List of ambassadors of Sweden to Denmark

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

Ambassador of Sweden to Denmark
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Hans Wallmark since 2024
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Copenhagen
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Sankt Annæ Plads 15
Seat	Copenhagen, Denmark
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Pehr Adlerfelt
Formation	1719
Website	Swedish Embassy, Copenhagen

History

In September 1947, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Danish 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. In the same month, Ambassador Gustaf von Dardel [sv] presented his credentials to King Frederik IX at Fredensborg Palace.^[1]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Pehr Adlerfelt	11 April 1720 – 16 August 1725	Minister	Letter of credence issued on 24 May 1720.	[2]
Nils Örncrona	29 January 1728 – 18 April 1734	Minister plenipotentiary	Died in office.	[3]
Anders Skutenhjelm	1734–1739	Minister
Nils Palmstierna	6 November 1739[a] – 31 October 1743	Minister plenipotentiary	Left Copenhagen on 25 January 1744.	[4]
Carl Gustaf Tessin	1743–1744	Ambassador		[5]
Carl Fredrik von Höpken	20 March 1744 – 1747	Minister		[6]
Otto Fleming	8 February 1748 – 1755	Envoy		[7]
Carl Alexander von Ungern Sternberg	1756–1760	Envoy
Johan Vilhelm Sprengtporten	1761–1787	Envoy
Bengt Faxell	21 March 1763 – ?	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[8]
Adam Horn	19 August 1766 – ?	Ambassador		[9]
Bengt Faxell	6 May 1767 – 11 September 1769	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[8]
Gustaf d'Albedyhll	15 September 1784 – November 1785	Minister en second	Assumed office in January 1785.	[10]
Johan Vilhelm Sprengtporten	1787–1795	Ambassador
Fredrik Wilhelm von Ehrenheim	27 September 1790 – 1794	Chargé d'affaires		[11]
Fredrik Wilhelm von Ehrenheim	18 March 1794 – 1797	Minister		[11]
Fredrik Wilhelm von Ehrenheim	15 December 1797 – 1797	Envoy extraordinary		[11]
Carl Gustaf Oxenstierna	1798–1813	Envoy		[12]
Carl Hochschild	13 September 1819 – 1821	Chargé d'affaires		[13]
Johan Henrik Tawast	1814–1821	Envoy
Carl Hochschild	27 May 1821 – 1836	Envoy		[13]
Elias Lagerheim	13 July 1836 – 1856	Envoy		[14]
Georg Adelswärd	July 1841	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[15]
Otto Gabriel Mörner af Morlanda	19 April 1843	Chargé d'affaires		[16]
Wilhelm af Wetterstedt	9 May 1856 – 1856	Chargé d'affaires		[17]
Christian Adolph Virgin	5 December 1856 – 1858	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	Also appointed on 6 June 1858.	[18]
Carl Wachtmeister	16 December 1858 – 1861	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[19]
Henning Ludvig Hugo Hamilton	20 July 1861 — 19 February 1864	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[20]
Oscar Magnus Fredrik Björnstjerna	27 February 1864 – 1865	Minister ad interim		[21]
Carl Wachtmeister	31 October 1865 – 1868	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[19]
Eugène von Stedingk	7 May 1868 – 1869	Minister plenipotentiary ad interim		[22]
Eugène von Stedingk	1 June 1869 – 16 December 1870	Envoy		[22]
Lave Gustaf Beck-Friis	16 December 1870 – 3 October 1902	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[23]
Carl Snoilsky	August 1875 – November 1875	Chargé d'affaires		[24]
Ove Gude	1902–1905	Envoy
Eric Hallin	1904–1905	Chargé d'affaires		[25]
Eric Trolle	30 June 1905 – November 1905	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[26]
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	17 November 1905 – 1907	Envoy	Appointed on 28 September 1906.	[27]
Carl von Heidenstam	1906–1910	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[28]
Herman Lagercrantz	18 January 1908 – 17 June 1908	Acting Envoy		[29]
Ernst Axel Günther	1908–1918	Minister		[30]
Joachim Beck-Friis	11 June 1918 – 1928	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[31]
Patrik Reuterswärd	1918–1918	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[32]
Patrik Reuterswärd	1919–1919	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[32]
Claës Bonde	18 December 1919 – 31 December 1921	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[33]
Oskar Ewerlöf	1929 – 22 October 1934	Envoy	Died in office.	[34]
Carl Hamilton af Hageby	1934–1941	Envoy		[35]
Gustaf von Dardel	1941 – September 1947	Envoy		[1]
Gustaf von Dardel	September 1947 – 1 October 1948	Ambassador		[1][36]
Herman Eriksson	1 October 1948	Ambassador	Appointed on 26 August 1948 but never took office on 1 October.	[37][38]
Gustaf von Dardel	1 January 1949 – 29 June 1949	Acting ambassador		[39][40]
Hans Beck-Friis	1949–1956	Ambassador		[41]
Stig Sahlin	1957 – 11 June 1963	Ambassador	Died in office.	[42]
Åke Jonsson	1963–1963	Chargé d'affaires		[43]
Rolf Sohlman	14 January 1964 – 1965	Ambassador		[44]
Ragnvald Bagge	1965–1969	Ambassador		[45]
Herman Kling	1969–1973	Ambassador		[46]
Hubert de Bèsche	1973–1977	Ambassador		[47]
Tord Hagen	1977–1980	Ambassador		[48]
Carl Swartz	1980–1981	Ambassador		[49]
Claës Ivar Wollin	1981–1984	Ambassador		[50]
Carl De Geer	1984–1988	Ambassador		[51]
Anders Ferm	1988–1990	Ambassador		[52]
Carl-Johan Groth	1990–1996	Ambassador		[53]
Håkan Berggren	1996–2000	Ambassador		[54]
Carl-Magnus Hyltenius	2000–2005	Ambassador		[55]
Lars Grundberg	2005–2010	Ambassador		[56]
Inga Eriksson Fogh	2010–2015	Ambassador
Fredrik Jörgensen	2015–2020	Ambassador		[57]
Charlotte Wrangberg	September 2020 – 2024	Ambassador		[58]
Hans Wallmark	2024–present	Ambassador		[59]

See also

• Denmark–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Copenhagen

Footnotes

1. Probably on 6 November and no later than 13 November 1739.^[4]