List of ambassadors of Sweden to Poland

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

Ambassador of Sweden to Poland
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Martina Quick since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Warsaw
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Bagatela 3, Ujazdów[a]
Seat	Warsaw, Poland
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Gustaf Zülich
Formation	1729
Website	Swedish Embassy, Warsaw

History

Sweden established diplomatic relations with Poland on 3 June 1919. Ivan Danielsson arrived in Warsaw in 1919 as Sweden's chargé d'affaires, while Cossva Anckarsvärd did not arrive until June 1920 as envoy.^[2] On 5 June 1919, the King in Council decided to recognize Poland as an independent and sovereign state.^[3]

In September 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Polish 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.^[4]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Presented credentials	Ref
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1795)
Gustaf Zülich	1729–1732	Minister			[5]
Carl Rudenschöld	18 December 1732 – 1733	Chargé d'affaires			[6]
Carl Rudenschöld	23 April 1733 – 19 July 1734	Minister plenipotentiary			[6]
Paul Gammal Ehrenkrona	30 October 1738 – November 1741	Minister	At the Polish and Saxon courts in Dresden.		[7]
Gustaf Wulfvenstierna	1744–1745	Chargé d'affaires	Accompanied the King of Poland to Grodno in the capacity of chargé d'affaires.		[8]
Gustaf Wulfvenstierna	March 1745 – 1747	Minister			[8]
Johan August Greiffenheim	1747–1749	Minister	At the Polish and Electoral Saxon court.		[9]
Carl Otto von Höpken	1749–1754	Minister	Poland and Saxony.		[10]
Carl Otto von Höpken	1754–1765	Envoy extraordinary			[10]
Henrik Jakob von Düben	August 1767 – 1772	Envoy			[11]
Lars von Engeström	11 November 1787 – 1788	Chargé d'affaires			[12]
Lars von Engeström	17 August 1788 – 1790	Resident minister			[12]
Lars von Engeström	28 May 1790 – 1792	Envoy			[12]
Nils Bark	1792–1792	Envoy	Never took office.		[13]
Johan Christoffer Toll	30 September 1792 – 3 June 1794	Minister plenipotentiary	To the Polish court.		[14]
–	1794–1919	–	No representation between the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 and the creation of the Second Republic in 1918.
Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)
Ivan Danielsson	1919–1920	Chargé d'affaires			[15]
Cossva Anckarsvärd	20 February 1920 – 1931	Envoy		2 June 1920 to Chief of State Józef Piłsudski.	[16][17][18]
Einar Hennings	1931–1933	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Bucharest in 1933.		[19]
Erik Boheman	1934–1937	Envoy	Dual accreditation to Bucharest from 1934 to 1935.		[20][21]
Joen Lagerberg	26 November 1937 – 1939[b]	Envoy			[25]
–	1939–1945	–	No representation due to World War II.
Provisional Government of National Unity (1945–1947)
Brynolf Eng	1945–1945	Chargé d'affaires	Swedish government's delegate at the Provisional Government of National Unity.		[26]
Claes Westring	1945–1947	Envoy			[27]
Republic of Poland (1947–1952) and Polish People's Republic (1952–1989)
Claes Westring	1947–1949	Envoy			[27]
Gösta Engzell	1949–1951	Envoy			[28]
Eric von Post	1951–1956	Envoy			[29]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	July 1956 – September 1956	Envoy			[30][4]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	September 1956 – 1959	Ambassador			[4][31]
Ragnvald Bagge	1959–1962	Ambassador			[32]
Erik Kronvall	1963–1969	Ambassador			[33]
Claës Ivar Wollin	1969–1976	Ambassador			[34]
Carl Johan Rappe	1976–1979	Ambassador			[35]
Knut Thyberg	1979–1984	Ambassador			[36]
Örjan Berner	1984–1987	Ambassador			[37]
Jean-Christophe Öberg	1987–1989	Ambassador			[38]
Republic of Poland (1989–present)
Jean-Christophe Öberg	1989–1991	Ambassador			[38]
Karl-Vilhelm Wöhler	1991–1996	Ambassador			[39]
Stefan Noreén	1996–2000	Ambassador			[40]
Mats Staffansson	2000–2005	Ambassador			[41]
Tomas Bertelman	2005–2008	Ambassador			[42]
Dag Hartelius	2008–2010	Ambassador			[43]
Staffan Herrström	2011–2015	Ambassador			[44]
Inga Eriksson Fogh	2015–2017	Ambassador			[45]
Stefan Gullgren	1 September 2017 – 2023	Ambassador			[46]
Andreas von Beckerath	August 2023 – 2025	Ambassador			[47]
Martina Quick	September 2025 – present	Ambassador			[48]

See also

• Poland–Sweden relations

Footnotes

1. The ambassador's residence is at the same location as the chancery.^[1]
2. He left Poland and arrived in Cernăuți, Romania, near the Polish border, on 16 September 1939.^[22] On 18 September, he had arrived in Bucharest.^[23] From Bucharest, he traveled by train via Berlin to Stockholm, where he arrived on 27 September.^[24]