List of ambassadors of Sweden to France

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

Ambassador of Sweden to France
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Caroline Vicini since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Paris
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	17 rue Barbet de Jouy[a]
Seat	Paris, France
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Hugo Grotius
Formation	1634
Website	Swedish Embassy, Paris

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Refs
Kingdom of France (–1792)
Hugo Grotius	1634–1645	?
Schering Rosenhane	1647–1649	Ambassador	Power of attorney on 29 November 1647.	[2]
Clas Åkesson Tott	1661–1662	?
Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck	April 1666 – 1667	Ambassador	Power of attorney on 31 May 1665.	[3]
Clas Åkesson Tott	1672–1674	?	Second term
Carl Bonde	7 October 1674 – ?	Envoy extraordinary		[4]
Nils Lillieroot	9 November 1677 – November 1677	Envoy extraordinary		[5]
Nils Lillieroot	31 March 1681 — 1689	Envoy	With a break in service in 1686	[5]
Johan Palmquist	6 April 1697 – 1702	Resident		[6]
Daniel Cronström	13 August 1702 – 3 November 1703	Resident		[7]
Daniel Cronström	4 November 1703 – 30 August 1719	Envoy extraordinary	Died in office.	[7]
Carl Gustaf Bielke	19 October 1719 – 27 February 1721	Envoy extraordinary		[8]
Niclas Peter von Gedda	6 May 1721 – 1725	Resident		[9]
Niclas Peter von Gedda	16 August 1725 – 1728	Envoy		[9]
Niclas Peter von Gedda	1 December 1730 – 1736	Minister Plenipotentiary		[9]
Per Axel Fleming	1738–1742	Minister
Carl Gustaf Tessin	1739–1742	Minister Plenipotentiary		[10]
Claes Ekeblad	1742–1744	Envoy
Carl Fredrik Scheffer	February 1744 – 1752	Envoy		[11]
Ulrik Scheffer	1752–1763	Envoy
Ulrik Scheffer	1763–1765	Ambassador
Gustaf Philip Creutz	7 January 1766 – 1772	Envoy		[12]
Gustaf Philip Creutz	6 October 1772 – 1783	Ambassador		[12]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein	May 1783 – 1783	Chargé d'affaires		[13]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein	31 July 1783 – 1783	Minister Plenipotentiary		[13]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein	24 November 1783 – February 1792	Ambassador		[13]
French First Republic (1792–1804)
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein	25 February 1793 – November 1793	Ambassador		[13]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein	23 February 1795 – August 1796	Ambassador		[13]
Carl Gustaf König	22 November 1796 – 1797	Chargé d'affaires		[14]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein	20 February 1798 – 1798	Commissioner Plenipotentiary		[13]
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein	4 April 1798 – 13 July 1799	Minister Plenipotentiary		[13]
Carl August Ehrensvärd	23 May 1801 – 28 March 1804	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary		[15]
French Republic (1804–1808) and First French Empire (1808–1815)
Gustaf Lagerbielke	8 August 1810 – 16 April 1811	Envoy		[16]
Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'Ohsson	24 May 1811 – 29 December 1812	Chargé d'affaires		[17]
Kingdom of France (1815–1830)
Elof Signeul	1 October 1815 – 8 November 1817	Chargé d'affaires		[18]
Carl Hochschild	16 October 1817 – 1818	Chargé d'affaires		[19]
Gustaf Löwenhielm	4 April 1818 – 1830	Envoy		[20]
Kingdom of France (1830–1848)
Gustaf Löwenhielm	1830 – 8 February 1856	Envoy		[20]
Georg Adelswärd	8 July 1844 – 16 September 1844	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[21]
French Second Republic (1848–1852)
Georg Adelswärd	31 July 1850 – 8 September 1850	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[21]
Georg Adelswärd	12 July 1852 – 12 August 1852	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[21]
Second French Empire (1852–1870)
Carl August Järta	1853–1856	Chargé d'affaires		[22]
Ludvig Manderström	8 January 1856 – 1858	Envoy		[23]
Georg Adelswärd	15 June 1858 – 1870	Envoy		[21]
French Third Republic (1870–1940)
Georg Adelswärd	1870 – 14 December 1877	Envoy		[21]
Georg Sibbern	1878–1884	Envoy		[24]
Carl Lewenhaupt	30 September 1884 – 1889	Envoy		[25]
Gustaf Adolf Sixten Axel August Lewenhaupt	1 November 1889 – 21 November 1889	Chargé d'affaires		[26]
Frederik Georg Knut Due	1890–1899	Envoy		[27]
Henrik Åkerman	1899 – 13 June 1905	Envoy	Died in office.	[28]
August Gyldenstolpe	1905–1918	Envoy		[29]
Albert Ehrensvärd	11 June 1918 – 4 May 1934	Envoy		[30]
Einar Hennings	1934–1940	Envoy		[31]
French State (1940–1944)
Einar Hennings	1940–1944	Envoy		[31]
Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944–1946)
Erik Boheman	1944–1946	Envoy
French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)
Erik Boheman	1946–1947	Envoy
Karl Ivan Westman	1947 – 15 October 1947	Envoy		[32]
Karl Ivan Westman	15 October 1947 – 1956	Ambassador		[32]
Ragnar Kumlin	1956–1958	Ambassador		[33]
French Fifth Republic (1958–present)
Ragnar Kumlin	1958–1965	Ambassador		[33]
Rolf Sohlman	2 November 1965 – 23 July 1967	Ambassador	Died in office.	[34]
Gunnar Hägglöf	1967–1971	Ambassador		[35]
Ingemar Hägglöf	1971–1978	Ambassador		[35]
Sverker Åström	1978–1982	Ambassador		[36]
Carl Lidbom	1982–1992	Ambassador		[37]
Stig Brattström	1992–1996	Ambassador		[38]
Örjan Berner	1996–2001	Ambassador		[39]
Frank Belfrage	2001–2006	Ambassador		[40]
Krister Kumlin	2006–2007	Chargé d'affaires ad interim
Gunnar Lund	2007–2014	Ambassador		[41]
Veronika Wand-Danielsson	2014–2020	Ambassador
Håkan Åkesson	September 2020 – 2025	Ambassador		[42]
Caroline Vicini	2025–present	Ambassador		[43]

Gallery

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  Hugo Grotius
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  Carl Gustaf Tessin
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  Carl Gustaf Tessin
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  Claes Ekeblad
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  Gustaf Filip Creutz
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  Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein

See also

• France–Sweden relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Paris

Footnotes

1. The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery.^[1]