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Ambassador of
Sweden to Greece
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent
Johan Borgstam
since September 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Swedish Embassy, Athens
StyleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports toMinister for Foreign Affairs
ResidenceIoanni Metaxa 56, Filothei
SeatAthens, Greece
AppointerGovernment of Sweden
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderEinar af Wirsén
Formation1921
WebsiteSwedish Embassy, Athens

The Ambassador of Sweden to Greece (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Hellenic Republic) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Greece and government of Greece.

History

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Sweden has had diplomatic relations with Greece since 1833.[1]

In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, it was proposed that the head of the mission in Constantinople also be accredited in Athens. However, the experts suggested that, for the time being, the minister should be accredited only in Sofia.[2] Instead, the first Swedish minister to Greece was Einar af Wirsén in 1921, which held a dual accreditation and was posted to the Swedish legation in Bucharest.

Knut Richard Thyberg was the first resident Swedish minister in Greece. He arrived in August 1944. As the Germans did not permit any foreign diplomatic representatives, Minister Thyberg initially held the title of Swedish consul general and only gained full diplomatic status after Greece's liberation and the Germans' withdrawal in October 1944.[3]

In May 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Greek governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.[4]

List of representatives

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Name Period Title Notes Ref
Carl Peter von Heidenstam 2 May 1833 – 5 June 1878 Chargé d'affaires Consul General to the United States of the Ionian Islands on 8 January 1838. Died in office. [5]
Einar af Wirsén 26 September 1921 – 1924 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Bucharest. [6]
Johan Beck-Friis 11 November 1923 – 1924 Acting chargé d'affaires [7]
Jonas Alströmer 1925–1933 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Bucharest. [8]
Erik Boheman 1933–1934 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Ankara. [9]
Wilhelm Winther 1934–1937 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Ankara. [10]
Eric Gyllenstierna 1938–1939 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Ankara. [11]
Sven Allard 1938–1939 Legation counsellor and chargé d'affaires [12]
Einar Modig 21 August 1939[a] – 1944 Envoy Accredited from the legation in Ankara. [13]
Knut Richard Thyberg 1944–1948 Chargé d'affaires [14]
Alexis Aminoff 1949–1951 Envoy [15]
Tage Grönwall 1951–1956 Envoy [16]
Fritz Stackelberg 1956–1962 Ambassador [17]
Tage Grönwall 1962–1965 Ambassador [16]
Gösta Brunnström 1965–1972 Ambassador Recalled to Stockholm in 1967.[b]
Dag Bergman 1972–1973 Ambassador [21]
Agda Rössel 1973–1976 Ambassador [22]
Ivar Öhman 1976–1980 Ambassador [23]
Iwo Dölling 1980–1985 Ambassador [24]
Hans Colliander 1985–1989 Ambassador [25]
Karl-Anders Wollter 1989–1992 Ambassador [26]
Krister Kumlin 1993–1997 Ambassador [27]
Björn Elmér 1997–2002 Ambassador [28]
Mårten Grunditz 2002–2008 Ambassador [29]
Håkan Malmqvist 2008–2013 Ambassador [30]
Charlotte Wrangberg 2013–2017 Ambassador [31]
Charlotte Sammelin 1 September 2017 – 2021 Ambassador [32]
Johan Borgstam September 2021 – present Ambassador [33]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Assumed the position in 1941.[13]
  2. ^ Brunnström was called back to Stockholm in protest on 15 December 1967 due to the coup d'état of 21 April of the same year. He never returned to Athens but retained his accreditation with the King of Greece until 1972.[18][19][20]

References

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  1. ^ "Grekland" [Greece] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Vår diplomati: beskickning bör upprättas i Prag" [Our diplomacy: diplomatic mission should be established in Prague]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. 3. 4 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  3. ^ Bretholz (12 May 1945). "Grekerna...". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. A15. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Svensk ambassad i Aten" [Swedish embassy in Athens]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 31 May 1956. p. 4A. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1927). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 3 Gadde-Höökenberg. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 530. SELIBR 10076750.
  6. ^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1934). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 8 Stålarm-Voltemat. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 825. SELIBR 10076764.
  7. ^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 261. SELIBR 10076137.
  8. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1933 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1933. pp. 194, 197.
  9. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1934 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1934. p. 196.
  10. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1937 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1937. pp. 207, 211.
  11. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1939 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1939. p. 222.
  12. ^ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 21. SELIBR 9649168.
  13. ^ a b Rockberger, Nicolaus (1985–1987). "Einar Modig". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 25. National Archives of Sweden. p. 600. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  14. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1948 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1948. p. 266.
  15. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1951 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1951. p. 294.
  16. ^ a b Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1981 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1981] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1980. p. 364. ISBN 91-1-805012-3. SELIBR 3681525.
  17. ^ Sveriges statskalender 1962 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1962. p. 299.
  18. ^ "Svenske ambassadören hem - "Demonstration mot juntan"" [Swedish ambassador called back - "Demonstration against the junta"]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 16 December 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Till Montreal" [To Montreal]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 27 September 1969. p. 13. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Snöpligt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 28 June 1972. p. 4. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  21. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1973). Sveriges statskalender 1973 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 353. SELIBR 3682755.
  22. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1976). Sveriges statskalender 1976 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 430. ISBN 91-38-02736-4. SELIBR 3682757.
  23. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1246. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.
  24. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 248. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
  25. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 215. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
  26. ^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1209. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. SELIBR 8261514.
  27. ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1997). Sveriges statskalender 1997 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN 9138309734. SELIBR 3682776.
  28. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN 9138319519. SELIBR 8428312.
  29. ^ Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 181. ISBN 978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR 10900526.
  30. ^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 181. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
  31. ^ "Nya ambassadörer utsedda" [New ambassadors appointed] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  32. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Grekland" [New ambassador in Greece] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  33. ^ "Ny ambassadör i Grekland" [New ambassador in Greece] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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