Embassy of Sweden, Moscow

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Embassy of Sweden in Moscow
Swedish Embassy Moscow.jpg
LocationMoscow
AddressEmbassy of Sweden
60 Mosfilmovskaya Street
119 590 Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°43′0.12″N 37°30′56.88″E / 55.7167000°N 37.5158000°E / 55.7167000; 37.5158000Coordinates: 55°43′0.12″N 37°30′56.88″E / 55.7167000°N 37.5158000°E / 55.7167000; 37.5158000
Ambassador (since 2019)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Embassy of Sweden in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Sweden in the Russian Federation. It is located at 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street (Russian: Мосфильмовская ул., 60), on the corner of Ulofa Palme Street (Russian: ул. Улофа Пальме), in the Ramenki District of Moscow.[1]

Buildings[]

Chancery[]

In the 1910s, the embassy chancery was located at Anglijskaja Nabereschnaja 64 in Petrograd. In the early 1920s, it moved to Ulitza Vorovskij/Vorovskovo 44 in Moscow.[2][3] In 1964, the embassy moved to Ulitsa Pisemskovo 15.[4] After many years of negotiations, the construction of a new Swedish embassy in Moscow could begin in July 1968. In 1972, it was ready for use on 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street. The embassy was designed by the Swedish architect Anders Tengbom.[5]

The embassy is a tight red brick building with a closed facade facing the street. The windows in the buildings are mainly located towards the garden. The architecture is reminiscent of the fact that the embassy was built during a time when security issues were central. But the closed, fortress-like façade would be compensated by the fact that it was possible to enter the embassy's courtyard and indoors with the help of bright interiors. After a serious incident in the 1980s, the embassy area had to be fenced off. In the courtyard, the sculpture "Gestalt i storm" by Bror Marklund dominates. The bricks for the facades were obtained from Forsa brickworks in Bollebygd.[5]

In the summer of 2002, a new visa chancery was inaugurated at the property, which was built to cope with the extended visa processing that followed the Schengen Agreement. The extension had the same exterior appearance as previous buildings. On the ground floor are the Foreign Ministry's archives and on the ground floor a modern office environment. A large lantern provides the visa office with extra daylight. The architect was Jesper Husman at Tengbom Arkitekter.[5]

Heads of Mission[]

Name Period Title Accreditation Note
1722-1727 Envoy Russian Empire
1725-1726 Ambassador Russian Empire
1729-1738 Envoy Russian Empire
1738-1741 Envoy Russian Empire
1743-1747 Envoy Russian Empire
1747-1748 Envoy Russian Empire
1748-1748 Envoy Russian Empire
1750-1752 Envoy Russian Empire
1752-1763 Envoy Russian Empire
1763-1766 Envoy Russian Empire
1766-1773 Envoy Russian Empire
1773-1788 Envoy Russian Empire
Curt von Stedingk 1790-1808 Ambassador Russian Empire
Curt von Stedingk 1809-1811 Ambassador Russian Empire
Carl Axel Löwenhielm 1812-1819 Envoy Russian Empire
1820-1845 Envoy Russian Empire
1845-1856 Envoy Russian Empire
1856-1858 Envoy Russian Empire
1858-1865 Envoy Russian Empire
Oscar Björnstjerna 1865-1872 Envoy Russian Empire
1873-1890 Envoy Russian Empire
1890-1899 Envoy Russian Empire
1899-1904 Envoyé Russian Empire
1904-1906 Envoy Russian Empire
1906-1920 Envoy Russian Empire
1920-1924 Chargé d’affaires Soviet Union
Eric Gyllenstierna 1930-1937 Envoy Soviet Union
Wilhelm Winther 1938-1940 Envoy Soviet Union
1940-1944 Envoy Soviet Union
1944-1946 Envoy Soviet Union
Gunnar Hägglöf 1946-1947 Envoy Soviet Union
1947-1964 Ambassador Soviet Union
Gunnar Jarring 1964-1973 Ambassador Soviet Union
Brynolf Eng 1973-1975 Ambassador Also accredited in Ulaanbaatar.[6] Soviet Union
1975-1979 Ambassador Soviet Union
1979-1983 Ambassador Soviet Union
1983-1986 Ambassador Also accredited in Ulaanbaatar.[7] Soviet Union
Anders Thunborg 1986-1989 Ambassador Soviet Union
1989-1994 Ambassador Also accredited in Minsk (from 1992).[8] Soviet Union
Sven Hirdman 1994-2004 Ambassador Russia
2004-2008 Ambassador Russia
Tomas Bertelman 2008-2012 Ambassador Russia
2012-2015 Ambassador Russia
2015-2019 Ambassador Russia
2019–present Ambassador Russia

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Embassy of Sweden in Moscow, Russia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  2. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 187.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1931 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1931. p. 194.
  4. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. p. 314.
  5. ^ a b c "Moskva, Ryssland. Ambassadanläggning" (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 258. ISBN 91-1-766022-X. SELIBR 3681523.
  7. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1249. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.
  8. ^ TT (1992-08-08). "Ambassadörer på nya poster". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.


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