Embassy of Sweden, London
Embassy of Sweden, London | |
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Location | Marylebone, London |
Address | 11 Montagu Place London W1H 2AL United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°31′8″N 0°9′37.2″W / 51.51889°N 0.160333°WCoordinates: 51°31′8″N 0°9′37.2″W / 51.51889°N 0.160333°W |
Ambassador | Mikaela Kumlin Granit (since 2021) |
Website | Official 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 |
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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[]
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för år 1915 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1915. p. 170.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 183.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1955 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1955. p. 313.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender. 1970 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 357.
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
External links[]
- Diplomatic missions in London
- Diplomatic missions of Sweden
- Sweden–United Kingdom relations
- Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
- Marylebone
- Sweden stubs
- London building and structure stubs