List of ambassadors of Sweden to Peru

Both countries established diplomatic relations in the 1930s^[1][2][3] and maintained diplomatic missions in both Lima and Stockholm.

In November 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Peruvian 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.^[4]

In 1983, after Ambassador Cai Melin [sv] expressed support for Amnesty International during a private event in Peru—which had criticized the Peruvian regime in a letter for torture and arbitrary executions, including of Indigenous people during the Peruvian Civil War—he faced criticism from the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They conveyed their dissatisfaction with Melin to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The regime in Peru, under President Fernando Belaúnde, had been displeased with Amnesty's criticism. Melin was recalled, even though he had not been officially declared persona non grata by the Peruvian government.^[5]

The Swedish embassy in Lima was closed in 2001 but reopened in 2016^[2] and the embassy of Peru in Stockholm was closed in 2010 but reopened in 2012.^[1][6] The Swedish embassy closed again in 2022.^[7] From 2025 to 2026, the Swedish ambassador to Peru was resident in Stockholm.^[8]

In December 2025, the Swedish government decided to reopen a Swedish embassy in Lima in the fall of 2026.^[9] In June 2026, a new resident ambassador of Sweden to Lima was appointed, assuming office in August of the same year.^[10]

• 
  Einar Modig (1931–1934)
• 
  Vilhelm Assarsson (1935–1937)
• 
  Eva Zetterberg (2009–2014)

• Peru–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Lima
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Sweden