List of ambassadors of Sweden to Greece

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The Ambassador of Sweden to Greece (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Hellenic Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Greece and government of Greece.

StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceIoanni Metaxa 56, Filothei
SeatAthens, Greece
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Ambassador of
Sweden to Greece
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Håkan Emsgård
since January 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Athens
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceIoanni Metaxa 56, Filothei
SeatAthens, Greece
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderEinar af Wirsén
Formation1921
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Athens
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History

Sweden has had diplomatic relations with Greece since 1833.[1]

In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, it was proposed that the head of the mission in Constantinople also be accredited in Athens, Greece. However, the experts suggested that, for the time being, the minister should be accredited only in Sofia, Bulgaria.[2] The ministerial post in Bucharest, Romania was established the same year, with responsibilities covering not only Romania but also Greece and Yugoslavia. An additional first secretary position, created the same year and stationed in Athens to act as chargé d'affaires ad interim in the minister's absence, was abolished by a parliamentary decision in 1924.[3]

Knut Richard Thyberg was the first resident Swedish minister in Greece. He arrived in August 1944. As the Germans did not permit any foreign diplomatic representatives, Minister Thyberg initially held the title of Swedish consul general and only gained full diplomatic status after Greece's liberation and the Germans' withdrawal in October 1944.[4]

In May 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Greek 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

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NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)
Carl Peter von Heidenstam2 May 1833 – 5 June 1878Chargé d'affairesConsul General to the United States of the Ionian Islands on 8 January 1838. Died in office.[6]
Einar af Wirsén26 September 1921 – 1924EnvoyResident in Bucharest.[7]
Nils Wikstrand1921–1923Chargé d'affaires ad interim[a][8]
Johan Beck-Friis11 November 1923 – 1924Chargé d'affaires ad interim[b][9]
Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
Jonas Alströmer1925–1933EnvoyResident in Bucharest.[10]
Erik Boheman1933–1934EnvoyResident in Istanbul.[11]
Wilhelm Winther1934–1935EnvoyResident in Ankara.[12]
Kingdom of Greece (1935–1973)
Wilhelm Winther1935–1937EnvoyResident in Ankara.[12]
Eric Gyllenstierna1938–1939EnvoyResident in Ankara.[13]
Sven Allard1938–1939Chargé d'affaires[c][14]
Einar Modig21 August 1939[d] – 1944EnvoyResident in Ankara.[15]
Knut Richard Thyberg1944–1948Chargé d'affaires[16]
Alexis Aminoff1949–1951Envoy[17]
Tage Grönwall1951–1956Envoy[18]
Fritz Stackelberg1956–1962Ambassador[19]
Tage Grönwall1962–1965Ambassador[18]
Gösta Brunnström1965–1972AmbassadorRecalled to Stockholm in 1967.[e]
Dag Bergman1972–1973Ambassador[23]
Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)
Agda Rössel1973–1976Ambassador[24]
Ivar Öhman1976–1980Ambassador[25]
Iwo Dölling1980–1985Ambassador[26]
Hans Colliander1985–1989Ambassador[27]
Karl-Anders Wollter1989–1992Ambassador[28]
Anders Thunborg1993–1993AmbassadorLeft the post due to illness.[29][30]
Krister Kumlin1993–1997Ambassador[31]
Björn Elmér1997–2002Ambassador[32]
Mårten Grunditz2002–2008Ambassador[33]
Håkan Malmqvist2008–2013Ambassador[34]
Charlotte Wrangberg2013–2017Ambassador[35]
Charlotte Sammelin1 September 2017 – 2021Ambassador[36]
Johan BorgstamSeptember 2021 – 2024Ambassador[37]
Håkan EmsgårdJanuary 2025 – presentAmbassador[38]
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Footnotes

  1. [a]
    Held the diplomatic rank of first legation secretary.[8]
  2. [b]
    Held the diplomatic rank of first legation secretary.[9]
  3. [c]
    Held the diplomatic rank of legation counsellor.[14]
  4. [d]
    Assumed the position in 1941.[15]
  5. [e]
    Brunnström was called back to Stockholm in protest on 15 December 1967 due to the coup d'état of 21 April of the same year. He never returned to Athens but retained his accreditation with the King of Greece until 1972.[20][21][22]

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