List of ambassadors of Sweden to Ukraine

Summary

The ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine is in charge of Sweden's diplomatic mission to Ukraine.

Swedish ambassadors and consuls to Ukraine from 1992 edit

 
The Swedish Embassy on vul. Ivana Franka 34/33 in Kyiv.

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.

In office Ambassadors in Kyiv
1992–1996 Martin Hallqvist
1996–2000 Göran Jacobsson
2000–2004 Åke Pettersson
2004–2008 John-Christer Åhlander
2008–2013 Stefan Gullgren
2013–2016 Andreas von Beckerath
2016–2019 Martin Hagström[1]
2019-Present Tobias Thyberg

Since 2000 there is also a Swedish honorary consulate in Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine.

In office Consuls in Kakhovka
2000–present Carl Sturén

Swedish representatives in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire edit

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 (most often non-Swedes) in Berdiansk, Kerch, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sevastopol and Taganrog.

In office Consuls in Odesa
183?–1857 John Wilkins
1857–1882 Ignace von Ephrussi
1882–1900 Robert Wilkins
1900–1902 vacant
1902–1924 Oscar Mauritz Heribert Osberg
In office Consuls in Kharkiv
1908–1924 Adolf Gustaf Münch
In office Consuls in Kyiv
1908–1916 Michael Teofilovitj Bukowinski[2]
1916–1917 Claude Gustaf Hjalmar de Laval
1918 vacant
1919–1924 Theodor Harald Focker
In office Vice-Consuls in Berdiansk[3]
1848–1889 Giovanni Gasparo Ivancich
1889–1916 Andronic Paicos
1916–1924 Edgar Borchert
In office Vice-Consuls in Kerch[4]
1869–1902 François Tomasini della Torre
In office Vice-Consuls in Mariupol[5]
1871–1898 Giovanni Battista Chiozzo
In office Vice-Consuls in Mykolaiv[6]
1874–1897 Charles Huntley Lawton
1897–1915 Victor Bossalini
1915–1924 James Reginald Martin
In office Vice-Consuls in Odesa[7]
1853–1882 Robert Wilkins
1882–1898 vacant
1898–1901 Einar Jessen
In office Vice-Consuls in Sevastopol[8]
1893–1902 Nicolas Pierre Gripari

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Envoys from Sweden, Norway, Belarus, Kuwait give credentials to Poroshenko, UNIAN (6 October 2016)
  2. ^ He was a vice-consul under the consul of Odesa.
  3. ^ The vice-consulate in Berdiansk first belonged to the consulate in Odesa, but in 1908 it was moved under Kharkiv and in 1916 under Rostov.
  4. ^ The vice-consulate in Kerch belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  5. ^ The vice-consulate in Mariupol belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  6. ^ The vice-consulate in Mykolaiv belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  7. ^ The vice-consulate in Odesa belonged to the consulate in Odesa.
  8. ^ The vice-consulate in Sevastopol belonged to the consulate in Odesa.

References edit

  • Sveriges Statskalender 1835–2008
  • The official website of the Swedish Embassy in Kyiv