The Ambassador of Sweden to Romania (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Romania) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Romania and government of Romania.
History On 8 April 1914, Sweden's minister in Vienna, Baron Joachim Beck-Friis, was also appointed as minister to the Romanian court in Bucharest. On 6 May 1914, he was further appointed as minister to the Serbian court. However, Beck-Friis never had the chance to present his credentials before World War I broke out. In March 1916, he traveled to Bucharest to present his credentials to King Ferdinand I of Romania. Beck-Friis and the military attaché, Major af Ström, were received in Bucharest by Foreign Minister Emanoil Porumbaru. On 18 March, Beck-Friis presented his credentials to the King of Romania in a formal audience. From that date, Sweden and Romania officially established diplomatic relations.
The ministerial post in Bucharest was established in 1921, with responsibilities covering not only Romania but also Greece and Yugoslavia. This post was abolished in connection with the cuts to certain positions within the foreign service, as decided by the 1933 parliament. Sweden's minister in Warsaw was subsequently accredited to Bucharest. Two years later, the position of Swedish minister in Bucharest was reinstated when Envoy Patrik Reuterswärd assumed the role of minister to Bucharest (and Sofia) on 1 July of that year.
In January 1951, it was reported that the position of head of mission in Bucharest would be discontinued. The responsibility for Sweden's representation in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary would thereafter be divided between Belgrade, Moscow, and Prague, with Sweden being represented in those countries by lower-ranking personnel for the time being. Sweden's minister in Moscow was subsequently accredited to Bucharest.
In February 1962, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Romanian governments to elevate their respective legations to embassies. As a result, the diplomatic rank was changed from envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to ambassador. In January 1964, it was proposed that the mission in Bucharest should be granted independent status. The decision to grant the mission in Bucharest independent status and have it led by an ambassador was made by parliament in March 1964.
From 2000 until 2010, when Sweden opened its embassy in Chișinău, Moldova, the Swedish ambassador in Bucharest was also accredited there.
List of representatives NamePeriodResident/Non residentTitleNotesPresented credentialsRefKingdom of Romania (1881–1947)Joachim Beck-Friis8 April 1914 – 1918 Non-residentEnvoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiaryReisdent in Vienna.Einar af Wirsén26 September 1921 – 1924 ResidentEnvoyAlso accredited to Athens and Belgrade.March 1922Jonas Alströmer1925–1933 ResidentActing envoyAlso accredited to Athens and Belgrade (until 1928).Einar Hennings1933–1933 Non-residentEnvoyResident in Warsaw.Erik Boheman1934–1935 Non-residentEnvoyResident in Warsaw.Patrik Reuterswärd1 July 1935 – 1947 ResidentEnvoyAlso accredited to Sofia.Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965) and Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)Patrik Reuterswärd1947–1948 ResidentEnvoyAlso accredited to Sofia.Sven Allard1949–1951 ResidentEnvoyAlso accredited to Budapest and Sofia.Rolf Sohlman1 September 1951 – 1963 Non-residentEnvoyResident in Moscow. Assumed office on 6 October.Olof Bjurström1964–1967 ResidentAmbassadorCarl Johan Rappe1967–1970 ResidentAmbassadorOtto Rathsman1970–1973 ResidentAmbassadorLars Hedström1976–1979 ResidentAmbassadorHans Sköld1979–1982 ResidentAmbassadorPer Bertil Kollberg1982–1987 ResidentAmbassadorSven Linder1987–1989 ResidentAmbassadorNils Rosenberg1989 – 28 December 1989 ResidentAmbassador15 December 1989Romania (1989–present)Nils Rosenberg28 December 1989 – 1994 ResidentAmbassadorRagnar Ängeby1994–1997 ResidentAmbassadorNils Gunnar Revelius1997–2001 ResidentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Chișinău (from 2000).Svante Kilander2001–2006 ResidentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Chișinău.Mats Åberg2006–2010 ResidentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Chișinău.Anders Bengtcén2010–2014 ResidentAmbassadorAnneli Lindahl Kenny2014–2019 ResidentAmbassadorTherese Hydén1 September 2019 – 2024 ResidentAmbassadorAnna Hällerman2024–present ResidentAmbassador
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