Embassy of Sweden in Moscow
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LocationMoscow
AddressEmbassy of Sweden
60 Mosfilmovskaya Street
119 590 Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°43′0.12″N 37°30′56.88″E / 55.7167000°N 37.5158000°E / 55.7167000; 37.5158000
AmbassadorKarin Olofsdotter
WebsiteOfficial website

The Embassy of Sweden in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Sweden in the Russian Federation. It is located at 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street (Russian: Мосфильмовская ул., 60), on the corner of Ulofa Palme Street (Russian: ул. Улофа Пальме), in the Ramenki District of Moscow.[1]

Buildings

Chancery

In the 1910s, the embassy chancery was located at Anglijskaja Nabereschnaja 64 in Petrograd. In the early 1920s, it moved to Ulitza Vorovskij/Vorovskovo 44 in Moscow.[2][3] In 1964, the embassy moved to Ulitsa Pisemskovo 15.[4] After many years of negotiations, the construction of a new Swedish embassy in Moscow could begin in July 1968. In 1972, it was ready for use on 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street. The embassy was designed by the Swedish architect Anders Tengbom.[5]

The embassy is a tight red brick building with a closed facade facing the street. The windows in the buildings are mainly located towards the garden. The architecture is reminiscent of the fact that the embassy was built during a time when security issues were central. But the closed, fortress-like façade would be compensated by the fact that it was possible to enter the embassy's courtyard and indoors with the help of bright interiors. After a serious incident in the 1980s, the embassy area had to be fenced off. In the courtyard, the sculpture "Gestalt i storm" by Bror Marklund dominates. The bricks for the facades were obtained from Forsa brickworks in Bollebygd.[5]

In the summer of 2002, a new visa chancery was inaugurated at the property, which was built to cope with the extended visa processing that followed the Schengen Agreement. The extension had the same exterior appearance as previous buildings. On the ground floor are the Foreign Ministry's archives and on the ground floor a modern office environment. A large lantern provides the visa office with extra daylight. The architect was Jesper Husman at Tengbom Arkitekter.[5]

Heads of Mission

Name Period Title Accreditation Note Ref
Herman Cedercreutz 15 March 1722 – 21 July 1729 Envoy Russian Empire [6]
Josias Cederhielm 1725–1726 Ambassador Russian Empire [7]
Joachim von Dittmer 21 July 1729 – 1738 Envoy Russian Empire [8]
Eric Matthias von Nolcken 13 July 1738 – 20 May 1741 Envoy Russian Empire [9]
Nils Bark 1 December 1743 – 25 June 1747 Envoy Russian Empire [10]
Gustaf Wulfwenstierna 1747–1748 Envoy Russian Empire
Gustaf Wilhelm von Höpken 1748–1748 Envoy Russian Empire
Johan August Greiffenheim 1750–1752 Envoy Russian Empire
Mauritz Posse 1752–1763 Envoy Russian Empire
Carl Wilhelm von Düben 4 May 1763 – 1766 Envoy Russian Empire [11]
Carl Ribbing 1766–1773 Envoy Russian Empire
Fredric Nolcken 29 April 1773 – 14 July 1788 Envoy Extraordinaire Russian Empire [12]
Curt von Stedingk August 1790 – February 1808 Ambassador Russian Empire [13]
Curt von Stedingk September 1809 – December 1811 Ambassador Russian Empire [13]
Carl Löwenhielm 1 September 1812 – 1819 Envoy Russian Empire [14]
Nils Palmstierna 1820–1845 Envoy Russian Empire
Gustaf af Nordin 1845–1856 Envoy Russian Empire
Georg Adelswärd 5 December 1856 –1858 Envoy Russian Empire [15]
Fredrik Anton F. Hartwig Wedel Jarlsberg 1858–1865 Envoy Russian Empire
Oscar Björnstjerna 31 October 1865 – 1872 Envoy Russian Empire [16]
Frederik Georg Knut Due 1873–1890 Envoy Russian Empire
Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld 1890–1899 Envoy Russian Empire
August Gyldenstolpe 1899–1904 Envoyé Russian Empire
Herman Wrangel 1904–1906 Envoy Russian Empire
Edvard Brändström 12 March 1906 – 1920[a] Envoy Russian Empire [17]
Carl von Heidenstam 22 March 1924 – 26 June 1924 Chargé d'affaires ad interim Soviet Union [18]
Carl von Heidenstam 27 June 1924 – 1930 Envoy Also accredited to Tehran from 26 March 1929. Soviet Union [18]
Eric Gyllenstierna 1930–1937 Envoy Soviet Union
Wilhelm Winther 1938–1940 Envoy Soviet Union
Vilhelm Assarsson 1940–1944 Envoy Soviet Union
Staffan Söderblom 1944–1946 Envoy Soviet Union
Gunnar Hägglöf 1946–1947 Envoy Soviet Union
Rolf R:son Sohlman 1947–1964 Ambassador Soviet Union
Gunnar Jarring 1964–1973 Ambassador Soviet Union
Brynolf Eng 1973–1975 Ambassador Also accredited to Ulaanbaatar. Soviet Union [19]
Göran Ryding 1975–1979 Ambassador Soviet Union
Carl de Geer 1979–1983 Ambassador Soviet Union
Torsten Örn 1983–1986 Ambassador Also accredited to Ulaanbaatar. Soviet Union [20]
Anders Thunborg 1986–1989 Ambassador Soviet Union
Örjan Berner 1989–1994 Ambassador Also accredited to Minsk (from 1992). Soviet Union [21]
Sven Hirdman 1994–2004 Ambassador Russia
Johan Molander 2004–2008 Ambassador Russia
Tomas Bertelman 2008–2012 Ambassador Russia
Veronika Bard Bringéus 2012–2015 Ambassador Russia
Peter Ericson 2015–2019 Ambassador Russia
Malena Mård 2019–2023 Ambassador Russia
Karin Olofsdotter August 2023–present Ambassador Russia

