# List of ambassadors of Sweden to the United Kingdom

The Ambassador of Sweden to the United Kingdom (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the Government of Sweden to the monarch (Court of St James's) and government of the United Kingdom.

## List of representatives

| Name | Period | Title | Notes |
| Dionysius Beurræus | 1558–1561 | Legatus perpetuus | Letter of credence dated 1 November 1557. |
| Jakob Spens | 1613–1620 | ? | |
| Jakob Spens | 1623–1623 | ? | |
| Christer Bonde | 1656–1657 | ? | |
| Johan Leijonbergh | 1672–1691 | Envoy extraordinary | Died in office. |
| Christoffer Leijoncrona | 1691–1697 | Acting envoy | |
| Nils Lillieroot | 12 September 1695 – 1697 | Envoy | |
| Christoffer Leijoncrona | 6 April 1697 – 1703 | Resident | |
| Christoffer Leijoncrona | 3 November 1703 – 8 April 1710 | Envoy | Died in office. |
| Carl Gyllenborg | 21 May 1710 – 17 May 1715 | Resident | |
| Carl Gyllenborg | 16 May 1715 – 1717 | Envoy extraordinary | |
| Carl Gustaf Sparre | 1719–1736 | Envoy | |
| Carl Magnus Wasenberg | 1736–1741 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Carl Magnus Wasenberg | 1741–1743 | Minister | Died in office. |
| Caspar Joachim Ringwicht | 1744–1748 | Minister | |
| Edvard Carleson | 28 March 1748 | Envoy | Never took office. England declined to receive him as minister. |
| – | 1758–1763 | – | Due to war conditions, the post had been vacant since 1758. |
| Gustaf Adam von Nolcken | 22 November 1763 – 1792? | Envoy | Dual accreditation to the Court of Hanover. |
| Pehr Olof von Asp | 1775–1776 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Lars von Engeström | 21 July 1793 – 1795 | Envoy | |
| Pehr Olof von Asp | 17 July 1795 – 4 December 1798 | Minister | Was officially called back on 21 December 1802. |
| Göran Ulrik Silfverhielm | 1795–1796 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Göran Ulrik Silfverhielm | 1799–1800 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Göran Ulrik Silfverhielm | 1801–1803 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Gotthard Mauritz von Rehausen | 1805 – 1 May 1807 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Carl Gustaf Adlerberg | 10 May 1807 – 13 September 1808 | Envoy | |
| Carl Gustaf von Brinkman | 17 September 1808 – May 1810 | Minister | |
| Gotthard Mauritz von Rehausen | 1812 – ? | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Gustaf Algernon Stierneld | 14 March 1818 – 1827 | Envoy | |
| Magnus Björnstjerna | 12 January 1828 – 29 December 1846 | Minister | |
| Gotthard Mauritz von Rehausen | 1847–1854 | Envoy | |
| Christian Adolf Virgin | 24 March 1854 – 8 August 1854 | Acting envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Carl Hochschild | 8 August 1854 – 1 September 1857 | Envoy | Died in office. |
| Baltzar von Platen | 23 October 1857 – 26 August 1861 | Envoy | |
| Carl Wachtmeister | 11 October 1861 – 1865 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Carl Fredrik Hochschild | 25 June 1866 – 3 October 1876 | Envoy | |
| Carl Lewenhaupt | 9 July 1869 – 9 October 1869 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper | 1877–1890 | Envoy | |
| Hans Gustaf Trolle-Wachtmeister | 7 July 1883 – 5 March 1884 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Jakob Fredrik Adelborg | 1890 – 24 March 1890 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | Died in office. |
| Henrik Åkerman | 1890–1895 | Envoy | |
| Carl Lewenhaupt | 12 July 1895 – 3 October 1902 | Acting envoy | |
| Carl Bildt | 3 October 1902 – 1905 | Envoy | |
| Carl Gotthard Bonde | 21 August 1906 – 1 November 1906 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Herman Wrangel | 21 February 1906 – 1920 | Envoy | |
| Jonas Alströmer | 18 December 1918 – 4 November 1919 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Erik Palmstierna | 5 November 1920 – 26 November 1937 | Envoy | |
| Patrik Reuterswärd | 1922–1922 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Patrik Reuterswärd | 1923–1923 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Patrik Reuterswärd | 1924–1924 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Hans Beck-Friis | 1938–1938 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Björn Prytz | 1 June 1938 – 31 March 1947 | Envoy | Appointed on 26 November 1937. |
| Kurt-Allan Belfrage | 1944–1945 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Erik Boheman | 1947 – September 1947 | Envoy | |
| Erik Boheman | September 1947 – 1948 | Ambassador | |
| Gunnar Hägglöf | 1948–1967 | Ambassador | |
| Leif Belfrage | 1967–1972 | Ambassador | |
| Ole Jödahl | 1972–1976 | Ambassador | |
| Olof Rydbeck | 16 December 1976 – June 1979 | Ambassador | |
| Per Lind | 1979–1982 | Ambassador | |
| Leif Leifland | 1982–1991 | Ambassador | |
| Lennart Eckerberg | 1991–1994 | Ambassador | |
| Lars-Åke Nilsson | 1994 – 5 November 1996 | Ambassador | Died in office. |
| Mats Bergquist | 1997–2004 | Ambassador | |
| Staffan Carlsson | 2004–2010 | Ambassador | |
| Nicola Clase | 2010–2016 | Ambassador | |
| Torbjörn Sohlström | September 2016 – 2021 | Ambassador | |
| Mikaela Kumlin Granit | 2021–2023 | Ambassador | |
| Stefan Gullgren | August 2023 – present | Ambassador | |

## Gallery

* Carl Gyllenborg (1710–1717)
* Gustav Adam von Nolcken (1764–1793)
* Lars von Engeström (1793–1795)
* Mikaela Kumlin Granit (2021–2023)