# List of ambassadors of Sweden to China

The Ambassador of Sweden to China (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the People's Republic of China) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of China and government of China. The ambassador has a dual accreditation to Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).

## History

Sweden's first envoy to China was the minister in Tokyo, Japan, Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg. In April 1907, Wallenberg was in Beijing to have the Treaty of Canton (1847) between Sweden–Norway and China amended and to establish diplomatic relations between Sweden and China.
During the 1920s and 1930s, legation counselors from the Swedish legation in Tokyo where based in Beijing and served as chargés d'affaires ad interim. From 1933, the holder of the consul general position also acted as the chargé d'affaires in the Republic of China. Johan Beck-Friis became Sweden's first resident envoy to China on 1 July 1937.
In 1947, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Nationalist 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.

## List of representatives

| Name | Period | Title | Remark |
| Qing dynasty (–1912) |||||
| Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg | 1907–1912 | Envoy | Resident in Tokyo. |
| Republic of China (1912–1949) |||||
| Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg | 1912–1918 | Envoy | Resident in Tokyo. |
| David Bergström | 7 May 1918 – 10 June 1920 | Acting envoy | Resident in Tokyo. |
| David Bergström | 11 June 1920 – 27 October 1922 | Envoy | Resident in Tokyo. |
| Oskar Ewerlöf | 1923–1928 | Envoy | Resident in Tokyo. |
| Carl Leijonhufvud | 27 June 1924 – 1930 | Legation counselor/Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Johan Hultman | 1929–1936 | Envoy | Resident in Tokyo. |
| Joen Lagerberg | 14 July 1930 – 1932 | Legation counselor/Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Johan Beck-Friis | 18 January 1936 – 30 June 1937 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Consul General in Shanghai. |
| Johan Beck-Friis | 1 July 1937 – 1939 | Envoy | Based in Shanghai. |
| Erik Kronvall | 1939–1941 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Based in Shanghai. |
| – | 1940–1943 | Envoy | Vacant. |
| Malte Pripp | 1940–1946 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Based in Shanghai. |
| Sven Allard | 1943–1944 | Acting envoy | Based in Chongqing. |
| Sven Allard | 1944 – August 1947 | Envoy | Based in Chongqing (1944–1945), Nanjing (1945–1946), and Shanghai (from 1947). |
| Henrik Ramel | August 1947 – April 1948 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Torsten Hammarström | July 1947 – 1 October 1949 | Ambassador | Also acreddited as envoy to Manila (from 1947) and Bangkok (from 1948). |
| People's Republic of China (1949–present) |||||
| Torsten Hammarström | 1 October 1949 – 1951 | Ambassador | Also acreddited as envoy to Manila and Bangkok. Presented credentials on 13 June 1950. |
| Staffan Söderblom | 1 July 1951 – 1952 | Ambassador | Assumed office 15 July. |
| Hugo Wistrand | 1952–1956 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Bangkok (1953–1956). |
| Klas Böök | 1956–1961 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Bangkok (1956–1959). |
| Kjell Öberg | 1961–1962 | Ambassador | |
| Lennart Petri | 1963–1969 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Phnom Penh (1965–1969). |
| Arne Björnberg | 1969–1974 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Phnom Penh (1969–1974), Hanoi (1969–1972), and Pyongyang (1973–1974). |
| Kaj Björk | 1975–1980 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Phnom Penh (until 1979) and Pyongyang. |
| Sten Sundfeldt | 1980–1982 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Pyongyang. |
| Lars Bergquist | 1982–1988 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Pyongyang. |
| Björn Skala | 1988–1991 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Pyongyang. |
| Sven Linder | 23 September 1992 – 1997 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Pyongyang and Ulaanbaatar. |
| Kjell Anneling | 1997–2002 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Pyongyang and Ulaanbaatar. |
| Börje Ljunggren | 20 November 2002 – 2006 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Ulaanbaatar. |
| Mikael Lindström | 2006–2010 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Ulaanbaatar. |
| Lars Fredén | 1 September 2010 – 2016 | Ambassador | Also acreddited to Ulaanbaatar. Presented credentials on 1 December. |
| Anna Lindstedt | 1 September 2016 – February 2019 | Ambassador | |
| Helena Sångeland | 2019–2023 | Ambassador | |
| Per Augustsson | August 2023 – present | Ambassador | |