List of ambassadors of Sweden to China
Ambassador of Sweden to China | |
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Incumbent since May 28, 2019 | |
Inaugural holder | |
Formation | 1907 |
The Swedish Ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Stockholm to the Government of the People's Republic of China as well as the Non-Resident Ambassador to Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
List of representatives[]
Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | Swedish prime minister | Term end |
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1907 | With residence in Tokyo. | Arvid Lindman | 1920 | |
1918 | Chargé d'affaires, with residence in Tokyo. | Carl Swartz | 1920 | |
1920 | With residence in Tokyo. | Hjalmar Branting | 1922 | |
1922 | With residence in Tokyo. | Oscar von Sydow | 1928 | |
1929 | Johan Hultman | With residence in Tokyo. | Arvid Lindman | 1936 |
1937 | Per Albin Hansson | 1939 | ||
1944 | Per Albin Hansson | 1947 | ||
1947 | Chargé d'affaires | Östen Undén | 1948 | |
1947 | Torsten Hammarström | With residence in Bangkok and Manila accredited to the government in Nanking. | Östen Undén | 1950 |
1950 | Torsten Hammarström | With residence in Bangkok and Manila accredited to the government in Beijing. | Östen Undén | 1951 |
1951 | Tage Erlander | 1952 | ||
1952 | 1953–1956: With accreditation in Bangkok. | Tage Erlander | 1956 | |
1956 | Klas Böök | Tage Erlander | 1961 | |
1961 | Tage Erlander | 1962 | ||
1963 | Tage Erlander | 1969 | ||
1969 | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Phnom Penh and Hanoi 1969–1972 and Pyongyang 1973–1974. | Olof Palme | 1974 | |
1975 | Kaj Björk | Olof Palme | 1980 | |
1980 | Thorbjörn Fälldin | 1982 | ||
1982 | Olof Palme | 1988 | ||
1988 | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Phnom Penh and Hanoi 1969–1972 and Pyongyang 1973–1974. | Ingvar Carlsson | 1992 | |
September 23, 1992 | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Ulan Bator and Pyongyang.[1] | Carl Bildt | 1997 | |
November 12, 1997 | Göran Persson | 2002 | ||
November 20, 2002 | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Ulan Bator.[2] | Göran Persson | 2006 | |
October 1, 2006 | Mikael Lindström | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Ulan Bator. | Fredrik Reinfeldt | 2010 |
December 2, 2010 | Lars Fredén | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Ulan Bator.[3] | Fredrik Reinfeldt | 2016 |
September 1, 2016 | Anna Lindstedt | Recalled after incident related to Angela Gui, daughter of Gui Minhai[4][5] | Stefan Löfven | February 13, 2019[4][6][7] |
May 16, 2019 | Helena Sångeland[8] |
Coordinates: 39°56′30″N 116°27′33″E / 39.94177°N 116.45927°E
References[]
- ^ Sven Linder
- ^ Börje Ljunggren
- ^ Lars Fredén
- ^ a b "Swedish ambassador to China recalled after bizarre meeting over detained bookseller". Washington Post. 2019-02-14.
- ^ Anna Lindstedt
- ^ "Swedish foreign ministry investigates ambassador to China". Associated Press. 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Swedish publisher's daughter: Chinese men told me to be mum". Associated Press. 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Sweden sends new ambassador to China in wake of diplomatic scandal". The Local. April 18, 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 1981, 110 pp., p. 112 , The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981,
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