Embassy of Sweden, London

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Embassy of Sweden, London
Swedish Embassy (1313902478).jpg
LocationMarylebone, London
Address11 Montagu Place
London W1H 2AL
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′8″N 0°9′37.2″W / 51.51889°N 0.160333°W / 51.51889; -0.160333Coordinates: 51°31′8″N 0°9′37.2″W / 51.51889°N 0.160333°W / 51.51889; -0.160333
AmbassadorMikaela Kumlin Granit (since 2021)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Embassy of Sweden in London is the diplomatic mission of Sweden in the United Kingdom.[1]

Buildings[]

Chancery[]

In the 1910s, the chancery building was located at 73 Portland Place.[2] By the 1920s, it had moved to 27 Portland Place.[3] In the early 1950s, it moved to 29 Portland Place.[4] In the late 1960s, it moved once again, this time to 23 North Row in Mayfair.[5] Since 1983, the chancery building is located at 11 Montagu Square in Marylebone, just down the road from the embassy of Switzerland.

Residence[]

The Swedish ambassador's residence is located is a separate building at 27 Portland Place. Sweden also maintains a Trade Council at 259-269 Old Marylebone Road, Marylebone.[6]

Heads of Mission[]

Name Period Title
1558–1561 ?
Jakob Spens 1629–1632 ?
1656–1657 ?
1703–1710 Envoy
Carl Gyllenborg 1710–1715 Resident
Carl Gyllenborg 1715–1717 Minister
Carl Sparre 1719–1720 Envoy
Carl Sparre 1720–1736 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1736–1741 Chargé d’affaires
1741–1743 Minister
1744–1748 Minister
1748–1757 Envoy
1763–1787 Envoy
1787–1792 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Lars von Engeström 1793–1795 Envoy
1795–1799 Envoy
1801–1802 Chargé d’affaires
1802–1802 Minister Resident
1805–1807 Minister (acting)
1807–1808 Envoy
Carl Gustaf von Brinkman 1808–1810 Envoy
1812–1818 Envoy
Gustaf Algernon Stierneld 1818–1828 Envoy
Magnus Björnstjerna 1828–1846 Envoy
1847–1854 Envoy
1854–1854 Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim
Carl Hochschild 1854–1857 Envoy
1857–1861 Envoy
1861–1865 Envoy
Carl Fredrik Hochschild 1866–1876 Envoy
Carl Edward Wilhelm Piper 1877–1890 Envoy
1890–1895 Envoy
Carl Lewenhaupt 1895–1902 Envoy
Carl Bildt 1902–1905 Envoy
1906–1920 Envoy
Erik Palmstierna 1920–1937 Envoy
1938–1938 Chargé d’affaires (acting)
Björn Prytz 1938–1947 Envoy
Erik Boheman 1947–1947 Envoy
Erik Boheman 1948–1948 Ambassador
Gunnar Hägglöf 1948–1967 Ambassador
1967–1972 Ambassador
1972–1976 Ambassador
Olof Rydbeck 1977–1979 Ambassador
1979–1982 Ambassador
1982–1991 Ambassador
1991–1994 Ambassador
1995–1996 Ambassador
1997–2004 Ambassador
2004–2010 Ambassador
2010–2016 Ambassador
2016–2021 Ambassador
Mikaela Kumlin Granit 2021–present Ambassador

Gallery[]

  • Close-up of the Three Crowns on the embassy.

  • Plaque outside the embassy.

  • Plaque in Swedish and information panel outside the embassy.

  • The embassy in 2005.

  • The Ambassador's residence on Portland Place.

References[]

  1. ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
  2. ^ Sveriges statskalender för år 1915 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1915. p. 170.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 183.
  4. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 313.
  5. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender. 1970 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 357.
  6. ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.

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