Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki


Location	Helsinki
Address	Pohjoisesplanadi 7 B Helsinki
Coordinates	60°10′5.2″N 24°57′15.5″E / 60.168111°N 24.954306°E / 60.168111; 24.954306
Ambassador	Nicola Clase (since 2020)
Website	Official website

The Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki (Swedish: Sveriges ambassad i Helsingfors) is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Finland. It is located at Esplanadi. The current ambassador of Sweden to Finland, since 2020, is Nicola Clase.

History

In September 1954, the Swedish government decided to elevate the legation in Helsinki to an embassy, and at the same time the current envoy, Gösta Engzell, was appointed ambassador in Helsinki.^[1]

The building

The embassy building was built in 1839 to be businessman J. H. Heidenstrauchs home. It became an embassy in the 1920s. It was originally designed by architect A. F. Granstedt, but after becoming an embassy, it was heavily changed. The architect of this was Swedish Torben Grut, who designed it to look like the Stockholm Palace.

Heads of Mission

Main article: List of ambassadors of Sweden to Finland

Name	Period	Title	Ref
Walter Ernst Gustaf Ahlström	1918–1918	Chargé d'affaires
Claës Gustaf Westman	1918–1918	Minister Plenipotentiary (Vasa)
Gustaf Henning Elmquist	16 December 1921 – 26 September 1925	Envoy	^[2]
Carl Hamilton	1925–1931	Envoy
Carl von Heidenstam	27 August 1931 – 11 March 1939	Envoy	^[3]
Stig Sahlin	1939–1941	Envoy
Karl Ivan Westman	1941–1942	Envoy
Hans Gustaf Beck-Friis	1942–1947	Envoy
Clas Otto Johansson	1947–1951	Envoy
Gösta Engzell	1951–1954	Envoy
Gösta Engzell	1954–1963	Ambassador
Ingemar Hägglöf	1964–1971	Ambassador
Göran Ryding	1971–1975	Ambassador
Sten Sundfeldt	1975–1980	Ambassador
Kaj Sundberg	1980–1984	Ambassador
Knut Thyberg	1984–1992	Ambassador
Mats Bergquist	1992–1997	Ambassador
Kerstin Asp Johnsson	1997–2001	Ambassador
Ulf Hjertonsson	2001–2006	Ambassador
Eva Walder Brundin	2006–2009	Ambassador
Johan Molander	2009–2011	Ambassador
Örjan Berner	2012–2012	Chief (acting)^[4]
Anders Lidén	2012–2016	Ambassador
Anders Ahnlid	2016–2020	Ambassador
Nicola Clase	2020–present	Ambassador

References

External links

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History

The building

Heads of Mission

See also

References

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