List of ambassadors of Sweden to the Philippines

On 17 January 1947, the King in Council decided to recognize the Republic of the Philippines as an independent and sovereign state.^[1] Sweden and the Philippines established diplomatic relations that same year.^[2] In January 1948, Sweden's envoy in Nanking, Torsten Hammarström, was also appointed as envoy to Manila.^[3] From January 1953, the Swedish minister in Jakarta was additionally accredited to Manila.^[4] In May 1958, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Indonesian governments to elevate their respective legations to embassies. As a result, the diplomatic rank was changed from envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to ambassador.^[5] Jens Malling, who had previously served as envoy in Jakarta and Manila, was now appointed ambassador.

Sweden had been represented in Manila since the establishment of a Swedish honorary consulate on 16 November 1839.^[6] During the final decades of its existence, the honorary consulate operated under the jurisdiction of the mission in Jakarta.^[7] It was elevated to an honorary consulate general in 1955,^[8] before being closed in the early 1970s.^[a]

Despite having an unpaid honorary consul general who served until the honorary consulate's closure in the early 1970s, there was a Swedish career consul^[b] stationed in Manila from 1963 to 1974. Karl Bertil Eriksson became the last career consul in Manila in 1973. The following year, he was appointed chargé d'affaires and embassy counsellor.^[15][16] On 1 July 1980, Sweden's independent embassy in Manila became operational, and Bo Kälfors [sv], the embassy's counselor, was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador.^[17]

On 9 August 1995, Sweden and Palau established diplomatic relations.^[18] From the same year, the Swedish ambassador in Manila was accredited to Palau.

The embassy was closed on 30 June 2008.^[19] The responsibility for the Philippines was then transferred to the Swedish ambassador in Bangkok,^[20] and the responsibility for Palau was transferred to the Swedish ambassador in Tokyo.^[21] Sweden's embassy in Manila was reopened on 8 November 2016.^[22] Sweden's new resident ambassador in Manila, Harald Fries, presented his credentials to President Rodrigo Duterte in December of the same year.^[23]

• Philippines–Sweden relations