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List of ambassadors of Sweden to Italy

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Ambassador of Sweden to Italy
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Jan Björklund since 1 September 2020
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Rome
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Via di Villa Patrizi 5
Seat	Rome, Italy
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Geronimo Marchelli
Formation	1766
Website	Swedish Embassy, Rome

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

History[edit]

In March 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Italian governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legationstoembassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.^[1]

List of representatives[edit]

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Geronimo Marchelli	1766–1788	Chargé d'affaires	Genoa
Georg Gustaf Wrangel	7 April 1789 – 1793	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary		^[2]
Francesco Piranesi	1790–1794	Resident	Rome
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt	7 September 1792 – 1794	Minister		^[3]
Johan Claes Lagersvärd	1793–1814	Chargé d'affaires
Francesco Piranesi	1794–1798	Minister
Johan Claes Lagersvärd	1814–1836	Resident minister
Johan Wilhelm Bergman	1841–1852	Chargé d'affaires
Carl Wachtmeister	25 September 1850 – 1858	Chargé d'affaires and consul general ad interim		^[4]
Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper	22 June 1859 – 1861	Chargé d'affaires	InTurin.	^[5]
Carl Fredrik Hochschild	20 July 1861 – 1863	Chargé d'affaires	InTurin. Also acting consul general in Italy on 18 October 1861.	^[6]
Carl Fredrik Hochschild	27 March 1863 – 1865	Resident minister/Consul General		^[6]
Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper	6 October 1865 – 1872	Envoy	InRome. Also acting consul general there in 1865.	^[5]
Hans Henrik von Essen	12 June 1873 – 1877	Envoy	Acting consul general in Italy on 26 September 1873.	^[7]
Frans Theodor Lindstrand	1877–1889	Envoy
Carl Bildt	10 September 1889 – 1902	Envoy		^[8]
Thor von Ditten	8 May 1903 — 9 June 1905	Envoy		^[9]
Carl Bildt	14 October 1905 – 5 March 1920	Envoy		^[8]
Augustin Beck-Friis	5 November 1920 – 26 July 1927	Envoy	Died in office.	^[10]^[11]
Erik Sjöborg	1928–1937	Envoy
Einar af Wirsén	1937–1940	Envoy
Hans Beck-Friis	1940–1942	Envoy
Joen Lagerberg	14 September 1942 – 1946	Envoy		^[12]
Christian Günther	28 June 1946 – 21 April 1950	Envoy		^[13]
Johan Beck-Friis	1950–1956	Envoy		^[14]
Johan Beck-Friis	2 March 1956 – 1956	Ambassador		^[1]
Eric von Post	1956–1965	Ambassador		^[15]
Brynolf Eng	1966–1973	Ambassador	Also accredited to Malta.	^[16]
Dick Hichens-Bergström	1973–1979	Ambassador	Also accredited to Malta.	^[17]
Axel Lewenhaupt	1979–1983	Ambassador	Also accredited to Malta.	^[18]
Eric Virgin	1983–1986	Ambassador	Also accredited to Malta.	^[19]
Sven Fredrik Hedin	1986–1989	Ambassador		^[20]
Ola Ullsten	1989–1995	Ambassador	Also accredited to Albania (from 1992).	^[21]^[22]
Torsten Örn	1996–1998	Ambassador	Also accredited to Albania.	^[23]
Göran Berg	1998–2002	Ambassador	Also accredited to Albania and Malta.	^[24]
Staffan Wrigstad	2002–2006	Ambassador	Also accredited to Albania and San Marino.	^[25]
Anders Bjurner	2006–2010	Ambassador	Also accredited to Albania (until 2008) and San Marino.	^[26]^[27]^[28]
Ruth Jacoby	2010–2015	Ambassador	Also accredited to San Marino.	^[29]
Robert Rydberg	2015–2020	Ambassador	Also accredited to San Marino.	^[30]
Jan Björklund	1 September 2020 – present	Ambassador		^[31]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Nya ambassadörer". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 3 March 1956. p. 4A. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1936). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 9 Wrangel-Östner. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 12. SELIBR 10076766.

^ Stavenow, L. (1920). "Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 2. National Archives of Sweden. p. 203. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1934). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 8 Stålarm-Voltemat. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 624. SELIBR 10076764.

^ ^a ^b Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1930). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 5 Lind af Hageby-von Porten. Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 722–723. SELIBR 10076756.

^ ^a ^b Petré, Torsten (1971–1973). "Carl F L Hochschild". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 19. National Archives of Sweden. p. 174. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1926). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 2 af Chapman-Fägerstråle. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 600. SELIBR 10076748.

^ ^a ^b Jacobson, G. (1924). "Carl N D Bildt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 4. National Archives of Sweden. p. 330. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

^ Hildebrand, Bengt (1945). "Thor Ditten, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 11. National Archives of Sweden. p. 273. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

^ Elgenstierna, Gustaf, ed. (1925). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (in Swedish). Vol. 1 Abrahamsson-Celsing. Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 258. SELIBR 10076137.

^ "Frih. C.A. Beck-Friis död". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Paris. 27 July 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

^ Öhman, Anders R (1977–1979). "Joen C Lagerberg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 22. National Archives of Sweden. p. 55. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

^ Brandell, Ulf (1967–1969). "Christian E Günther". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 17. National Archives of Sweden. p. 642. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

^ Sveriges statskalender 1965 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1965. p. 318.

^ Sveriges statskalender 1965 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1965. p. 319.

^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1973). Sveriges statskalender 1973 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 354. SELIBR 3682755.

^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 342. ISBN 91-38-04622-9. SELIBR 3682760.

^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1983). Sveriges statskalender 1983 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. p. 351. ISBN 9138071576. SELIBR 3682764.

^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1986). Sveriges statskalender 1986 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. p. 356. ISBN 91-38-08944-0. SELIBR 3682765.

^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1989). Sveriges statskalender 1989 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 368. ISBN 9138121735. SELIBR 3682768.

^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1993). Sveriges statskalender 1993 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 337. ISBN 9138128098. SELIBR 3682772.

^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 181. ISBN 91-38-30428-7. SELIBR 3682775.

^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1998). Sveriges statskalender 1998 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 181. ISBN 9138313111. SELIBR 3682777.

^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 182. ISBN 9138319519. SELIBR 8428312.

^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2006). Sveriges statskalender 2006 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 181. ISBN 91-38-32230-7. SELIBR 10156707.

^ Henriksson, Maria, ed. (2008). Sveriges statskalender 2008 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 184. ISBN 978-91-38-32405-9. SELIBR 10900526.

^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2009). Sveriges statskalender 2009 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. p. 185. ISBN 978-91-38-32464-6. SELIBR 11452377.

^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 183. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.

^ "Regeringen utser nya ambassadörer" (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 5 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

^ "CV - AMBASSADOR ROBERT RYDBERG" (PDF). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

^ "Ny ambassadör i Italien" [New ambassador in Italy] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2024.