# List of ambassadors of Sweden to Germany

The Ambassador of Sweden to Germany (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Federal Republic of Germany) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Germany and government of Germany.

## Electorate of Brandenburg (1157–1815)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
| Anders Leijonstedt | 1698–1700 | Envoy extraordinary | | |

## Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1692–1814)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
| Carl Gustaf Friesendorff | 1705–1710 | Envoy extraordinary | | |

## Hannover

* 1699 Henning von Strahlenheim
* 1699–1711 Carl Gustaf Friesendorff

## Lower Saxon Circle

| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
| Bengt Faxell | 11 September 1769 – ? | Minister | In Hamburg. Instruction 20 November 1769, letter of credence 22 January 1770. | |

## Free City of Frankfurt (1372–1806)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
| Nikolaus von Haren | 1741 – 20 April 1752 | Envoy extraordinary | In Frankfurt am Main | |

## Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (1510–1815)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
| Anton Reinhold Wrangel | 13 July 1836 – 1841 | Chargé d'affaires | | |
| Anton Reinhold Wrangel | 1841 – 22 September 1855 | Resident minister | In Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck as well as at the grand ducal courts of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. | |

## Imperial City of Regensburg

| Name | Period | Title | Notes |
| Georg von Snoilsky | 1663 – 20 January 1672 | Resident | Died in office. |
| Nikolaus von Haren | 122 April 1734 – 1737 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Nikolaus von Haren | 23 June 1737 – 1741 | Envoy | |
| Knut Reinhold Bildt | 1795–? | Envoy | |

## Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1825)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
| Carl August Järta | 22 April 1850 – 4 March 1852 | Chargé d'affaires | In Munich. Accredited from Vienna. | |

## Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes |
| Anders Leijonstedt | 1703–1710 | Envoy extraordinary | |
| Johan Rosenhane | 27 December 1704 – 1707 | Ambassador | In Berlin. |
| Carl Gustaf Friesendorff | 11 June 1712 – 13 September 1715 | Minister plenipotentiary | Died in office during the Siege of Stralsund. |
| Mr Kirbach | 1719 | ? | |
| Carl Posse | 24 March 1720 – 1724 | Envoy extraordinary | |
| Henning Gyllenborg | 1743 | ? | |
| Carl Gustaf Tessin | 1744–1745 | Ambassador | In Berlin. |
| Gustaf Wulfvenstierna | 18 July 1748 – 9 May 1758 | Envoy | Died in office (on his way home to Sweden). |
| Gustaf Adam von Nolcken | 12 September 1757 – 1761 | Chargé d'affaires | In Berlin. |
| Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel | 5 March 1766 – 1782 | Envoy extraordinary | |
| Carl Eherenfried von Carisien | June 1787 – 21 November 1794 | Envoy extraordinary | Died in office. |
| Carl Fredrik von Heland | 1790–? | Chargé d'affaires | In Dresden. |
| Carl Gustaf Schultz von Ascheraden | 29 August 1795 – 22 March 1798 | Minister | Died in office. |
| Lars von Engeström | 6 April 1798 – 5 September 1803 | Minister | In Berlin. |
| Nils Gustaf Palin | 1800–1805 | Chargé d'affaires | In Dresden. |
| Karl Gustaf von Brinkman | June 1803 – September 1803 | Chargé d'affaires | In Berlin. |
| Karl Gustaf von Brinkman | November 1803 – June 1805 | Chargé d'affaires | In Berlin. |
| Karl Gustaf von Brinkman | 12 May 1807 – 7 March 1808 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | At the Prussian court in Memel. |
| Vilhelm August Kantzow | 30 April 1821 – 1822 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | In Berlin. |
| Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'Ohsson | October 1834 – 25 September 1850 | Envoy | In Berlin and Dresden. |
| Carl Hochschild | 25 September 1850 – 1854 | Envoy | In Berlin. |
| Carl von und zu Mansbach | 1855–1857 | ? | |
| Carl August Järta | 16 December 1858 – 13 January 1865 | Envoy | In Berlin, Dresden and Mecklenburg. Died in office. |

## Electorate of Saxony (1356–1806)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes |
| Gustaf Zülich | 1729–1732 | ? | |
| Johan August Greiffenheim | 1747–1749 | Minister | Also minister at the Polish court. |
| Ulric Celsing | 7 November 1782 – 19 April 1787 | Envoy | In Dresden. |
| Fredrik von Ehrenheim | 19 April 1787 – 1790 | Chargé d'affaires | In Dresden. |
| Jacob Gustaf De la Gardie | 15 August 1795 – January 1796 | Envoy en mission spéciale | To the Saxon court. |

## German Empire (1871–1918)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes |
| Frederik Georg Knut Due | October 1869 – November 1873 | Envoy | |
| Gillis Bildt | 3 March 1874 – 21 August 1886 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | In Berlin, also in Dresden on 21 April 1875, and in Karlsruhe on 27 April 1881. |
| Alfred Lagerheim | 29 October 1886 – 1899 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | In Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Dresden. In Munich from 28 May 1890. |
| Arvid Taube | 28 February 1900 – 30 April 1909 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | Imperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts. |
| Eric Trolle | 30 April 1909 – 1912 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | Imperial German as well as the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden courts. |
| Arvid Taube | 1 April 1912 – 14 October 1916 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | Died in office. |
| Hans-Henrik von Essen | 13 February 1917 – 1918 | Ministre plénipotentiaire en misson spéciale | In Berlin, Dresden, Karlsruhe, Munich, and Stuttgart. |

## Weimar Republic (1918–1933)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes |
| Hans-Henrik von Essen | 20 June 1919 – 1920 | Minister plenipotentiary en misson spéciale | To the German Reich. |
| Patrik Reuterswärd | 1920–1920 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Hans-Henrik von Essen | 14 May 1920 – 31 January 1923 | Envoy | To the German Reich. Died in office. |
| Patrik Reuterswärd | 1921–1921 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Fredrik Ramel | 23 February 1923 – 1925 | Envoy | |
| Einar af Wirsén | 26 September 1926 – 1937 | Envoy | |

## Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

| Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
| Arvid Richert | 29 January 1937 – 23 April 1945 | Envoy | | |

## West Germany (1949–1990)

| Name | Period | Title |
| Ragnar Kumlin | 1951–1956 | Ambassador |
| Ole Jödahl | 1956–1967 | Ambassador |
| Nils Montan | 1967–1972 | Ambassador |
| Sven Backlund | 1972–1983 | Ambassador |
| Lennart Eckerberg | 1983–1990 | Ambassador |

## East Germany (1949–1990)

| Name | Period | Title |
| Carl Johan Rappe | 1973–1976 | Ambassador |
| Eric Virgin | 1976−1982 | Ambassador |
| Rune Nyström | 1982–1985 | Ambassador |
| Henrik Liljegren | 1985–1989 | Ambassador |
| Vidar Hellners | 1989–1990 | Ambassador |

## Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)

| Name | Period | Title |
| Torsten Örn | 1990–1994 | Ambassador |
| Örjan Berner | 1994–1996 | Ambassador |
| Mats Hellström | 1996–2001 | Ambassador |
| Carl Tham | 2002–2006 | Ambassador |
| Ruth Jacoby | 2006–2010 | Ambassador |
| Staffan Carlsson | 2010–2015 | Ambassador |
| Lars Danielsson | 2015–2017 | Ambassador |
| Per Thöresson | March 2017 – 2023 | Ambassador |
| Veronika Wand-Danielsson | August 2023 – present | Ambassador |