List of ambassadors of Sweden to China
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).
| Ambassador of Sweden to China Sveriges ambassad i Peking | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg |
| Formation | 1907 |
List of representatives
| Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | Swedish prime minister | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg | With residence in Tokyo. | Arvid Lindman | 1920 |
| 1918 | David Bergström | Chargé d'affaires, with residence in Tokyo. | Carl Swartz | 1920 |
| 1920 | David Bergström | With residence in Tokyo. | Hjalmar Branting | 1922 |
| 1922 | Oskar Ewerlöf | With residence in Tokyo. | Oscar von Sydow | 1928 |
| 1929 | Johan Hultman | With residence in Tokyo. | Arvid Lindman | 1936 |
| 1937 | Johan Hugo Beck-Friis | Per Albin Hansson | 1939 | |
| 1944 | Sven Allard | Per Albin Hansson | 1947 | |
| 1947 | Henrik Ramel | 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 | Staffan Söderblom | Tage Erlander | 1952 | |
| 1952 | Tor Hugo Wilhelm Wistrand | 1953–1956: With accreditation in Bangkok. | Tage Erlander | 1956 |
| 1956 | Klas Böök | Tage Erlander | 1961 | |
| 1961 | Nils Per Kjell Öberg | Tage Erlander | 1962 | |
| 1963 | Lennart Petri | Tage Erlander | 1969 | |
| 1969 | Arne Björnberg | 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 | Sten Sundfeldt | Thorbjörn Fälldin | 1982 | |
| 1982 | Lars Bergquist | Olof Palme | 1988 | |
| 1988 | Björn Skala | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Phnom Penh and Hanoi 1969–1972 and Pyongyang 1973–1974. | Ingvar Carlsson | 1992 |
| September 23, 1992 | Sven Linder | With accreditation as nonresident ambassador to Ulan Bator and Pyongyang.[1] | Carl Bildt | 1997 |
| November 12, 1997 | Kjell Anneling | Göran Persson | 2002 | |
| November 20, 2002 | Börje Ljunggren | 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] |
References
- Sven Linder
- Börje Ljunggren
- Lars Fredén
- "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.
- Wolfgang Bartke, The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 1981, 110 pp., p. 112
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