List of ambassadors of Sweden to Thailand

Ambassador of Sweden to Thailand
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Anna Hammargren since August 2023
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Bangkok
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Seat	Bangkok, Thailand
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Tord Hagen
Formation	1959
Website	Swedish Embassy, Bangkok

The Ambassador of Sweden to Thailand (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Thailand) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the monarch of Thailand and government of Thailand.

History

Diplomatic relations between Sweden and Thailand were established in 1868.^[1] Between 1931 and 1959, Sweden had a non-resident envoy accredited to Thailand from Japan and China. In July 1959, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Thai 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. In connection with this, Tord Hagen was appointed Sweden's first resident ambassador in Bangkok.^[2]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Title	Notes	Ref
Johan Hultman	1931–1936	Envoy	Accredited from the legation in Tokyo.	^[3]
Widar Bagge	1937–1945	Envoy	Accredited from the legation in Tokyo.	^[4]
Torsten Hammarström	1948–1951	Envoy	Accredited from the embassy in Beijing.	^[5]
–	1952–1952	–	Vacant	^[6]
Hugo Wistrand	1953–1956	Envoy	Accredited from the embassy in Beijing.	^[7]
Klas Böök	1956–1959	Envoy	Accredited from the embassy in Beijing.	^[8]
Tord Hagen	1959–1964	Ambassador	Also accredited to Phnom Penh (from 1961), Rangoon, and Saigon (from 1960).	^[9]
Åke Sjölin	1964–1967	Ambassador	Also accredited to Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon, Saigon, Singapore (from 1966), and Vientiane (from 1965).	^[10]
Axel Lewenhaupt	1967–1970	Ambassador	Also accredited to Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon, Singapore, and Vientiane (from 1968).	^[11]
Eric Virgin	1971–1976	Ambassador	Also accredited to Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon, Singapore, and Vientiane.	^[12]
Jean-Christophe Öberg	1976–1981	Ambassador	Also accredited to Singapore and Vientiane.	^[13]
Axel Edelstam	1981–1982	Ambassador	Also accredited to Singapore and Vientiane.	^[14]
Nils-Olov Hasslev	1983–1986	Ambassador	Also accredited to Rangoon and Vientiane.	^[15]
Olov Ternström	1986–1992	Ambassador	Also accredited to Vientiane and Yangon/Rangoon.	^[16]
Eva Heckscher	1992–1997	Ambassador	Also accredited to Phnom Penh (1993–96), Vientiane (1993–96), and Yangon (1992–96).	^[17]^[18]
Inga Eriksson Fogh	1997–1998	Ambassador	Also accredited to Phnom Penh, Vientiane, and Yangon.	^[19]
–	1999–1999	Vacant		^[20]
Jan Axel Nordlander	1999–2004	Ambassador	Also accredited to Phnom Penh, Vientiane (from 2000), and Yangon (from 2000).	^[21]
Jonas Hafström	2004–2007	Ambassador	Also accredited to Phnom Penh, Vientiane, and Yangon.	^[22]
Lennart Linnér	2007–2011	Ambassador	Also accredited to Manila (from 2008), Phnom Penh, Vientiane, and Yangon.	^[23]
Klas Molin	2011–2015	Ambassador	Also accredited to Manila, Vientiane, and Yangon.	^[24]
Staffan Herrström	2015–2020	Ambassador	Also accredited to Manila (until 2016), Vientiane, and Yangon.^[a]	^[25]
Jon Åström Gröndahl	1 September 2020 – 2023	Ambassador	Also accredited to Phnom Penh (from 2021), Vientiane, and Yangon.	^[26]
Anna Hammargren	August 2023 – present	Ambassador		^[27]

Footnotes

^ The Swedish embassy in Manila opened in 2016 and a resident ambassador was then stationed there.

References

^ "Thailand" (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ "Bangkok har fått svensk ambassad" [Bangkok has got a Swedish embassy]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 11 July 1959. p. A11. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1945 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1945] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1945. p. 506. SELIBR 8261511.
^ Svensson, Stina, ed. (1953). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1953 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1953] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 61. SELIBR 9649164.
^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1949 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1949. p. 278.
^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1952 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1952. p. 304.
^ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1069.
^ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1962). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1963 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1963] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 179. SELIBR 9649168.
^ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 430. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
^ Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 998. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender 1970 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. pp. 354, 356, 358.
^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1976). Sveriges statskalender 1976 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 435, 441, 445. ISBN 91-38-02736-4. SELIBR 3682757.
^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1981). Sveriges statskalender 1981 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. pp. 355, 361, 364. ISBN 91-38-06008-6. SELIBR 3682762.
^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1982). Sveriges statskalender 1982 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna. pp. 366, 373, 376. ISBN 9138067307. SELIBR 3682763.
^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1986). Sveriges statskalender 1986 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber Allmänna. pp. 349, 358, 368. ISBN 91-38-08944-0. SELIBR 3682765.
^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1992). Sveriges statskalender 1992 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. pp. 359, 361, 369. ISBN 913812694X. SELIBR 3682771.
^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1996). Sveriges statskalender 1996 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 186, 187, 190, 197. ISBN 9138350211. SELIBR 3682781.
^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1997). Sveriges statskalender 1997 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 184–185, 188, 195. ISBN 9138309734. SELIBR 3682776.
^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1998). Sveriges statskalender 1998 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 182, 184, 186, 193. ISBN 9138313111. SELIBR 3682777.
^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1999). Sveriges statskalender 1999 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 184–185, 188, 195. ISBN 91-38-31445-2. SELIBR 3682778.
^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2004). Sveriges statskalender 2004 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. pp. 177, 179, 182, 189. ISBN 91-38-32120-3. SELIBR 89506762.
^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2007). Sveriges statskalender 2007 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. pp. 179, 181, 185, 193. ISBN 9138323583. SELIBR 10414913.
^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. pp. 179, 185, 188, 191, 199. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
^ "Kreditivbrevsceremoni i Manila" [Letters of credence ceremony in Manila] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ "Ny ambassadör i Thailand" [New ambassador in Thailand] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Ny ambassadör i Thailand" [New ambassador in Thailand] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Anna Hammargren ny ambassadör i Thailand" [Anna Hammargren new ambassador in Thailand] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.