List of ambassadors of Sweden to Canada
Appearance
Ambassador of Sweden to Canada | |
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Incumbent since 1 September 2023Signe Burgstaller | |
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Ottawa | |
Style | His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | 700 Manor Avenue, Rockcliffe Park |
Seat | Ottawa, Canada |
Appointer | Government of Sweden |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Per Wijkman |
Formation | 1943 |
Website | Swedish Embassy, Ottawa |
The Ambassador of Sweden to Canada (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Canada) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the governor general and government of Canada.
History
[edit]In August 1943, the Swedish government decided to establish a diplomatic mission in Ottawa and close the Consulate General of Sweden, Montreal. The Swedish consul general in Montreal Per Wijkman was appointed as Swedish first envoy in Canada.[1]
In March 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Canadian 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.[2]
List of representatives
[edit]Name | Period | Title | Notes | Ref |
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Per Wijkman | 1943–1951 | Envoy | [3] | |
Klas Böök | 1951–1956 | Envoy | [4] | |
Oscar Thorsing | 1956–1962 | Ambassador | [5] | |
Ragnvald Bagge | 1962–1965[a] | Ambassador | [6] | |
Per Lind | 1965–1969 | Ambassador | [10] | |
Åke Malmaeus | 1969–1976 | Ambassador | [11] | |
Per Anger | 1976–1979 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Nassau. | [12] |
Kaj Björk | 1980–1984 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Nassau. | [13] |
Ola Ullsten | 1984–1989 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Nassau. | [14] |
Håkan Berggren | 1989–1995 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Nassau. | [15] |
Jan Ståhl | 1995–2000 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Nassau. | [16] |
Lennart Alvin | 2000–2005 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Nassau. | [17] |
Ingrid Iremark | 2005–2010 | Ambassador | Also accredited to Nassau. | [18] |
Teppo Tauriainen | 2010–2014 | Ambassador | ||
Per Sjögren | 2014–2019 | Ambassador | ||
Urban Ahlin | February 2019 – 2023 | Ambassador | [19] | |
Signe Burgstaller | 1 September 2023 – present | Ambassador | [20] |
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Beskickning i Ottawa". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 6 August 1943. p. A9. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Thorsing ambassadör". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 17 March 1956. p. 6A. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1951 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1951. p. 292.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1956 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1956. p. 314.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender 1962 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1962. p. 297.
- ^ a b Sveriges statskalender 1965 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1965. p. 316.
- ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 81. ISBN 91-1-843222-0.
- ^ "I vimlet". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 24 February 1963. p. A21. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Nya ambassadörer" [New ambassadors]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 10 November 1962. p. A17. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1969). Sveriges statskalender 1969 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 338. SELIBR 3682754.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1976). Sveriges statskalender 1976 (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Liber/Allmänna. p. 424. ISBN 91-38-02736-4. SELIBR 3682757.
- ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1979). Sveriges statskalender 1979 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 335. ISBN 91-38-04622-9. SELIBR 3682760.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1984). Sveriges statskalender 1984 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Liber. p. 345. ISBN 91-38-90400-4. SELIBR 3682782.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1989). Sveriges statskalender 1989 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 361. ISBN 9138121735. SELIBR 3682768.
- ^ Almqvist, Gerd, ed. (1995). Sveriges statskalender 1995 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 174. ISBN 91-38-30428-7. SELIBR 3682775.
- ^ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1064. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2005). Sveriges statskalender 2005 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes. p. 180. ISBN 9138321971. SELIBR 9879458.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender 2010 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik AB/Fritzes. 2010. p. 185. ISBN 978-91-38-32520-9. SELIBR 11846164.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Kanada" [New ambassador in Canada] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Ny ambassadör i Kanada" [New ambassador in Canada] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Embassy of Sweden, Ottawa, official website (in Swedish)