Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki

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Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki
Pohjoisesplanadi 7.jpg
LocationHelsinki
AddressPohjoisesplanadi 7 B
Helsinki
Coordinates60°10′5.2″N 24°57′15.5″E / 60.168111°N 24.954306°E / 60.168111; 24.954306Coordinates: 60°10′5.2″N 24°57′15.5″E / 60.168111°N 24.954306°E / 60.168111; 24.954306
Ambassador (since 2020)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki (Swedish: Sveriges ambassad i Helsingfors) is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Finland. It is located at Esplanadi. The current ambassador of Sweden to Finland, since 2020, is .

The building[]

The embassy building was built in 1839 to be businessman J. H. Heidenstrauchs home. It became an embassy in the 1920s. It was originally designed by architect , but after becoming an embassy, it was heavily changed. The architect of this was Swedish Torben Grut, who designed it to look like the Stockholm Palace.

Heads of Mission[]

Name Period Title
1918-1918 Chargé d’affaires
1918-1918 Minister Plenipotentiary (Vasa)
1921-1925 Envoy
1925-1931 Envoy
1931-1939 Envoy
1939-1941 Envoy
Karl Ivan Westman 1941-1942 Envoy
1942-1947 Envoy
1947-1951 Envoy
1951-1954 Envoy
1954-1963 Ambassador
1964-1971 Ambassador
1971-1975 Ambassador
1975-1980 Ambassador
Kaj Sundberg 1980-1984 Ambassador
1984-1992 Ambassador
1992-1997 Ambassador
1997-2001 Ambassador
2001-2006 Ambassador
2006-2009 Ambassador
2009-2011 Ambassador
2012-2012 Chief (acting)[1]
Anders Lidén 2012-2016 Ambassador
2016–2020 Ambassador
2020–present Ambassador

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ambassadör Örjan Berner ny chef för ambassaden" (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki. 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2012.

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