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
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Calle de Zurbano 27[a]
Seat	Madrid, Spain
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Peter Axel Fleming
Formation	1748
Website	Swedish 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	Ref
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]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg	21 October 1808 – 20 March 1809	Envoy		[12]
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	1869–1877	Resident minister
Henrik Åkerman	1877–1882	Resident minister
Henrik Åkerman	1882–1884	Minister plenipotentiary
Johan Anton Wolff Grip	1884–1889	Minister plenipotentiary		[19]
Arild Huitfeldt	1890 – 21 April 1891	Minister plenipotentiary	Died in office.	[20]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg	1891–1897	Minister plenipotentiary		[21]
Ove Gude	1897–1902	Envoy		[22]
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg	1902–1905	Envoy		[21]
Robert Sager	1905–1907	Envoy	Also accredited to Lisbon.	[23]
Carl Haraldsson Strömfelt	1907–1913	Envoy	Also accredited to Lisbon.	[24]
Gustaf Falkenberg	28 November 1913 – 26 August 1917	Envoy	Also accredited to Lisbon. Died in office.	[25][26]
Augustin Beck-Friis	4 December 1917 – 1920	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	Also accredited to Lisbon.	[27]
Ivan Danielsson	1921–1922	Envoy	Also accredited to Lisbon.	[28]
Wollmar Boström	1922–1925	Envoy	Also accredited to Lisbon.	[29]
Ivan Danielsson	1925–1937	Envoy	Also accredited to Lisbon.	[30]
Erik Wisén	1935–1939	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Based in Barcelona.	[31]
Nils Berencreutz	2 December 1938 – 31 March 1939	Agent	Based in Burgos.	[32][33]
Nils Berencreutz	1 April 1939 – 1939	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[33][34]
Karl Ivan Westman	1939–1941	Envoy		[35]
Joen Lagerberg	28 March 1941 – 1942	Envoy		[36]
Karl Ivan Westman	1942–1945	Envoy		[37]
Nils Berencreutz	1948–1951	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[34]
Wilhelm Winther	1 February 1951 – 8 March 1956	Envoy		[38][39]
Wilhelm Winther	9 March 1956 – 1958	Ambassador		[39]
Herbert Ribbing	1958–1963	Ambassador		[40]
Carl-Herbert Borgenstierna	1964–1968	Ambassador		[41]
Jan Stenström	1969–1972	Ambassador		[42]
Knut Bernström	1973–1976	Ambassador		[43]
Lennart Petri	1976–1980	Ambassador		[44]
Carl-George Crafoord	1980–1986	Ambassador		[45]
Karl-Anders Wollter	1986–1989	Ambassador		[46]
Ulf Hjertonsson	1989–1995	Ambassador		[47]
Tomas Bertelman	1995–2000	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Andorra.	[48]
Lars Grundberg	2000–2005	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Andorra.	[49]
Anders Rönquist	2005–2010	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Andorra.	[50]
Jörgen Persson	1 September 2010 – 2011	Chargé d'affaires		[51]
Cecilia Julin	2011–2016	Ambassador
Lars-Hjalmar Wide	September 2016 – 2019	Ambassador		[52]
Teppo Tauriainen	1 September 2019 – 2024	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Andorra.	[53][54]
Per-Arne Hjelmborn	2024 – present	Ambassador		[55]

See also

• Spain–Sweden relations

Footnotes

1. The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery.[1]

References

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29. Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 187.
30. Sveriges statskalender för året 1937 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1937. p. 210.
31. Sveriges statskalender för året 1939 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1939. p. 220.
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42. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1972). Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1972 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 359. SELIBR 3682755.
43. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1976). Sveriges statskalender 1976 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 442. ISBN 91-38-02736-4. SELIBR 3682757.
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45. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1986). Sveriges statskalender 1986 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. p. 365. ISBN 91-38-08944-0. SELIBR 3682765.
46. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1989). Sveriges statskalender 1989 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 377. ISBN 9138121735. SELIBR 3682768.
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49. Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 189. ISBN 9138321971. SELIBR 9879458.
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53. "Ny ambassadör i Spanien" [New ambassador in Spain] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
54. "Bilateral Affairs". Govern d'Andorra. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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External links

• Embassy of Sweden, Madrid, official website