List of ambassadors of Sweden to Switzerland

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The Ambassador of Sweden to Switzerland (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Swiss Confederation) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of the Swiss Confederation and the Federal Council.

StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidencePourtalèsstrasse 49, Muri bei Bern[a]
SeatBern, Switzerland
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Ambassador of
Sweden to Switzerland
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Carl Magnus Nesser
since 27 June 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Bern
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidencePourtalèsstrasse 49, Muri bei Bern[a]
SeatBern, Switzerland
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderAlbert Ehrensvärd
Formation12 August 1915
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Bern
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History

In August 1915, the Swedish government appointed the former minister for foreign affairs, Count Albert Ehrensvärd, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation. This made him Sweden's first ministerial representative in Switzerland, where the country had previously only been represented by a consular agent in Geneva.[3]

In April 1957, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Swiss 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]

List of representatives

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NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Elof SigneulJanuary 1814 – 1815Diplomatic agent[5]
Albert Ehrensvärd12 August 1915 – 1918Envoy[6]
Patrick Adlercreutz22 July 1918 – 26 September 1921Acting envoy[b][7]
Patrick Adlercreutz26 September 1921 – 1922Envoy[7]
Jonas Alströmer28 June 1922 – 1925EnvoyAlso accredited to Budapest and Vienna (from 27 September 1924).[8]
Einar Hennings1925–1928EnvoyAlso accredited to Budapest and Vienna.[9]
Karl Ivan Westman1928–1939Envoy[10]
Hans Beck-Friis1939–1940Envoy[11]
Zenon P. Westrup1940–1946Envoy[12]
Staffan Söderblom6 July 1946 – 1951EnvoyAppointed on 14 June 1946.[13]
Torsten Hammarström1951 – April 1957Envoy[4][14]
Torsten HammarströmApril 1957 – 1962Ambassador[4][14]
Fritz Stackelberg1962–1965Ambassador[15]
Klas Böök1965–1972Ambassador[16]
Sven-Eric Nilsson1973–1982Ambassador[17]
Bengt Odevall1982–1987Ambassador[18]
Hans Ewerlöf1987–1993AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz (from 1991).[19]
Jan Mårtenson1993–1995AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz.[20]
Folke Löfgren1996–2001AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz.[21]
Lars Magnuson2001–2006AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz.[22]
Per ThöressonSeptember 2006 – August 2014AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz.[23][24]
Magnus Hartog-Holm1 September 2014 – 2019AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz.[25]
Jan Knutsson1 September 2019 – 2022AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz.[26][27]
Carl Magnus Nesser27 June 2023 – presentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Vaduz.[28][29]
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Footnotes

  1. [a]
    The former residence, located at Thunstrasse 67 in Gryphenhübeli,[1] was sold by the National Property Board of Sweden in the first quarter of 2020.[2]
  2. [b]
    Appointed Acting Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation on 22 July 1918; appointed minister resident and head of the Legal Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 12 September 1919; concurrently serving as acting envoy to the Swiss Confederation from the same date.[7]

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