List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United Kingdom

Ambassador of Sweden to the Court of St James's
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Stefan Gullgren since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, London
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	27 Portland Place
Seat	London, United Kingdom
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Dionysius Beurraeus
Formation	1558
Website	Swedish Embassy, London

The Ambassador of Sweden to the United Kingdom (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the Government of Sweden to the monarch (Court of St James's) and government of the United Kingdom.

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Dionysius Beurraeus	1558–1561	Legatus perpetuus	Letter of credence dated 1 November 1557.	^[1]
Jakob Spens	1613–1620	?		^[2]
Jakob Spens	1623–1623	?		^[2]
Christer Bonde	1656–1657	?
Johan Leijonbergh	1672–1691	Envoy extraordinary	Died in office.	^[3]
Christoffer Leijoncrona	1691–1697	Acting envoy		^[4]
Nils Lillieroot	12 September 1695 – 1697	Envoy		^[5]
Christoffer Leijoncrona	6 April 1697 – 1703	Resident		^[4]
Christoffer Leijoncrona	3 November 1703 – 8 April 1710	Envoy	Died in office.	^[4]
Carl Gyllenborg	21 May 1710 – 17 May 1715	Resident		^[6]
Carl Gyllenborg	16 May 1715 – 1717	Envoy extraordinary		^[6]
Carl Gustaf Sparre	1719–1736	Envoy		^[7]
Carl Magnus Wasenberg	1736–1741	Chargé d'affaires
Carl Magnus Wasenberg	1741–1743	Minister
Caspar Joachim Ringwicht	1744–1748	Minister
Edvard Carleson	28 March 1748	Envoy	Never took office. England declined to receive him as minister.	^[8]
–	1758–1763	–	Due to war conditions, the post had been vacant since 1758.	^[9]
Gustaf Adam von Nolcken	22 November 1763 – 1792(?)	Envoy	Dual accreditation to the Court of Hanover.	^[9]
Lars von Engeström	21 July 1793 – 1795	Envoy		^[10]
Pehr Olof von Asp	17 July 1795 – 4 December 1798	Minister	Was officially called back on 21 December 1802.	^[11]
Göran Ulrik Silfverhielm	1801–1802	Chargé d'affaires
Göran Ulrik Silfverhielm	1802–1802	Resident minister
Gotthard Mauritz von Rehausen	1805 – 1 May 1807	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary		^[12]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg	10 May 1807 – 13 September 1808	Envoy		^[13]
Carl Gustaf von Brinkman	17 September 1808 – May 1810	Minister		^[14]
Gotthard Mauritz von Rehausen	1812–1818	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary		^[12]
Gustaf Algernon Stierneld	14 March 1818 – 1827	Envoy		^[15]^[16]
Magnus Björnstjerna	12 January 1828 – 29 December 1846	Minister		^[17]
Gotthard Mauritz von Rehausen	1847–1854	Envoy
Christian Adolf Virgin	24 March 1854 – 8 August 1854	Acting Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary		^[18]
Carl Hochschild	8 August 1854 – 1 September 1857	Envoy	Died in office.	^[19]
Baltzar von Platen	23 October 1857 – 26 August 1861	Envoy		^[20]
Carl Wachtmeister	11 October 1861 – 1865	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary		^[21]
Carl Fredrik Hochschild	25 June 1866 – 3 October 1876	Envoy		^[22]
Carl Lewenhaupt	9 July 1869 – 9 October 1869	Acting chargé d'affaires		^[23]
Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper	1877–1890	Envoy		^[24]
Hans Gustaf Trolle-Wachtmeister	7 July 1883 – 5 March 1884	Chargé d'affaires		^[25]
Henrik Åkerman	1890–1895	Envoy
Carl Lewenhaupt	12 July 1895 – 3 October 1902	Acting envoy		^[23]
Carl Bildt	3 October 1902 – 1905	Envoy		^[26]
Herman Wrangel	1906–1920	Envoy
Jonas Alströmer	18 December 1918 – 4 November 1919	Acting chargé d'affaires		^[27]
Erik Palmstierna	5 November 1920 – 26 November 1937	Envoy		^[28]
Hans Gustaf Beck-Friis	1938–1938	Acting chargé d'affaires
Björn Prytz	26 November 1937 – 31 March 1947	Envoy		^[29]
Erik Boheman	1947–1947	Envoy
Erik Boheman	1948–1948	Ambassador
Gunnar Hägglöf	1948–1967	Ambassador
Leif Belfrage	1967–1972	Ambassador
Ole Jödahl	1972–1976	Ambassador
Olof Rydbeck	16 December 1976 – June 1979	Ambassador		^[30]
Per Lind	1979–1982	Ambassador
Leif Leifland	1982–1991	Ambassador
Lennart Eckerberg	1991–1994	Ambassador
Lars-Åke Nilsson	1995–1996	Ambassador
Mats Bergquist	1997–2004	Ambassador
Staffan Carlsson	2004–2010	Ambassador
Nicola Clase	2010–2016	Ambassador
Torbjörn Sohlström	September 2016 – 2021	Ambassador		^[31]
Mikaela Kumlin Granit	2021–2023	Ambassador		^[32]
Stefan Gullgren	August 2023 – present	Ambassador		^[33]

Gallery

Carl Gyllenborg (1710–1717)
Gustav Adam von Nolcken (1764–1793)
Lars von Engeström (1793–1795)
Mikaela Kumlin Granit (2021–2023)

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