Albert Ehrensvärd

Albert Ehrensvärd
Ehrensvärd c. 1912
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
In office 1906–1908
Preceded by	Carl Haraldsson Strömfelt
Succeeded by	Fredrik Ramel
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 October 1911 – 17 February 1914
Preceded by	Arvid Taube
Succeeded by	Knut Wallenberg
Personal details
Born	Johan Jacob Albert Ehrensvärd (1867-05-09)9 May 1867 Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	6 March 1940(1940-03-06) (aged 72) Lund, Sweden
Resting place	Uppenbarelsekyrkan
Relatives	Carl August Ehrensvärd (brother)
Education	Lund University

Johan Jakob Albert Ehrensvärd (9 May 1867 – 6 March 1940) was a Swedish diplomat. He was Sweden's envoy to Washington D.C between 1910 and 1911. He became Sweden's Foreign Minister in Liberal leader and Prime Minister Karl Staaff's Second Cabinet. As Foreign Minister of Sweden he instituted reforms in the Swedish Foreign Service and worked to ease tensed relations with Czarist Russia.