# List of ambassadors of Germany to Sweden

The following is a list of German ambassadors in Sweden. The seat of the embassy is the German Embassy Stockholm.

## History

The German Embassy is located at Skarpögatan 9 in Stockholm (close to the Embassy of the United Kingdom). There are also honorary consuls located in Gothenburg (the capital of Västra Götaland County), Jönköping (he seat of Jönköping Municipality), Kalmar (the seat of Kalmar Municipality), Luleå (the capital of Norrbotten County), Malmö (the largest city in Skåne County), Rättvik (the seat of Rättvik Municipality), Uddevalla (the seat of Uddevalla Municipality), and Visby (the seat of Gotland Municipality).

## Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

| Name | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| Kurt Sieveking | 1951 | 1953 | Consul General |
| Herbert Siegfried | 1954 | 1958 | |
| Hans-Ulrich von Marchtaler | 1958 | 1961 | |
| Karl Werkmeister | 1961 | 1963 | |
| Hans Ulrich Granow | 1963 | 1964 | |
| Gustav von Schmoller | 1964 | 1968 | |
| Adolf Max Obermayer | 1968 | 1972 | |
| Heinz Dietrich Stoecker | 1972 | 1976 | |
| Heinz Voigt | 1976 | 1978 | |
| Joseph J. Thomas | 1978 | 1981 | |
| Jesco von Puttkamer | 1981 | 1984 | |
| Gerhard Ritzel | 1984 | 1988 | |
| Reinhold Schenk | 1988 | 1992 | |
| Harald Hofmann | 1992 | 1997 | |
| Klaus-Hellmuth Ackermann | 1998 | 2001 | |
| Bernd von Waldow | 2001 | 2003 | |
| Busso von Alvensleben | 2003 | 2006 | |
| Wolfgang Trautwein | 2006 | 2008 | |
| Joachim Rücker | 2008 | 2011 | |
| Harald Kindermann | 2011 | 2014 | |
| Michael Bock | 2014 | 2016 | |
| Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth | 2016 | 2019 | |
| Anna Elisabeth Prinz | 2019 | 2021 | |
| Joachim Bertele | 2021 | Present | |

## Envoy of the German Empire

| Name | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| Emil von Richthofen | 1867 | 1874 | Previously Envoy of the North German Confederation |
| Friedrich von Eichmann | 1874 | 1875 | |
| Richard von Pfuel | 1876 | 1888 | Envoy for the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway |
| Clemens Busch | 1888 | 1892 | |
| Karl von Wedel | 1892 | 1894 | |
| Hippolyt von Bray-Steinburg | 1894 | 1897 | |
| Nikolaus von Wallwitz | 1897 | 1901 | Envoy for the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway |
| Casimir von Leyden | 1901 | 1905 | |
| Felix von Müller | 1905 | 1907 | |
| Carl Erdmann von Pückler-Burghauss | 1908 | 1910 | |
| Franz von Reichenau | 1911 | 1914 | |
| Hellmuth Lucius von Stoedten | 1914 | 1920 | Envoy |
| Rudolf Nadolny | 1920 | 1924 | Envoy |
| Frederic von Rosenberg | 1924 | 1933 | Envoy |
| Prince Viktor of Wied | 1933 | 1943 | Envoy |
| Hans Thomsen | 1943 | 1945 | Envoy |

## Envoy of the North German Confederation

| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| Emil von Richthofen | | 1867 | 1871 | |

## Envoys from the German States (before 1871)
### Saxon envoys

The Electorate of Saxony sent diplomatic representatives to Sweden since 1722 with the rank of plenipotentiary minister, extraordinary envoy, resident or legation secretary.
| Name | Term Start | Term End |
| Martin von Frensdorff | 1722 | 1727 |
| Johann Christoph Walther | 1727 | 1732 |
| Adam Adolph von Uetterodt | 1731 | 1737 |
| Johann Christoph Walther | 1738 | 1744 |
| Johann Heinrich von Tirzschkau | 1744 | 1745 |
| Nicolaus von Suhm | 1745 | 1750 |
| Johann Heinrich von Titzschkau | 1750 | 1753 |
| Carl von der Osten-Sacken | 1753 | 1763 |
| Johann Heinrich von Titzschkau | 1762 | 1765 |
| Friedrich August von Zinzendorf | 1768 | 1776 |

### Prussian envoys

Establishment of diplomatic relations in 1648.
| Name | Term Start | Term End |
| Lorenz Georg von Krockow | before 1670 | 1670 |
| Christoph von Brandt | 1670 | 1682 |
| Heinrich von Podewils | 1729 | 1730 |
| Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein | 1740 | 1742 |
| Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein | 1744 | 1747 |
| Jakob Friedrich von Rohd | 1747 | 1753 |
| Helmuth Burchard von Maltzahn | 1753 | 1755 |
| Victor Friedrich von Solms-Sonnenwalde | 1755 | 1757 |
| Johann Heinrich Friedrich von Cocceji | 1764 | 1770 |
| Christian von Dönhoff | 1771 | 1775 |
| Adrian Heinrich von Borcke | 1788 | 1791 |
| Karl Christian von Brockhausen | 1791 | 1795 |
| August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz | 1797 | 1801 |
| Friedrich Franz von Tarrach | 1815 | 1834 |
| Adolf von Brockhausen | 1835 | 1843 |
| Ferdinand von Galen | 1843 | 1844 |
| Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade | 1845 | 1854 |
| Otto Franz von Westphalen | 1854 | 1857 |
| Karl Emil Gustav von Le Coq | 1857 | 1860 |
| Alphonse von Oriola | 1860 | 1862 |
| Adalbert von Rosenberg | 1862 | 1867 |
| Emil von Richthofen | 1867 | 1874 |
From 1867: envoy of the North German Confederation, from 1871: envoy of the German Empire