List of ambassadors of Sweden to China

The Ambassador of Sweden to China (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the People's Republic of China) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of China and government of China. The ambassador has a dual accreditation to Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).

Ambassador of Sweden to China
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Per Augustsson since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Beijing
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	3 Dongzhimenwai Dajie[a]
Seat	Beijing, China
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Gustaf Wallenberg
Formation	1907
Website	Swedish Embassy, Beijing

History

Sweden's first envoy to China was the minister in Tokyo, Japan, Gustaf Wallenberg. In April 1907, Wallenberg was in Beijing to have the Treaty of Canton (1847) between Sweden–Norway and China amended and to establish diplomatic relations between Sweden and China.^[2]

During the 1920s and 1930s, legation counselors from the Swedish legation in Tokyo where based in Beijing and served as chargés d'affaires ad interim. From 1933, the holder of the consul general position also acted as the chargé d'affaires in the Republic of China.^[3] Johan Beck-Friis became Sweden's first resident envoy to China on 1 July 1937.^[4]

In 1947, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Nationalist 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.

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Remark	Ref
Qing dynasty (–1912)
Gustaf Wallenberg	1907–1912	Envoy	Resident in Tokyo.	[5]
Republic of China (1912–1949)
Gustaf Wallenberg	1912–1918	Envoy	Resident in Tokyo.	[5]
David Bergström	7 May 1918 – 10 June 1920	Acting envoy	Resident in Tokyo.	[6]
David Bergström	11 June 1920 – 27 October 1922	Envoy	Resident in Tokyo.	[6]
Oskar Ewerlöf	1923–1928	Envoy	Resident in Tokyo.	[7]
Carl Leijonhufvud	27 June 1924 – 1930	Chargé d'affaires ad interim[b]		[8][9]
Johan Hultman	1929–1936	Envoy	Resident in Tokyo.	[10]
Joen Lagerberg	14 July 1930 – 1932	Chargé d'affaires ad interim[b]		[11]
Johan Beck-Friis	18 January 1936 – 30 June 1937	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Consul General in Shanghai.	[4]
Johan Beck-Friis	1 July 1937 – 1939	Envoy	Based in Shanghai.	[12][13]
Erik Kronvall	1939–1941	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Based in Shanghai.	[14]
–	1940–1943	Envoy	Vacant.	[15][16]
Malte Pripp	1940–1946	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Based in Shanghai.	[17]
Sven Allard	1943–1944	Acting envoy	Based in Chongqing.	[18]
Sven Allard	1944 – August 1947	Envoy	Based in Chongqing (1944–1945), Nanjing (1945–1946), and Shanghai (from 1947).	[19][20][21][22]
Henrik Ramel	August 1947 – April 1948	Chargé d'affaires		[c]
Torsten Hammarström	July 1947[d] – 1 October 1949	Ambassador	Also acreddited as envoy to Manila (from 1947) and Bangkok (from 1948).	[23][27]
People's Republic of China (1949–present)
Torsten Hammarström	1 October 1949 – 1951	Ambassador	Also acreddited as envoy to Manila and Bangkok. Presented credentials on 13 June 1950.	[23][27][28]
Staffan Söderblom	1 July 1951 – 1952	Ambassador	Assumed office 15 July.	[29]
Hugo Wistrand	1952–1956	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Bangkok (1953–1956).	[30]
Klas Böök	1956–1961	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Bangkok (1956–1959).	[31]
Kjell Öberg	1961–1962	Ambassador		[32]
Lennart Petri	1963–1969	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Phnom Penh (1965–1969).	[33]
Arne Björnberg	1969–1974	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Phnom Penh (1969–1974), Hanoi (1969–1972), and Pyongyang (1973–1974).	[34]
Kaj Björk	1975–1980	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Phnom Penh (until 1979) and Pyongyang.	[35][36]
Sten Sundfeldt	1980–1982	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Pyongyang.	[37]
Lars Bergquist	1982–1988	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Pyongyang.	[38]
Björn Skala	1988–1991	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Pyongyang.	[39]
Sven Linder	23 September 1992 – 1997	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Pyongyang and Ulaanbaatar.	[40][41]
Kjell Anneling	1997–2002	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Pyongyang and Ulaanbaatar.	[42]
Börje Ljunggren	20 November 2002 – 2006	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Ulaanbaatar.	[43][44]
Mikael Lindström	2006–2010	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Ulaanbaatar.	[45]
Lars Fredén	1 September 2010 – 2016	Ambassador	Also acreddited to Ulaanbaatar. Presented credentials on 1 December.	[46][47]
Anna Lindstedt	1 September 2016 – February 2019	Ambassador		[48][49][50]
Helena Sångeland	2019–2023	Ambassador		[51]
Per Augustsson	August 2023 – present	Ambassador		[52]

See also

• China–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Beijing
• List of ambassadors of China to Sweden

Footnotes

1. The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery.^[1]
2. Held the diplomatic rank of legation counselor.
3. Henrik Ramel served as legation secretary in China between 1946 and December 1948.^[23][24] After the envoy Sven Allard left China in August 1947, Ramel was chargé d'affaires until Torsten Hammarström took office in April 1948.^[22][24][25]
4. Appointed in July 1947 but only took office in April 1948.^[26][24]