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 holderGustaf Oscar Wallenberg
Formation1907

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]

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References
  1. Sven Linder
  2. Börje Ljunggren
  3. Lars Fredén
  4. "Swedish ambassador to China recalled after bizarre meeting over detained bookseller". Washington Post. 2019-02-14.
  5. Anna Lindstedt
  6. "Swedish foreign ministry investigates ambassador to China". Associated Press. 2019-02-14.
  7. "Swedish publisher's daughter: Chinese men told me to be mum". Associated Press. 2019-02-18.
  8. "Sweden sends new ambassador to China in wake of diplomatic scandal". The Local. April 18, 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. 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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