# List of ambassadors of Sweden to Guatemala

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

## History

In March 1930, the King in Council appointed Sweden's envoy in Mexico City, Gylfe Anderberg, as envoy to Guatemala as well. On 29 May 1930, Anderberg presented his credentials to Guatemala's President, Lázaro Chacón González.
On 22 March 1963, a proposal was submitted to the parliament suggesting the establishment of a Swedish mission in Guatemala, which would operate in the Central American republics.
In January 1964, Arne Björnberg [sv], Secretary-General of the Swedish Agency for International Assistance (Nämnden för internationellt bistånd, Nib), was appointed as Sweden's first resident ambassador to Guatemala. In a council meeting on 20 March, he was also appointed ambassador to Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. On 19 May of the same year, Björnberg arrived in Guatemala. Until then, the Swedish ambassador in Mexico City had been responsible for Guatemala and the other Central American nations.
The ambassador has been accredited to various neighboring countries during different periods: Beliz (1994–present), Costa Rica (1964–1983, 2001–present), El Salvador (1964–1981, 1983–present), Honduras (1964–present), Nicaragua (1964–1983, 2008–present), and Panama (2010–present).

## List of representatives

| Name | Period | Title | Notes |
| Gylfe Anderberg | 1930–1937 | Envoy | Resident in Mexico City. |
| Vilhelm Assarsson | 1938–1940 | Envoy | Resident in Mexico City. |
| – | 1941–1943 | – | Vacant |
| Herbert Ribbing | 1943–1949 | Envoy | Resident in Mexico City. |
| Claes Westring | 1949–1952 | Envoy | Resident in Mexico City. |
| Sven Grafström | 1952 – 3 January 1955 | Envoy | Resident in Mexico City. Died in office. |
| Lennart Nylander | 1955–1956 | Envoy | Resident in Mexico City. |
| Lennart Nylander | 1956–1962 | Ambassador | Resident in Mexico City. |
| Tord Göransson | 1962–1964 | Ambassador | Resident in Mexico City. |
| Arne Björnberg | 1964–1969 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Harald Edelstam | 1969–1972 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Claës König | 1972–1976 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Arne Helleryd | 1976–1978 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Henrik Ramel | 1978–1981 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua (from 1979), San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Carl-Erhard Lindahl | 1981–1983 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua, San José, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Krister Göranson | 1983–1986 | Ambassador | Also accredited in San Salvador (from 1986) and Tegucigalpa. |
| Peter Landelius | 1987–1989 | Ambassador | Also accredited in San Salvador and Tegucigalpa. |
| Ulf Lewin | 1989–1994 | Ambassador | Also accredited in San Salvador and Tegucigalpa. |
| Staffan Wrigstad | 1994–2000 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Belmopan (from 1997), San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Maria Leissner | 2000–2004 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Belmopan, San José (from 2001), San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Eivor Halkjaer | 2004–2006 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Belmopan, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Ewa Werner-Dahlin | 2006–2010 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Belmopan, Managua (from 2008), San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Michael Frühling | 2010–2014 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Georg Andrén | 2014 – 31 August 2017 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Belmopan (from 2017), Managua, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Martin Hessel | 1 September 2017 – December 2017 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | |
| Anders Kompass | December 2017 – 2020 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Belmopan, Managua, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Hans Magnusson | 1 September 2020 – 2024 | Ambassador | Also accredited in Belmopan, Managua, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |
| Pontus Rosenberg | 2024–present | Ambassador | Also accredited in Managua, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. |

## Footnotes

* ↑ However, the service in Mexico was interrupted for six months in 1953, when Grafström, with the rank of major general, became the first Swedish representative in the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Korea.
* ↑ Grafström was found on 3 January 1955, on the railway line two km from Joigny, 140 km southeast of Paris, France. Grafström was on his way to Paris and from there to continue by plane to Mexico City.