List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine

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

Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Martin Åberg since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Kyiv
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat	Kyiv, Ukraine
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Martin Hallqvist
Formation	1992
Website	Swedish Embassy, Kyiv

History

The Swedish government decided on 9 January 1992, to enter into an agreement with Ukraine to establish diplomatic relations. The agreement came into effect on 13 January 1992. It was signed in Kyiv by Sweden's Foreign Minister, Margaretha af Ugglas, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Anatoliy Zlenko.^[1]

List of representatives

The Swedish Embassy on vul. Ivana Franka 34/33 in Kyiv.

The Swedish embassy in Kyiv was opened in 1992 with its location at Hotel National on vul. Rozi Luksemburg 5. Since 1997 the embassy is located at vul. Ivana Franka 34/33.

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Mats Staffansson	1992–1992	Chargé d'affaires		[2]
Martin Hallqvist	1992–1996	Ambassador		[3]
Göran Jacobsson	1996–2000	Ambassador	Also accredited to Chișinău (from 1998).	[4]
Åke Peterson	2000–2004	Ambassador		[5]
John-Christer Åhlander	2004–2008	Ambassador		[6]
Stefan Gullgren	2009–2013	Ambassador		[7]
Andreas von Beckerath	2013–2016	Ambassador
Martin Hagström	September 2016 – 2019	Ambassador		[8]
Tobias Thyberg	1 September 2019 – 2023	Ambassador		[9]
Martin Åberg	August 2023 – present	Ambassador		[10]

Since 2000 there is also a Swedish honorary consulate in Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine.

In office	Consuls in Kakhovka
2000–present	Carl Sturén

Swedish representatives in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire

Sweden also had several consuls and vice-consuls in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire. The diplomatic representations were formally in function until 1924, but in reality until about 1920. There were consuls in Odesa, Kharkiv and Kyiv and vice-consuls (most often non-Swedes) in Berdiansk, Kerch, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sevastopol and Taganrog.

In office	Consuls in Odesa
1824–1857	John Wilkins
1857–1882	Ignace von Ephrussi
1882–1900	Robert Wilkins
1900–1902	vacant
1902–1924	Oscar Mauritz Heribert Osberg

In office	Consuls in Kharkiv
1908–1924	Adolf Gustaf Münch

In office	Consuls in Kyiv
1908–1916	Michael Teofilovitj Bukowinski[11]
1916–1917	Claude Gustaf Hjalmar de Laval
1918	vacant
1919–1924	Theodor Harald Focker

In office	Vice-Consuls in Berdiansk[12]
1848–1889	Giovanni Gasparo Ivancich
1889–1916	Andronic Paicos
1916–1924	Edgar Borchert

In office	Vice-Consuls in Kerch[13]
1869–1902	François Tomasini della Torre

In office	Vice-Consuls in Mariupol[14]
1871–1898	Giovanni Battista Chiozzo

In office	Vice-Consuls in Mykolaiv[15]
1874–1897	Charles Huntley Lawton
1897–1915	Victor Bossalini
1915–1924	James Reginald Martin

In office	Vice-Consuls in Odesa[16]
?–1824	John Wilkins
1853–1882	Robert Wilkins
1882–1898	vacant
1898–1901	Einar Jessen

In office	Vice-Consuls in Sevastopol[17]
1893–1902	Nicolas Pierre Gripari

See also

• Sweden–Ukraine relations
• List of ambassadors of Ukraine to Sweden