List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United States

The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the United States of America 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. Previously the embassy was housed in rented space at, first Watergate 600, and later, 1501 M Street N.W.

List of ambassadors

Resident ministers

1782 Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
1812–1819 Johan Albert Kantzow

Chargé d'affaires

1819–1831 Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg
1831–1833 David Gustaf Anckarloo
1834–1837 Severin Lorich
1838–1845 Gustaf af Nordin
1845–1850 Adam Christoffer Lovenskiold
1850–1854 Georg Sibbern

Resident ministers

1854–1858 Georg Sibbern
1858–1860 Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
1861–1864 Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper

Envoys

1864–1870 Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt
1870–1875 Oluf Stenerson
1876–1884 Carl Lewenhaupt (Sweden's Foreign Minister 1889 to 1895)
1884–1888 Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld
1889–1906 Johan Anton Wolff Grip
1907–1910 Herman Lagercrantz
1910–1911 Albert Ehrensvärd (Sweden's Foreign Minister 1911 to 1914)
1912–1920 Wilhelm August Ferdinand Ekengren
1921–1926 Axel Fingal Wallenberg
1925–1945 Wollmar Boström
1945–1947 Herman Eriksson

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary (from 1947)

1947–1948 Herman Eriksson
1948–1958 Erik Boheman
1958–1964 Gunnar Jarring
1964–1972 Hubert de Bèsche
1972 Yngve Möller (appointed but never took admission due to a break in Swedish–American diplomatic relations.)
1974–1989 Wilhelm Wachtmeister
1989–1993 Anders Thunborg
1993–1997 Henrik Liljegren
1997–2000 Rolf Ekéus
2000–2005 Jan Eliasson (Sweden's Foreign Minister between April and October 2006), Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
2005–2007 Gunnar Lund
2007–2013 Jonas Hafström
2013–2017 Björn Lyrvall
2017–2023 Karin Olofsdotter
2023–present Urban Ahlin