# List of ambassadors of Sweden to Turkey

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

## History

In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, it was proposed that the head of the mission in Constantinople also be accredited in Sofia, Belgrade, Athens, Tiflis, Baku, and eventually in Armenia. However, the experts suggested that, for the time being, the minister should be accredited only in Sofia.
In December 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Turkish 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 | Notes |
| Ottoman Empire (1299–1922) |||||
| Axel Reenstierna | 1727 – 16 February 1730 | Minister | Died on 16 February 1730 in Stockholm before he could take up the aforementioned position. |
| Carl Fredrik von Höpken | 7 December 1734 – 1738 | Chargé d'affaires | Along with Edvard Carleson. |
| Carl Fredrik von Höpken | 17 August 1738 – 1742 | Envoy extraordinary | Along with Edvard Carleson. |
| Edvard Carleson | 7 December 1734–1742 | Chargé d'affaires | Along with Carl Fredrik von Höpken. |
| Edvard Carleson | 17 August 1738 – 1742 | Envoy extraordinary | Along with Carl Fredrik von Höpken. |
| Gustaf Celsing | 6 July 1747 – 1750 | Resident | |
| Gustaf Celsing | 19 January 1750 – 1770 | Envoy | |
| Ulric Celsing | 27 November 1770 – 20 January 1780 | Envoy | Letter of credence 3 June 1771. Also acting consul in Smyrna on 16 May 1777. |
| Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson | December 1782 – May 1783 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Gerhard von Heidenstam | 7 November 1782 – 24 February 1791 | Minister | Also acting consul in the Levant 16 February 1787. |
| Carl Gustaf Adlerberg | 9 June 1787 – ? | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Georg Joseph von Brentano | 22 January 1789 – 17 January 1792 | Minister | Along with Pehr Olof von Asp. |
| Carl Gustaf Adlerberg | 30 October 1792 – 17 July 1795 | »co-minister» | |
| Pehr Olof von Asp | 24 February 1791 – 17 July 1795 | Minister | Also consul general in the Levant. |
| Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson | 1795–1795 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson | 8 July 1795 – 1 May 1805 | Minister plenipotentiary | On leave 26 February 1799. |
| Carl Gustaf König | 26 February 1799 – 31 May 1805 | Chargé d'affaires | Also acting consul general in the Levant. |
| Nils Gustaf Palin | 31 May 1805 – 1814 | Chargé d'affaires | Also consul general in the Levant. |
| Nils Gustaf Palin | 15 December 1814 – 20 February 1824 | Resident minister | |
| Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm | 20 February 1824 – 1827 | Resident minister | Also acting consul general in the Levant. |
| Albrecht Elof Ihre | 4 July 1827 – 1831 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Anton Testa | 1831–1838 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Uno von Troil | 29 June 1838 – 9 April 1839 | Resident minister | Died in office. |
| Anton Testa | 1839–1858 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Georg Sibbern | 1858–1858 | Envoy | |
| Peter Collett | 1859–1860 | Envoy | |
| Carl Wachtmeister | 20 July 1861 – October 1861 | Envoy | |
| Oscar Björnstjerna | 1 November 1861 – 1862 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Oscar Björnstjerna | 29 April 1862 – 1863 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Oscar Björnstjerna | 27 March 1863 – 1864 | Resident minister | |
| Carl Fredrik Palmstierna | 16 October 1865 – 1 December 1868 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Oluf Stenersen | ? – 20 January 1869 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Oluf Stenersen | 21 January 1869 – May 1869 | Resident minister | |
| Selim Ehrenhoff | 1 May 1869 – 1879 | Resident minister | |
| Selim Ehrenhoff | 11 July 1879 – 9 December 1887 | Minister plenipotentiary | |
| Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld | 9 October 1888 – 1890 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Otto Stenbock | 16 October 1890 – 1900 | Acting minister plenipotentiary | |
| Otto Stenbock | 29 June 1900 – 1903 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Joachim Beck-Friis | 22 May 1903 – 1905 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Charles Emil Ramel | 9 June 1905 – 28 September 1906 | Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary | |
| Cossva Anckarsvärd | 28 September 1906 – 1920 | Envoy | Also consul general there. Also accredited to Sofia (from 8 April 1914). |
| Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg | 1921–1923 | Envoy | Also accredited to Sofia. |
| Republic of Turkey (1923–present) |||||
| Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg | 1923–1930 | Envoy | Also accredited to Sofia. |
| Johannes Kolmodin | 20 August 1924 – 4 October 1930 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | On various occasions. |
| Carl von Heidenstam | 14 July 1930 – 1931 | Envoy | Also accredited to Sofia. |
| Erik Boheman | 1931–1934 | Envoy | Also accredited to Athens (from 1933) and Sofia. |
| Wilhelm Winther | 1934–1937 | Envoy | Also accredited to Athens and Sofia (until 1935). |
| Eric Gyllenstierna | 1938–1939 | Envoy | Also accredited to Athens. |
| Sven Allard | 1939–1940 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| Einar Modig | 21 August 1939 – 1945 | Envoy | Also accredited to Athens. |
| Knut Richard Thyberg | 1940–1941 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Eric von Post | 1945–1951 | Envoy | |
| Adolf Croneborg | 1951 – December 1956 | Envoy | |
| Adolf Croneborg | December 1956 – 1959 | Ambassador | |
| Åke Malmaeus | 1959–1963 | Ambassador | |
| Jan Stenström | 1964–1968 | Ambassador | |
| Harry Bagge | 1969–1973 | Ambassador | |
| Östen Lundborg | 1973–1975 | Ambassador | |
| Lennart Myrsten | 1975–1977 | Ambassador | |
| Rune Nyström | 1977–1981 | Ambassador | |
| Henrik Liljegren | 1982–1985 | Ambassador | |
| Lennart Dafgård | 1985–1989 | Ambassador | |
| Erik Cornell | 1990–1995 | Ambassador | |
| Michael Sahlin | 1995–1998 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Baku (from 1997). |
| Henrik Liljegren | 1998–2001 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Baku. |
| Ann Dismorr | 2001–2005 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Baku. |
| Christer Asp | 2005–2010 | Ambassador | |
| Håkan Åkesson | 2010–2013 | Ambassador | |
| Lars Wahlund | 2013–2018 | Ambassador | |
| Annika Molin Hellgren | 1 September 2018 – 2020 | Ambassador | |
| Staffan Herrström | 1 September 2020 – 2023 | Ambassador | |
| Malena Mård | August 2023 – present | Ambassador | |