List of ambassadors of Sweden to Greece

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 Sweden has had diplomatic relations with Greece since 1833.

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, Greece. However, the experts suggested that, for the time being, the minister should be accredited only in Sofia, Bulgaria. The ministerial post in Bucharest, Romania was established the same year, with responsibilities covering not only Romania but also Greece and Yugoslavia. An additional first secretary position, created the same year and stationed in Athens to act as chargé d'affaires ad interim in the minister's absence, was abolished by a parliamentary decision in 1924.

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.

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.

List of representatives NamePeriodTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefKingdom of Greece (1832–1924)Carl Peter von Heidenstam2 May 1833 – 5 June 1878Chargé d'affairesConsul General to the United States of the Ionian Islands on 8 January 1838. Died in office.Einar af Wirsén26 September 1921 – 1924EnvoyResident in Bucharest.Nils Wikstrand1921–1923Chargé d'affaires ad interimJohan Beck-Friis11 November 1923 – 1924Chargé d'affaires ad interimSecond Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)Jonas Alströmer1925–1933EnvoyResident in Bucharest.Erik Boheman1933–1934EnvoyResident in Istanbul.Wilhelm Winther1934–1935EnvoyResident in Ankara.Kingdom of Greece (1935–1973)Wilhelm Winther1935–1937EnvoyResident in Ankara.Eric Gyllenstierna1938–1939EnvoyResident in Ankara.Sven Allard1938–1939Chargé d'affairesEinar Modig21 August 1939 – 1944EnvoyResident in Ankara.Knut Richard Thyberg1944–1948Chargé d'affairesAlexis Aminoff1949–1951EnvoyTage Grönwall1951–1956EnvoyFritz Stackelberg1956–1962AmbassadorTage Grönwall1962–1965AmbassadorGösta Brunnström1965–1972AmbassadorRecalled to Stockholm in 1967.Dag Bergman1972–1973AmbassadorThird Hellenic Republic (1974–present)Agda Rössel1973–1976AmbassadorIvar Öhman1976–1980AmbassadorIwo Dölling1980–1985AmbassadorHans Colliander1985–1989AmbassadorKarl-Anders Wollter1989–1992AmbassadorAnders Thunborg1993–1993AmbassadorLeft the post due to illness.Krister Kumlin1993–1997AmbassadorBjörn Elmér1997–2002AmbassadorMårten Grunditz2002–2008AmbassadorHåkan Malmqvist2008–2013AmbassadorCharlotte Wrangberg2013–2017AmbassadorCharlotte Sammelin1 September 2017 – 2021AmbassadorJohan BorgstamSeptember 2021 – 2024AmbassadorHåkan EmsgårdJanuary 2025 – presentAmbassador5 February 2025

See also Greece–Sweden relations Embassy of Sweden, Athens

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