List of ambassadors of Sweden to Russia

The Ambassador of Sweden to Russia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Russian Federation) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Russia and government of Russia.

Ambassador of Sweden to Russia
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Karin Olofsdotter since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Moscow
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	60 Mosfilmovskaya Street[a]
Seat	Moscow, Russia
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Herman Cedercreutz
Formation	1722
Website	Swedish Embassy, Moscow

History

The Swedish government decided on 15 March 1924, to recognize and establish consular and diplomatic relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.^[2]

List of representatives

Name	Term start	Term end	Title	Notes	Ref
Russian Empire (1721–1917)
Herman Cedercreutz	15 March 1722	21 July 1729	Envoy		[3]
Josias Cederhielm	1725	1726	Ambassador		[4]
Joachim von Dittmer	21 July 1729	1738	Envoy		[5]
Eric Matthias von Nolcken	13 July 1738	20 May 1741	Envoy		[6]
Nils Bark	1 December 1743	25 June 1747	Envoy		[7]
Gustaf Wulfvenstierna	1747	1748	Envoy Extraordinaire		[8]
Gustaf Wilhelm von Höpken	1748	26 August 1749	Envoy Extraordinaire	Died in office.	[9]
Johan August Greiffenheim	1749	1752	Envoy Extraordinaire		[10]
Carl Barthold Lagerflycht	1749	1752	Chargé d'affaires		[11]
Mauritz Posse	1752	1762	Envoy		[12]
Carl Wilhelm von Düben	4 May 1763	1766	Envoy		[13]
Carl Ribbing	1766	1773	Envoy Extraordinaire		[14]
Fredric Nolcken	29 April 1773	14 July 1788	Envoy Extraordinaire		[15]
Gustaf d'Albedyhll	August 1780	September 1780	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[16]
Gustaf d'Albedyhll	10 May 1782	November 1783	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[16]
Carl Eherenfried von Carisien	1785	1787	Resident minister		[17]
Curt von Stedingk	August 1790	February 1808	Ambassador		[18]
Fredrik Samuel Silverstolpe	1805	1807	Chargé d'affaires		[19]
Curt von Stedingk	September 1809	December 1811	Ambassador		[18]
Baltasar af Schenbom	1811	30 April 1812	Chargé d'affaires	Died in office.	[20]
Carl Löwenhielm	1 September 1812	1819	Envoy		[21]
Nils Fredric Palmstjerna	30 September 1820	19 August 1845	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[22]
Gustaf af Nordin	9 October 1845	28 September 1856	Envoy		[23]
Georg Adelswärd	5 December 1856	1858	Envoy		[24]
Frederik Anton Ferdinand Hartwig Wedel-Jarlsberg	1858	1865	Envoy
Oscar Björnstjerna	31 October 1865	1872	Envoy		[25]
Otto Stenbock	26 August 1867	8 November 1867	Chargé d'affaires		[26]
Otto Stenbock	22 July 1868	28 September 1868	Chargé d'affaires		[26]
Otto Stenbock	28 August 1869	1 November 1869	Chargé d'affaires		[26]
Frederik Georg Knut Due	November 1873	1890	Envoy		[27]
Arvid Taube	30 June 1888	31 September 1888	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[28]
Arvid Taube	29 June 1889	7 October 1889	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[28]
Gustaf Leonard (Lennart) Reuterskiöld	24 September 1890	7 July 1899	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	Died in office.	[29]
Arvid Taube	13 June 1890	10 November 1890	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[28]
Arvid Taube	1 June 1891	3 July 1891	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[28]
Arvid Taube	18 August 1891	11 October 1891	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[28]
August Gyldenstolpe	1899	1904	Envoy		[30]
Herman Wrangel	31 December 1904	1906	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[31]
Edvard Brändström	12 March 1906	1920[b]	Envoy		[32]
Carl von Heidenstam	1911	1916	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	At different times.	[33]
Soviet Union (1922–1991)
Carl von Heidenstam	22 March 1924	26 June 1924	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[34]
Carl von Heidenstam	27 June 1924	1930	Envoy	Also accredited to Tehran from 26 March 1929.	[34]
Eric Gyllenstierna	1930	1 October 1937	Envoy	Also accredited to Tehran from 5 September 1930 to 1936 and to Baghdad from 18 May 1934 to 1936.	[35]
Wilhelm Winther	1 March 1938	1940	Envoy		[36]
Vilhelm Assarsson	1940	1944	Envoy	Declared persona non grata on 17 December 1943.[c]	[38]
Staffan Söderblom	28 April 1944	June 1946	Envoy	Assumed office 16 July.	[39]
Gunnar Hägglöf	1946	1947	Envoy		[40]
Rolf Sohlman	15 April 1947	29 December 1947	Envoy		[41]
Rolf Sohlman	30 December 1947	1964	Ambassador	Also accredited to Afghanistan (1948–60), Romania (1951–63), and Bulgaria (1951–63).[d]	[41]
Gunnar Jarring	1964	1973	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia.	[42]
Brynolf Eng	1973	1975	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia from 1974.	[43]
Göran Ryding	1975	1979	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia.	[44]
Carl de Geer	1979	1983	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia.	[45]
Torsten Örn	1983	1986	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia.	[46]
Anders Thunborg	1986	1989	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia.	[47]
Örjan Berner	1989	1991	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia.	[48]
Russian Federation (1991–present)
Örjan Berner	1991	1994	Ambassador	Also accredited to Mongolia (1989–92), Armenia (1992–94), Azerbaijan (1992–94), Georgia (1992–94), Kazakhstan (1993–94), Kyrgyzstan (1993–94), Tajikistan (1993–94), Turkmenistan (1993–94), Uzbekistan (1993–94), and Belarus (1992–94).	[48][49]
Sven Hirdman	1994	2004	Ambassador	Also accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan (1994–97), Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus.	[50][51]
Johan Molander	2004	2008	Ambassador	Also accredited to Armenia (2004–06), Georgia (2004–06), and Belarus.	[52][53]
Tomas Bertelman	2008	2012	Ambassador		[54]
Veronika Bard Bringéus	2012	2015	Ambassador		[55]
Peter Ericson	2015	2019	Ambassador
Malena Mård	1 September 2019	2023	Ambassador		[56]
Karin Olofsdotter	August 2023	Incumbent	Ambassador		[57]

See also

• Russia–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Moscow

Footnotes

1. The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery.^[1]
2. In the fall of 1918, Brändström left Saint Petersburg and returned to Stockholm but kept his position until 1920.^[32]
3. On 17 December 1943, Assarsson was declared persona non grata. The stated reason was that the Swedish military attaché, Captain Hans Nygren [sv], had allegedly passed Soviet military secrets to Germany. Assarsson returned to Stockholm in February 1944.^[37]
4. Envoy to Kabul from 30 June 1948 (assumed office on 24 May 1949) to 1960, also to Bucharest from 1 September (assumed office on 6 October) 1951 to 1963, and also to Sofia from 1 September (assumed office on 19 October) 1951 to 1963.^[41]