List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine


The Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Ukraine and government of Ukraine.

History

On 19 December 1991, the Swedish government recognized Ukraine as an independent state. The Swedish government decided on 9 January 1992, to enter into an agreement with Ukraine to establish diplomatic relations. The agreement came into effect on 13 January 1992. It was signed in Kyiv by Sweden's Foreign Minister, Margaretha af Ugglas, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Anatoliy Zlenko.

List of representatives

The Swedish embassy in Kyiv was opened in 1992 with its location at Hotel National on vul. Rozi Luksemburg 5. Since 1997 the embassy is located at vul. Ivana Franka 34/33.
NamePeriodTitleNotesRef
Mats Staffansson1992–1992Chargé d'affaires
Martin Hallqvist1992–1996Ambassador
Göran Jacobsson1996–2000AmbassadorAlso accredited to Chișinău.
Åke Peterson2000–2004Ambassador
John-Christer Åhlander2004–2008Ambassador
Stefan Gullgren2009–2013Ambassador
Andreas von Beckerath2013–2016Ambassador
Martin HagströmSeptember 2016 – 2019Ambassador
Tobias Thyberg1 September 2019 – 2023Ambassador
Martin ÅbergAugust 2023 – presentAmbassador

Since 2000 there is also a Swedish honorary consulate in Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine.
In officeConsuls in Kakhovka
2000–presentCarl Sturén

Swedish representatives in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire

Sweden also had several consuls and vice-consuls in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire. The diplomatic representations were formally in function until 1924, but in reality until about 1920. There were consuls in Odesa, Kharkiv and Kyiv and vice-consuls in Berdiansk, Kerch, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sevastopol and Taganrog.
In officeConsuls in Odesa
1824–1857John Wilkins
1857–1882Ignace von Ephrussi
1882–1900Robert Wilkins
1900–1902vacant
1902–1924Oscar Mauritz Heribert Osberg

In officeConsuls in Kharkiv
1908–1924Adolf Gustaf Münch

In officeConsuls in Kyiv
1908–1916Michael Teofilovitj Bukowinski
1916–1917Claude Gustaf Hjalmar de Laval
1918vacant
1919–1924Theodor Harald Focker

In officeVice-Consuls in Berdiansk
1848–1889Giovanni Gasparo Ivancich
1889–1916Andronic Paicos
1916–1924Edgar Borchert

In officeVice-Consuls in Kerch
1869–1902François Tomasini della Torre

In officeVice-Consuls in Mariupol
1871–1898Giovanni Battista Chiozzo

In officeVice-Consuls in Mykolaiv
1874–1897Charles Huntley Lawton
1897–1915Victor Bossalini
1915–1924James Reginald Martin

In officeVice-Consuls in Odesa
?–1824John Wilkins
1853–1882Robert Wilkins
1882–1898vacant
1898–1901Einar Jessen

In officeVice-Consuls in Sevastopol
1893–1902Nicolas Pierre Gripari