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ In the fall of 1918, Brändström left Saint Petersburg and returned to Stockholm but kept his position until 1920.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Embassy of Sweden in Moscow, Russia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  2. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1925 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1925. p. 187.
  3. ^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1931 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1931. p. 194.
  4. ^ Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1964 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1964. p. 314.
  5. ^ a b c "Moskva, Ryssland. Ambassadanläggning" (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. ^ Naumann, Erik (1927). "Herman Cedercreutz". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 7. National Archives of Sweden. p. 779. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  7. ^ Carlquist, Gr. (1929). "Josias Cederhielm". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 8. National Archives of Sweden. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  8. ^ Palme, S.U. (1945). "Joachim Dittmer, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 11. National Archives of Sweden. p. 277. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  9. ^ Karlsson, Gunilla (1990–1991). "Eric Matthias Nolcken, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 27. National Archives of Sweden. p. 121. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  10. ^ Naumann, Erik (1920). "Nils Bark". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 2. National Archives of Sweden. p. 739. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  11. ^ Jägerskiöld, O. (1945). "Carl Wilhelm Düben, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 11. National Archives of Sweden. p. 653. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  12. ^ Werner, Bengt Axel (1990–1991). "J Fredric Nolcken". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 27. National Archives of Sweden. p. 128. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  13. ^ a b Norrby, Göran (2007–2011). "Curt B L C Stedingk, von (v Steding)". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 33. National Archives of Sweden. p. 181. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  14. ^ Hallendorff, Carl (1982–1984). "Carl A Löwenhielm". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 24. National Archives of Sweden. p. 605. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  15. ^ Hallendorff, Carl (1918). "Georg (Georges) N Adelswärd". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 1. National Archives of Sweden. p. 93. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  16. ^ Jacobson, G. (1924). "Oscar Magnus F Björnstjerna". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 4. National Archives of Sweden. p. 699. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  17. ^ a b Wieselgren, O. (1926). "P H Edvard Brändström". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 6. National Archives of Sweden. p. 606. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  18. ^ a b Wahlbäck, Krister (1969–1971). "Carl G Heidenstam, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 18. National Archives of Sweden. p. 536. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  19. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 258. ISBN 91-1-766022-X. SELIBR 3681523.
  20. ^ Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1985 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1985] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1984. p. 1249. ISBN 91-1-843222-0. SELIBR 3681527.
  21. ^ TT (1992-08-08). "Ambassadörer på nya poster". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.


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