List of ambassadors of Sweden to Australia

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StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
Residence5 Turrana Street, Yarralumla[a]
SeatCanberra, Australia
Ambassador of
Sweden to Australia
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Klas Molin
since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Canberra
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
Residence5 Turrana Street, Yarralumla[a]
SeatCanberra, Australia
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderConstans Lundquist
FormationAugust 1947
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Canberra

The Ambassador of Sweden to Australia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Commonwealth of Australia) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the governor-general and the Australian government.

In 1945, Constans Lundquist was appointed consul general at Sydney with jurisdiction in the Fiji Islands.[2] He was appointed as Sweden's first envoy to Sydney in August 1947 when the Swedish legation was established and the consulate general closed.[3] In October 1947, he presented his credentials in Canberra as Sweden's first envoy to Australia to Governor-General William McKell.[4]

In 1963, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Australian 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.[5]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRef
Constans LundquistAugust 1947 – 26 April 1950EnvoyDied in office.[6][7]
Bo Alander1950–1951Chargé d'affaires ad interim[8]
Martin Kastengren1 October 1951 – 30 June 1957EnvoyAlso accredited to New Zealand.[9][10][11]
Alf Ros27 February 1954 – 1954Chargé d'affaires ad interim[12]
Otto JohanssonApril 1954 – October 1954Chargé d'affaires ad interimProtecting power mission for the Soviet Union in Canberra during Envoy Kastengren's vacation.[13][14][15][16]
Göran Bundy12 March 1957 – 1 October 1957Chargé d'affaires ad interim[17][18]
Carl Bergenstråhle1 October 1957 – 1960EnvoyOctober 1957[18][19][20]
Nils-Eric Ekblad1960–1963Envoy[21]
Gösta af Petersens1963–1969Ambassador[22]
Per Anger1970–1975Ambassador[23]
Per Lind1975–1979AmbassadorAlso accredited to Papua New Guinea (from 1977).[24]
Lars Hedström1979–1985AmbassadorAlso accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu (from 1982[b]).[26]
Hans Björk1986–1990AmbassadorAlso accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[27]
Bo Heinebäck1990–1994AmbassadorAlso accredited to Papua New Guinea (from 1991), Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[28]
Göran Hasselmark1994–2000AmbassadorAlso accredited to Cook Islands,[c] New Zealand (from 1995), Papua New Guinea (from 2000), and Solomon Islands (until 1995).[30][29][31][32]
Lars-Erik Wingren2000–2003AmbassadorAlso accredited to New Zealand, Tonga (from 2002), and Vanuatu (from 2002).[33]
Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist2003–2008AmbassadorAlso accredited to New Zealand.[34][d]
Sven-Olof Petersson2008–2014AmbassadorAlso accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.[36]
Pär Ahlberger2014–2019AmbassadorAlso accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.16 July 2014[37]
Henrik Cederin1 September 2019 – 2022AmbassadorAlso accredited to Fiji (from 15 March 2022) and New Zealand (from January 2020).20 September 2019[38][39][40]
Pontus Melander10 October 2022 – 2025AmbassadorAlso accredited to Fiji (from 26 October 2023), New Zealand (from 16 November 2022), and Tonga (from 16 April 2024).10 October 2022[41][42][43]
Klas Molin2025–presentAmbassadorAlso accredited to New Zealand.18 September 2025[44][45]

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