List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States

The Ambassador of Sweden to the United States (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the United States of America) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of the United States and federal government of the United States. The Swedish ambassador is in charge of Sweden's diplomatic mission to the United States. The Swedish Embassy is located at the House of Sweden (inaugurated in 2006) at 2900 K Street in Washington, D.C..

Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Urban Ahlin since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	2900 K Street, N.W.[a]
Seat	Washington, D.C., United States
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Johan Albert Kantzow
Formation	1812
Website	Swedish Embassy, Washington, D.C.

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Johan Albert Kantzow	July 29, 1812 – March 21, 1819	Resident minister	Assumed office in 1813.	[2][3]
Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg	21 March 1819 – 1832	Chargé d'affaires		[4]
David Gustaf Anckarloo	November 22, 1831 – March 8, 1833	Chargé d'affaires		[5]
Severin Lorich	1834–1837	Chargé d'affaires
Gustaf af Nordin	May 14, 1838 – 1845	Chargé d'affaires		[6]
Adam Christopher Lövenskiöld	1845–1850	Chargé d'affaires
Georg Sibbern	1850–1854	Chargé d'affaires		[7]
Georg Sibbern	1854–1858	Resident minister	Returned to Norway in 1856.[b]	[7]
Wilhelm af Wetterstedt	27 April 1858 – 1860	Resident minister	Also Swedish-Norwegian consul general on June 15, 1858.	[9]
Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper	July 20, 1861 – 1864	Resident minister	Also consul general in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 1861.	[10]
Wilhelm af Wetterstedt	September 2, 1864 – June 29, 1870	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary		[9]
Oluf Stenersen	1870 – December 9, 1875	Envoy	Died in office (in Paris).	[11]
Carl Lewenhaupt	March 6, 1876 – 1884	Envoy	Also acting consul general there from March 10, 1876.	[12]
Gustaf Leonard (Lennart) Reuterskiöld	November 15, 1884 – 1888	Envoy	Also acting consul general there from December 30, 1884.	[13]
Johan Anton Wolff Grip	1889–1906	Envoy		[14]
Herman Lagercrantz	January 25, 1907 – June 4, 1907	Acting envoy		[15]
Herman Lagercrantz	June 5, 1907–1910	Envoy		[15]
Albert Ehrensvärd	October 8, 1910 – 1911	Envoy		[16]
August Ekengren	1912–1920	Envoy
Claës Bonde	July 18, 1913 – December 9, 1913	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[17]
Axel Wallenberg	1921–1925	Envoy
Wollmar Boström	1925–1945	Envoy		[18]
Herman Eriksson	October 1, 1945 – December 8, 1947	Envoy		[19]
Herman Eriksson	December 9, 1947 – 1948	Ambassador		[19]
Alexis Aminoff	April 21, 1948	Chargé d'affaires	Due to Herman Eriksson's illness.	[20]
Erik Boheman	1948–1958	Ambassador		[21]
Gunnar Jarring	1958–1964	Ambassador		[22]
Hubert de Bèsche	1964–1973	Ambassador		[23]
Yngve Möller	1972–1972	Ambassador	Never took office.[c]
Leif Leifland	1973–1974	Chargé d'affaires ad interim		[25]
Wilhelm Wachtmeister	1974–1989	Ambassador		[26]
Anders Thunborg	1989 – January 1993	Ambassador		[27]
Henrik Liljegren	1993–1997	Ambassador		[28]
Rolf Ekéus	1997–2000	Ambassador		[29]
Jan Eliasson	2000–2005	Ambassador
Gunnar Lund	2005–2007	Ambassador
Jonas Hafström	2007–2013	Ambassador
Björn Lyrvall	2013–2017	Ambassador
Karin Olofsdotter	2017–2023	Ambassador
Urban Ahlin	August 15, 2023–present	Ambassador		[30]

See also

• Sweden–United States relations
• Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C.
• List of ambassadors of the United States to Sweden

Footnotes

1. Since 2022, the residence is located in the same building as the chancery.^[1]
2. Sibbern returned to Norway in 1856 and became the state secretary to the viceroy, Crown Prince Charles.^[7] Despite his newly appointed role, Sibbern retained the position of minister resident.^[8]
3. Yngve Möller was appointed Swedish ambassador in 1972 but never took office because of a temporary break in Swedish-American relations.^[24]