List of ambassadors of Sweden to Austria

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

Ambassador of Sweden to Austria
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Annika Markovic since 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Vienna
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Palais Szeps, Liechtensteinstraße 51[a]
Seat	Vienna, Austria
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1651
Website	Swedish Embassy, Vienna

History

Swedish representation in various forms has existed in Vienna since the 17th century.^[2] In 1651, three years after the end of the Thirty Years' War, the first Swedish legation in Vienna was opened.^[3]

In April 1938, the King in Council decreed that the Swedish minister in Vienna should, for the time being, relocate his residence and the legation's chancery to Budapest, Hungary.^[4] During the war, a Swedish consul was based in Vienna. It wasn't until 1946, when Jens Malling was appointed chargé d'affaires, that the Swedish legation was reopened. From 1951, a Swedish envoy was once again based in Vienna.

In August 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Austrian 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. Sven Allard, the envoy there, was appointed as Sweden's ambassador to Vienna.^[5]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Holy Roman Empire (–1806)
Carl Gustaf Oxenstierna af Södermöre	1684 – 13 March 1686	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	Died in office.	[6]
Ture Gabriel Bielke	10 May 1719 – 27 February 1721	Minister		[7]
Georg Vilhelm von Höpken	23 May 1719 – 1725	Resident		[8][9]
Charles Emil Lewenhaupt	1720–1722	Envoy en mission spéciale		[10]
Carl Gustaf Tessin	1725–?	Envoy		[11]
Carl Vilhelm von Krassow	1728–1733	Envoy	Partly in Vienna, partly in Dresden.	[12]
Carl Gustaf Tessin	1735–1736	Envoy		[11]
Caspar Joachim Ringwicht	1738–1742	Minister
Nils von Röök	1742–1747	Chargé d'affaires
Nils Bark	22 July 1747 – 21 September 1781	Envoy		[13]
Lars von Engeström	7 November 1782 – 1787	Chargé d'affaires		[14]
Ulric Celsing	19 April 1787 – 2 June 1789	Envoy		[15]
Knut Reinhold Bildt	1789–1791	Chargé d'affaires
Johan Fredrik von Nolcken	15 February 1791 – 16 June 1794	Envoy extraordinary		[16]
Knut Reinhold Bildt	1794–1796	Chargé d'affaires
Lars von Engeström	17 July 1795	Envoy	Never took office.[b]	[14]
Fredrik Samuel Silverstolpe	1796–1802	Chargé d'affaires		[17]
Jacob Gustaf De la Gardie	24 August 1799 – 7 August 1801	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[18]
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt	17 September 1802 – 30 October 1804	Envoy		[19]
Austrian Empire (1804–1867)
Gustaf von Düben	1805–1810	Envoy
Carl Bunge	1810 – 21 August 1812	Minister	Died in office.	[20]
Christian Bernhard Hegardt	1812–1816	Chargé d'affaires		[21]
Gustaf Löwenhielm	1815–1818	Minister		[22]
Nils Fredric Palmstjerna	23 September 1818 – 1820	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[23]
Olof Nordenfeldt	1820–1821	Chargé d'affaires		[24]
Elias Lagerheim	30 April 1821 – 1824	Chargé d'affaires	In Dresden and Vienna.	[25]
Carl Johan Didrik Ulrik Croneborg	1824–1827	Chargé d'affaires
Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm	4 July 1827 – 1843	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	Dual accreditation to Munich on 28 August.	[26]
Carl August (Järla) Hierta	1842–?	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[27]
Carl Hochschild	19 June 1845 – 1850	Envoy		[28]
Carl August (Järla) Hierta	22 April 1850 – 4 March 1852	Chargé d'affaires	Dual accreditation to Munich.	[27]
Carl von und zu Mansbach	1851–1855	Envoy
Ludvig Manderström	30 May 1855 – 1856	Envoy ad interim		[29]
Frederik Anton Ferdinand Hartwig Wedel-Jarlsberg	1856–1858	Envoy
Frederik Due	1858–1871	Envoy		[30]
Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper	25 October 1872 – 1877	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Munich.	[31]
Hans Henric von Essen	26 June 1877 – 16 November 1883	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[32]
Henrik Åkerman	1884–1890	Envoy		[33]
Gustaf Adolf Sixten Axel August Lewenhaupt	22 November 1890 – 11 July 1895	Chargé d'affaires		[34]
Gustaf Adolf Sixten Axel August Lewenhaupt	12 July 1895 – 15 October 1895	Acting envoy		[34]
Gustaf Adolf Sixten Axel August Lewenhaupt	16 October July 1895 – 27 December 1904	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	Died in office (in Tamaris-sur-Mer, France).	[34]
Gustaf Falkenberg	15 November 1904 – ?	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[35]
Joachim Beck-Friis	9 June 1905 – 1918	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Bucharest and Belgrade.[c] Also consul general.[d]	[38]
Republic of German-Austria (1918–1919)
Oskar Ewerlöf	1918–1919	Envoy		[39]
First Austrian Republic (1919–1934)
Oskar Ewerlöf	1919–1922	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Budapest (from 1920).	[39]
Ivan Danielsson	1923–1924	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Budapest.	[40]
Jonas Alströmer	24 September 1924 – 1925	Envoy	Resident in Bern.	[41]
Patrik Reuterswärd	28 June 1924 – 1928	Chargé d'affaires	Dual accreditation to Budapest.	[42]
Einar Hennings	1925–1928	Envoy	Resident in Bern.	[43]
Federal State of Austria (1934–1938)
Torsten Undén	1928–1938	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Budapest and Belgrade.	[44]
Austria within Nazi Germany (1938–1945)
–	1938–1946	Envoy	No representation due to Anschluss and World War II.
Republic of Austria (1945–present)
Jens Malling	1946–1948	Chargé d'affaires ad interim[e]		[45]
Gösta Hedengren	1948–1951	Chargé d'affaires[f]		[46]
Kurt-Allan Belfrage	1951–1954	Envoy		[47]
Sven Allard	1954 – August 1956	Envoy		[5]
Sven Allard	August 1956 – 1964	Ambassador		[5]
Karl-Gustav Lagerfelt	1964–1969	Ambassador		[48]
Lennart Petri	1969–1976	Ambassador		[49]
Claës Ivar Wollin	1976–1981	Ambassador		[50]
Dag Malm	1981–1988	Ambassador		[51]
Curt Lidgard	1988–1992	Ambassador		[52]
Anita Gradin	1992–1994	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Ljubljana and at the United Nations Office at Vienna.	[53]
Björn Skala	1995–2000	Ambassador		[54]
Gabriella Lindholm	2000–2005	Ambassador		[55]
Hans Lundborg	2005–2011	Ambassador		[56]
Nils Daag	2011–2015	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Bratislava and Ljubljana.	[57][58]
Helen Eduards	2015–2018	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Ljubljana (from 2016).	[59]
Mikaela Kumlin Granit	September 2018 – 2021	Ambassador		[60]
Annika Markovic	2021–present	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Bratislava.	[61][62]
Annika Ben David	Autumn 2025	Ambassador		[63]

Footnotes

1. The ambassador's residence is located at the same place as the chancery.^[1]
2. Lars von Engeström did not assume his post in Vienna in 1795 because the Austrian emperor refused to accept him as the new envoy. This rejection was influenced by accusations of "Jacobism" against Engeström, largely fueled by the envoys of Russia and England, who used their influence in Vienna to discredit him. Although these accusations were largely unfounded, they stemmed from Engeström's long-standing sympathies for French culture and his perceived opposition to England's policies. The incident highlights the geopolitical tensions and influence struggles of the time.^[14]
3. From 8 April and 6 May 1914 respectively.^[36][37]
4. The position was combined with the role of Consul General there on 28 September 1906.
5. Held the diplomatic rank of first legation secretary.^[45]
6. Held the diplomatic rank of legation counsellor.^[46]