c] – 28 April 1933	Resident	Acting envoy	Also accredited to Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, and Quito.	[8][9]
Einar Modig	28 April 1933 – 1934	Resident	Envoy	Also accredited to Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, and Quito.	[8]
Vilhelm Assarsson	1935–1937	Resident	Envoy	Also accredited to Bogotá, Caracas, La Paz, and Quito.	[10]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	1937–1945	Resident	Envoy	Also accredited to Bogotá, Caracas (until 1938), La Paz, and Quito.	[11][12]
Martin Kastengren	1945–1951	Resident	Envoy	Also accredited to La Paz and Quito.	[13]
Harry Eriksson	1951–1952	Resident	Envoy	Also accredited to La Paz.	[14]
Claes Westring	1952 – November 1956	Resident	Envoy	Also accredited to La Paz (until 1956).	[4][15]
Claes Westring	November 1956 – 1959	Resident	Ambassador		[4][16]
Malte Pripp	1959–1962	Resident	Ambassador		[17]
Carl Henrik Petersén	1962–1966	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[18]
Torsten Björck	1966–1974	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[19]
Göran Engblom	1975–1978	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[20]
Ulf Norström	1979–1982	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[21]
Cai Melin	1982–1983	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[22][5]
Hans Linton	1984–1989	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[23]
Carl-Erhard Lindahl	1989–1992	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[24]
Lars Schönander	1992–1996	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[25]
Ulf Lewin	1996–2000	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[26]
Mikael Dahl	2000–2001	Resident	Ambassador	Also accredited to La Paz.	[27]
Arne Rodin	2001–2005	Non-resident	Ambassador	Accredited from the embassy in Santiago de Chile.	[28]
Martin Wilkens	2005–2006	Non-resident	Chargé d'affaires a.i	Accredited from the embassy in Santiago de Chile.	[29]
Maria Christina Lundqvist	2006–2008	Non-resident	Ambassador	Accredited from the embassy in Santiago de Chile.	[30]
Eva Zetterberg	2009–2014	Non-resident	Ambassador	Accredited from the embassy in Santiago de Chile.	[31]
Jakob Kiefer	2015–2016	Non-resident	Ambassador	Accredited from the embassy in Santiago de Chile.	[32]
Anna Ferry	September 2016 – 2019	Resident	Ambassador		[33]
Cecilia Ekholm	1 September 2019 – 2021	Resident	Ambassador		[34]
Maria Cramér	August 2021 – 2022	Resident	Ambassador		[35]
Tomas Wiklund	18 April 2023 – present	Non-resident	Ambassador	Accredited from the embassy in Santiago de Chile.	[36]

Gallery

• 
  Einar Modig (1931–1934)
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  Vilhelm Assarsson (1935–1937)
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  Eva Zetterberg (2009–2014)

See also

• Peru–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Lima
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Sweden

Footnotes

1. The address of the residence and chancery in Lima that the Swedish state still owns.
2. Since 2023, the Swedish ambassador in Santiago, Chile has a dual accreditation to Lima.
3. Appointed on 30 July 1930.[8]

References

1. "Relaciones diplomáticas con el Reino de Suecia". Embajada del Perú en Suecia. 12 May 2021.
2. "Suecia decidió reabrir su embajada en el Perú después de 14 años". Gestión. 11 December 2015.
3. "2021: Año del Bicentenario y aniversario de las relaciones bilaterales entre Suecia y Perú". Embassy of Sweden. 4 January 2021.
4. "Ny ambassad" [New embassy]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 1 December 1956. p. A11. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
5. "Stödde Amnesty international - Svensk ambassadör i Peru kallas hem" [Supported Amnesty International - Swedish ambassador in Peru called home]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 10 November 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
6. "Comunicado No. 1/2012" REAPERTURA DE LA EMBAJADA DEL PERÚ EN EL REINO DE SUECIA Y NOMBRAMIENTO DE LA ENCARGADA DE NEGOCIOS a.i." (PDF). Embassy of Peru in Sweden. 28 May 2012.
7. "Svenska konsulat i Peru" [Swedish Consulates in Peru] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Peru. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
8. Rockberger, Nicolaus (1985–1987). "Einar Modig". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 25. National Archives of Sweden. p. 600. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "Einar Modig till Lima som minister" [Einar Modig to Lima as minister]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 August 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
10. Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 50.
11. Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1966). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1967 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1967] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 760. SELIBR 3681518.
12. Sveriges statskalender för året 1938 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1938. p. 219.
13. Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? [Who's Who?] (in Swedish). Vol. 1, Stor–Stockholm (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 684. SELIBR 53509.
14. Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 265.
15. Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1956 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1956. p. 320.
16. Sveriges statskalender för året 1959 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1959. p. 302.
17. Sveriges statskalender 1962 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1962. p. 303.
18. Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 764. SELIBR 3681519.
19. Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 139. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
20. Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 295. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
21. Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 852. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
22. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1983). Sveriges statskalender 1983 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 343, 357. ISBN 9138071576. SELIBR 3682764.
23. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1989). Sveriges statskalender 1989 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 360, 375. ISBN 9138121735. SELIBR 3682768.
24. Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 690. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
25. Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1996). Sveriges statskalender 1996 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 177, 192. ISBN 9138350211. SELIBR 3682781.
26. Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 678. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
27. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 173, 188. ISBN 9138318385. SELIBR 8261601.
28. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 186. ISBN 9138321971. SELIBR 9879458.
29. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 190. ISBN 91-38-32230-7. SELIBR 10156707.
30. Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 193. ISBN 978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR 10900526.
31. Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 193. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
32. "Peru President receives credentials from new Ambassadors" (in Swedish). Lima: Andina. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
33. "Ny ambassadör i Peru" [New ambassador in Peru] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
34. "Ny ambassadör i Peru" [New ambassador in Peru] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
35. "Ny ambassadör i Peru" [New ambassador in Peru] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
36. "President of Peru receives credentials from five non-resident Ambassadors". Andina. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.