List of ambassadors of Sweden to Switzerland

Ambassador of
Sweden to Switzerland
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Carl Magnus Nesser
since 27 June 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Bern
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidencePourtalèsstrasse 49, Muri bei Bern[a]
SeatBern, Switzerland
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderAlbert Ehrensvärd
Formation12 August 1915
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Bern

The Ambassador of Sweden to Switzerland (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Swiss Confederation) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of the Swiss Confederation and the Federal Council.

History

In August 1915, the Swedish government appointed the former minister for foreign affairs, Count Albert Ehrensvärd, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation. This made him Sweden's first ministerial representative in Switzerland, where the country had previously only been represented by a consular agent in Geneva.[3]

In April 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Swiss 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]

List of representatives

Name Period Title Notes Ref
Elof Signeul January 1814 – 1815 Diplomatic agent [5]
Albert Ehrensvärd 12 August 1915 – 1918 Envoy [6]
Patrick Adlercreutz 22 July 1918 – 26 September 1921 Acting envoy[b] [7]
Patrick Adlercreutz 26 September 1921 – 1922 Envoy [7]
Jonas Alströmer 28 June 1922 – 1925 Envoy Also accredited to Budapest and Vienna (from 27 September 1924). [8]
Einar Hennings 1925–1928 Envoy Also accredited to Budapest and Vienna. [9]
Karl Ivan Westman 1928–1939 Envoy [10]
Hans Beck-Friis 1939–1940 Envoy [11]
Zenon P. Westrup 1940–1946 Envoy [12]
Staffan Söderblom 6 July 1946 – 1951 Envoy Appointed on 14 June 1946. [13]
Torsten Hammarström 1951 – April 1957 Envoy [4][14]
Torsten Hammarström April 1957 – 1962 Ambassador [4][14]
Fritz Stackelberg 1962–1965 Ambassador [15]
Klas Böök 1965–1972 Ambassador [16]
Sven-Eric Nilsson 1973–1982 Ambassador [17]
Bengt Odevall 1982–1987 Ambassador [18]
Hans Ewerlöf 1987–1993 Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz (from 1991). [19]
Jan Mårtenson 1993–1995 Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz. [20]
Folke Löfgren 1996–2001 Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz. [21]
Lars Magnuson 2001–2006 Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz. [22]
Per Thöresson September 2006 – August 2014 Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz. [23][24]
Magnus Hartog-Holm 1 September 2014 – 2019 Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz. [25]
Jan Knutsson 1 September 2019 – 2023 Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz. [26][27]
Carl Magnus Nesser 27 June 2023 – present Ambassador Also accredited to Vaduz. [28][29]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The former residence, located at Thunstrasse 67 in Gryphenhübeli,[1] was sold by the National Property Board of Sweden in the first quarter of 2020.[2]
  2. ^ Appointed Acting Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation on 22 July 1918; appointed minister resident and head of the Legal Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 12 September 1919; concurrently serving as acting envoy to the Swiss Confederation from the same date.[7]

References

  1. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1968 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1968. p. 321.
  2. ^ "Årsredovisning 2020 - Året i korthet" [Annual report 2020 - The year in brief] (PDF) (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. 2020. p. 86. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Svensk ministerpost i Schweiz" [Swedish minister post in Switzerland]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). No. 222. 18 August 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Ambassadörer" [Ambassadors]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 13 April 1957. p. A11. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ^ Hagstedt, Rolf (2003–2006). "Elof Signeul". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 32. National Archives of Sweden. p. 182. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ^ Hildebrand, Bengt; Lindberg, Folke (1949). "Johan Jakob Albert Ehrensvärd". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 12. National Archives of Sweden. p. 496. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 37. SELIBR 10076137.
  8. ^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 71. SELIBR 10076137.
  9. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 459. SELIBR 8261511.
  10. ^ Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1019. SELIBR 3681519.
  11. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 73. SELIBR 8261511.
  12. ^ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 874. SELIBR 9649168.
  13. ^ Matz, Johan (2020). "Staffan John Söderblom". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 35. National Archives of Sweden. p. 365. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  14. ^ a b Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 412. SELIBR 9649168.
  15. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1020. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.
  16. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 167. ISBN 91-1-766022-X. SELIBR 3681523.
  17. ^ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 819. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
  18. ^ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 864. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
  19. ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 351, 357. ISBN 9138128098. SELIBR 3682772.
  20. ^ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 809. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
  21. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 184, 190. ISBN 9138318385. SELIBR 8261601.
  22. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. pp. 185, 192. ISBN 91-38-32230-7. SELIBR 10156707.
  23. ^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. pp. 188, 195. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
  24. ^ "Per Thöresson". LinkedIn. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  25. ^ "CV Ambassador Magnus Hartog-Holm" (PDF). Embassy of Sweden, Bern. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  26. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Schweiz" [New ambassador in Switzerland] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  27. ^ "Ambassador Jan Knutsson had the honour to present his credentials to Minister Dr. Katrin Eggenberger for the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein". Embassy of Sweden, Bern. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2024 – via Facebook.
  28. ^ "Ambassadens personal" [Embassy staff] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bern. 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  29. ^ "The Swedish Embassy in Bern is responsible also for the diplomatic relations between Sweden and Liechtenstein". Embassy of Sweden, Bern. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024 – via Facebook.