The following is a list of German ambassadors in Sweden. The seat of the embassy is the German Embassy Stockholm.
History The German Embassy is located at Skarpögatan 9 in Stockholm (close to the Embassy of the United Kingdom). There are also honorary consuls located in Gothenburg (the capital of Västra Götaland County), Jönköping (he seat of Jönköping Municipality), Kalmar (the seat of Kalmar Municipality), Luleå (the capital of Norrbotten County), Malmö (the largest city in Skåne County), Rättvik (the seat of Rättvik Municipality), Uddevalla (the seat of Uddevalla Municipality), and Visby (the seat of Gotland Municipality).
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Kurt Sieveking 1951 1953 Consul General Herbert Siegfried 1954 1958 Hans-Ulrich von Marchtaler 1958 1961 Karl Werkmeister 1961 1963Hans Ulrich Granow 1963 1964 Gustav von Schmoller 1964 1968 Adolf Max Obermayer 1968 1972 Heinz Dietrich Stoecker 1972 1976 Heinz Voigt 1976 1978 Joseph J. Thomas 1978 1981 Jesco von Puttkamer 1981 1984 Gerhard Ritzel 1984 1988 Reinhold Schenk 1988 1992 Harald Hofmann 1992 1997Klaus-Hellmuth Ackermann 1998 2001 Bernd von Waldow 2001 2003 Busso von Alvensleben 2003 2006 Wolfgang Trautwein 2006 2008 Joachim Rücker 2008 2011 Harald Kindermann 2011 2014 Michael BockHögtidliga audienser på Kungliga slottet, Bericht über königliche Audienzen für neu ernannte Botschafter auf der Internetseite des schwedischen Königshauses 2014 2016 Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth 2016 2019 Anna Elisabeth Prinz 2019 2021 Joachim Bertele 2021 Present
Envoy of the German Empire Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Emil von Richthofen 1867 1874 Previously Envoy of the North German Confederation Friedrich von Eichmann 1874 1875 Richard von Pfuel 1876 1888 Envoy for the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway Clemens Busch 1888 1892 Karl von Wedel 1892 1894 Hippolyt von Bray-Steinburg 1894 1897 Nikolaus von Wallwitz 1897 1901 Envoy for the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway Casimir von Leyden 1901 1905 Felix von Müller 1905 1907 Carl Erdmann von Pückler-Burghauss 1908 1910 Franz von Reichenau 1911 1914 Hellmuth Lucius von Stoedten 1914 1920 Envoy Rudolf Nadolny 1920 1924 Envoy Frederic von Rosenberg 1924 1933 Envoy Prince Viktor of Wied 1933 1943 Envoy Hans Thomsen 1943 1945 Envoy
Envoy of the North German Confederation Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Emil von Richthofen 1867 1871
Envoys from the German States (before 1871) Saxon envoys The Electorate of Saxony sent diplomatic representatives to Sweden since 1722 with the rank of plenipotentiary minister, extraordinary envoy, resident or legation secretary.
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Martin von Frensdorff 1722 1727 Johann Christoph Walther 1727 1732 Adam Adolph von Uetterodt 1731 1737 Johann Christoph Walther 1738 1744 Johann Heinrich von Tirzschkau 1744 1745 Nicolaus von Suhm 1745 1750 Johann Heinrich von Titzschkau 1750 1753 Carl von der Osten-Sacken 1753 1763 Johann Heinrich von Titzschkau 1762 1765 Friedrich August von Zinzendorf 1768 1776
Prussian envoys Establishment of diplomatic relations in 1648.
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Lorenz Georg von Krockow before 1670 1670 Christoph von Brandt 1670 1682 Heinrich von Podewils 1729 1730 Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein 1740 1742 Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein 1744 1747 Jakob Friedrich von Rohd 1747 1753 Helmuth Burchard von Maltzahn 1753 1755 Victor Friedrich von Solms-Sonnenwalde 1755 1757 Johann Heinrich Friedrich von Cocceji 1764 1770 Christian von Dönhoff 1771 1775 Adrian Heinrich von Borcke 1788 1791 Karl Christian von Brockhausen 1791 1795 August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz 1797 1801 Friedrich Franz von Tarrach 1815 1834 Adolf von Brockhausen 1835 1843 Ferdinand von Galen 1843 1844 Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade 1845 1854 Otto Franz von Westphalen 1854 1857 Karl Emil Gustav von Le Coq 1857 1860 Alphonse von Oriola 1860 1862 Adalbert von Rosenberg 1862 1867 Emil von Richthofen 1867 1874
From 1867: envoy of the North German Confederation, from 1871: envoy of the German Empire
See also Sweden–Germany relations
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