List of ambassadors of Sweden to Belgium

The Ambassador of Sweden to Belgium (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Belgium) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the monarch and government of Belgium.

Ambassador of Sweden to Belgium
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Henric Råsbrant since 24 October 2024
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Brussels
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Avenue Géo Bernier 13[a]
Seat	Stockholm, Sweden
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Axel von Wahrendorff
Formation	1837

History

The Swedish diplomatic mission in Belgium was established in 1837. From 1869 to 1895, the mission was shared with The Hague, Netherlands, located in the latter city and covering both states.^[1] Until 1921, the envoy in Brussels had a dual accreditation in The Hague.^[2]

In March 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Belgian 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]

The Swedish embassy closed in 2011 and since then a Stockholm-based ambassador has been responsible for the bilateral relations between Sweden and Belgium.^[4]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Axel von Wahrendorff	11 September 1837 – 20 May 1851	Chargé d'affaires	Dual accreditation to The Hague 2 October 1843 – 30 December 1847. Died in office.	[5]
Fredrik Hartvig Anton Ferdinand Baron af Wedel-Jarlsberg	1852–1856	Chargé d'affaires
Carl August Järta	29 July 1856–1857	Chargé d'affaires		[6]
Carl August Järta	23 October 1857 – 1858	Resident minister	Also resident minister in Nassau on 16 January 1857.	[6]
Karl Adalbert von Mansbach	1859–1868	Resident minister		[7]
Oluf Stenersen	1869–1870	Resident minister	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[8]
Carl Burenstam	13 October 1870 – 1884	Resident minister	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[9]
Carl Burenstam	18 April 1884 – 6 September 1895	Minister plenipotentiary	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[9]
August Gyldenstolpe	1895–1896	Acting minister plenipotentiary	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[10]
August Gyldenstolpe	1896–1899	Minister plenipotentiary	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[10]
Joachim Beck-Friis	16 December 1899 – 16 September 1900	Chargé d'affaires	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[11]
Herman Wrangel	1900–1904	Envoy	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[12]
Gustaf Falkenberg	1905–1908	Envoy and consul general	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[13]
Albert Ehrensvärd	17 June 1908 – 1910	Envoy and consul general	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[14]
Carl Otto Blomstedt	18 August 1908 – 11 October 1908	Chargé d'affaires	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[15]
Fredrik af Klercker	1910–1921	Envoy	Dual accreditation to The Hague.	[16]
Gustaf von Dardel	14 January 1921 – 1941	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City (from 27 October 1922).	[17][18]
Widar Bagge	1922–1923	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[19]
–	1942–1944	–	Vacant	[20][21]
Gunnar Hägglöf	1 April 1944 – 1945	Envoy	To the Belgian government in exile and Dutch government-in-exile.	[22][23]
Einar Modig	7 December 1945[b] – 1948	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City (29 March 1946 – 1948).	[25]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	1948–1956	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[26]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	2 March 1956 – 1956	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[27]
Hugo Wistrand	1956–1961	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[28]
Stig Unger	1961–1965	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[29]
Tage Grönwall	1965–1969	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[30]
Tord Göransson	1969–1976	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[31]
Lars von Celsing	1976–1979	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[32]
Jean-Jacques von Dardel	1979–1984	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[33]
Kaj Sundberg	1984–1989	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[34]
Henrik Liljegren	1989–1992	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City.	[35]
Göran Berg	1992–1998	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City (until 1995).	[36]
Anders Oljelund	1998–2003	Ambassador		[37]
Herman af Trolle	2003–2007	Ambassador		[38]
Magnus Robach	2007–2011	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City (from 2010).	[39][40]
Ulrika Sundberg	2011–2014	Ambassador
Maria Christina Lundqvist	2014–2016	Ambassador
Annika Hahn-Englund	2016–2021	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City. Based in Stockholm.	[41]
Annika Molin Hellgren	2021–2024	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City. Based in Stockholm.	[42]
Henric Råsbrant	24 October 2024 – present	Ambassador	Dual accreditation to Luxembourg City. Based in Stockholm.	[43]
Johanna Brismar Skoog	Autumn 2025	Ambassador		[44]

See also

• Embassy of Sweden, Brussels

Footnotes

1. The address of the former residence which is still owned by the Swedish state. The ambassador is since 2011 based in Stockholm.
2. Assumed office on 1 April 1946.^[24]