Axel Wernhoff

Sture Axel Wernhoff (born 23 June 1958) is a Swedish diplomat who served as the inaugural Permanent Representative of Sweden to NATO from 7 March 2024.^[1][2][3]

Axel Wernhoff
Wernholff in March 2018
Permanent Representative of Sweden to NATO
In office 7 March 2024 – 2024
Preceded by	Himself (as delegate)
Succeeded by	Jan Knutsson
Permanent Delegate of Sweden to NATO
In office 1 October 2018 – 6 March 2024
Preceded by	Håkan Malmqvist
Succeeded by	Himself (as permanent representatives)
Ambassador of Sweden to Norway
In office 23 June 2014 – 1 October 2018
Preceded by	Ingrid Hjelt af Trolle
Succeeded by	Krister Bringéus
Personal details
Born	Sture Axel Wernhoff (1958-06-23) 23 June 1958 (age 67) Sweden

He was previously the ambassador to Norway from 2014 to 2018,^[4] when he was appointed the Permanent Delegate of Sweden to NATO at that time.^[5]

Biography

Sture Axel Wernhoff was born on 23 June 1958.

Wernhoff has served at the embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Vienna as well as at the Cabinet Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) ministerial office. He has also been deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' unit for the European Union.^[4]

On 30 March 2010, Wernhoff was appointed consul general in Jerusalem.^[6]

On 26 June 2014, Wernhoff became the ambassador to Norway, taking office in autumn of that same year.^[4]

On 1 October 2018, Werhnoff was appointed as head of the Swedish delegation at NATO.^[5]

As head of the Swedish delegation, as Sweden made the request to join NATO, Wernhoff delivered Sweden's membership application to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on 18 May 2022.^[7][8]

Wernhoff (right) with his Finnish counterpart, Klaus Korhonen, submit their applications to join NATO to secretary general Jens Stoltenberg

On 7 March 2024, he became a member of the North Atlantic Council, as Sweden officially joined NATO.^[1]