List of ambassadors of Sweden to Finland

Finland declared itself an independent state on 6 December 1917. On 4 January 1918, the King, with the unanimous support of the government ministers, decided in council to recognize Finland as an independent and sovereign state.^[2] A few days later, the consul general in Helsinki, Walter Ahlström [sv; fr; fi], was appointed to temporarily represent Sweden in Finland in the capacity of chargé d'affaires. Ahlström immediately assumed his duties as chargé d'affaires, while at the same time continuing to hold his position as consul general.^[3]

Sweden's first minister in Finland was Gustaf Westman [sv], who was appointed by the King in Council on 17 March 1918 as a minister en mission spéciale to the Finnish government in Vaasa.^[4] In April of the same year, Westman presented his credentials to the Chairman of the Senate of Finland Pehr Evind Svinhufvud.^[5]

In September 1954, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Finish 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.^[6]

• Finland–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki
• List of ambassadors of Finland to Sweden