List of ambassadors of Sweden to Turkey

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StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceKatip Çelebi Sokak No:7, Kavaklıdere[a]
SeatAnkara, Turkey
Ambassador of
Sweden to Turkey
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Malena Mård
since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Ankara
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceKatip Çelebi Sokak No:7, Kavaklıdere[a]
SeatAnkara, Turkey
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderAxel Reenstierna
Formation1727
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Ankara

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

Palais de Suède, Istanbul, the representative home of Swedish diplomacy from 1757 to the 1920s

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 Sofia, Belgrade, Athens, Tiflis, Baku, and eventually in Armenia. However, the experts suggested that, for the time being, the minister should be accredited only in Sofia.[2]

In December 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Turkish 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.[3]

List of representatives

NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)
Axel Reenstierna1727 – 16 February 1730MinisterDied on 16 February 1730 in Stockholm before he could take up the aforementioned position.[4]
Carl Fredrik von Höpken7 December 1734 – 1738Chargé d'affairesAlong with Edvard Carleson.[5]
Carl Fredrik von Höpken17 August 1738 – 1742Envoy extraordinaryAlong with Edvard Carleson.[5]
Edvard Carleson7 December 1734–1742Chargé d'affairesAlong with Carl Fredrik von Höpken.[6]
Edvard Carleson17 August 1738 – 1742Envoy extraordinaryAlong with Carl Fredrik von Höpken.[6]
Gustaf Celsing6 July 1747 – 1750Resident[7]
Gustaf Celsing19 January 1750 – 1770Envoy[7]
Ulric Celsing27 November 1770 – 20 January 1780EnvoyLetter of credence 3 June 1771. Also acting consul in Smyrna on 16 May 1777.[7][8]
Ignatius Mouradgea d'OhssonDecember 1782 – May 1783Chargé d'affaires ad interim[9]
Gerhard von Heidenstam7 November 1782 – 24 February 1791MinisterAlso acting consul in the Levant 16 February 1787.[10]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg9 June 1787 – ?Chargé d'affaires ad interim[11]
Georg Joseph von Brentano22 January 1789 – 17 January 1792MinisterAlong with Pehr Olof von Asp.[b][12]
Carl Gustaf Adlerberg30 October 1792 – 17 July 1795»co-minister»[11]
Pehr Olof von Asp24 February 1791 – 17 July 1795MinisterAlso consul general in the Levant.[13]
Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson1795–1795Chargé d'affaires[9]
Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson8 July 1795 – 1 May 1805Minister plenipotentiaryOn leave 26 February 1799.[9]
Carl Gustaf König26 February 1799 – 31 May 1805Chargé d'affairesAlso acting consul general in the Levant.[14]
Nils Gustaf Palin31 May 1805 – 1814Chargé d'affairesAlso consul general in the Levant.[15]
Nils Gustaf Palin15 December 1814 – 20 February 1824Resident minister[15]
Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm20 February 1824 – 1827Resident ministerAlso acting consul general in the Levant.[16]
Albrecht Elof Ihre4 July 1827 – 1831Chargé d'affaires[17]
Anton Testa1831–1838Chargé d'affaires
Uno von Troil29 June 1838 – 9 April 1839Resident ministerDied in office.[18]
Anton Testa1839–1858Chargé d'affaires
Georg Sibbern1858–1858Envoy[19]
Peter Collett1859–1860Envoy
Carl Wachtmeister20 July 1861 – October 1861Envoy[20]
Oscar Björnstjerna1 November 1861 – 1862Chargé d'affaires ad interim[21]
Oscar Björnstjerna29 April 1862 – 1863Chargé d'affaires[21]
Oscar Björnstjerna27 March 1863 – 1864Resident minister[21]
Carl Fredrik Palmstierna16 October 1865 – 1 December 1868Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary[22]
Oluf Stenersen? – 20 January 1869Chargé d'affaires ad interim[23]
Oluf Stenersen21 January 1869 – May 1869Resident minister[23][24]
Selim Ehrenhoff1 May 1869 – 1879Resident minister[25]
Selim Ehrenhoff11 July 1879 – 9 December 1887Minister plenipotentiary[25]
Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld9 October 1888 – 1890Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary[26]
Otto Stenbock16 October 1890 – 1900Acting minister plenipotentiary[27]
Otto Stenbock29 June 1900 – 1903Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary[27]
Joachim Beck-Friis22 May 1903 – 1905Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary[28]
Charles Emil Ramel9 June 1905 – 28 September 1906Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary[29]
Cossva Anckarsvärd28 September 1906 – 1920EnvoyAlso consul general there. Also accredited to Sofia (from 8 April 1914).[30]
Gustaf Wallenberg1921–1923EnvoyAlso accredited to Sofia.[31]
Republic of Turkey (1923–present)
Gustaf Wallenberg1923–1930EnvoyAlso accredited to Sofia.[31]
Johannes Kolmodin20 August 1924 – 4 October 1930Chargé d'affaires ad interimOn various occasions.[32]
Carl von Heidenstam14 July 1930 – 1931EnvoyAlso accredited to Sofia.[33]
Erik Boheman1931–1934EnvoyAlso accredited to Athens (from 1933) and Sofia.[34]
Wilhelm Winther1934–1937EnvoyAlso accredited to Athens and Sofia (until 1935).[35][36]
Eric Gyllenstierna1938–1939EnvoyAlso accredited to Athens.[37]
Sven Allard1939–1940Chargé d'affaires[38]
Einar Modig21 August 1939[c] – 1945EnvoyAlso accredited to Athens.[39]
Knut Richard Thyberg1940–1941Chargé d'affaires ad interim[40]
Eric von Post1945–1951Envoy[41]
Adolf Croneborg1951 – December 1956Envoy[42][3]
Adolf CroneborgDecember 1956 – 1959Ambassador[42][3]
Åke Malmaeus1959–1963Ambassador[43]
Jan Stenström1964–1968Ambassador[44]
Harry Bagge1969–1973Ambassador[45]
Östen Lundborg1973–1975Ambassador[46]
Lennart Myrsten1975–1977Ambassador[47]
Rune Nyström1977–1981Ambassador[48]
Henrik Liljegren1982–1985Ambassador[49]
Lennart Dafgård1985–1989Ambassador[50]
Erik Cornell1990–1995Ambassador[51]
Michael Sahlin1995–1998AmbassadorAlso accredited to Baku (from 1997).[52]
Henrik Liljegren1998–2001AmbassadorAlso accredited to Baku.[53]
Ann Dismorr2001–2005AmbassadorAlso accredited to Baku.[54]
Christer Asp2005–2010Ambassador[55]
Håkan Åkesson2010–2013Ambassador[56]
Lars Wahlund2013–2018Ambassador[57]
Annika Molin Hellgren1 September 2018 – 2020Ambassador[58]
Staffan Herrström1 September 2020 – 2023Ambassador[59]
Malena MårdAugust 2023 – 2026Ambassador[60]
Ulrika FuneredAugust 2026Ambassador[61]

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