The Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Ukraine ) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Ukraine and government of Ukraine .
List of representatives [ edit ] The Swedish Embassy on vul. Ivana Franka 34/33 in Kyiv. The Swedish embassy in Kyiv was opened in 1992 with its location at Hotel National on vul. Rozi Luksemburg 5. Since 1997 the embassy is located at vul. Ivana Franka 34/33.
Name Period Title Notes Ref Martin Hallqvist 1992–1996 Ambassador Göran Jacobsson 1996–2000 Ambassador Åke Pettersson 2000–2004 Ambassador John-Christer Åhlander 2004–2008 Ambassador Stefan Gullgren 2008–2013 Ambassador Andreas von Beckerath 2013–2016 Ambassador Martin Hagström September 2016 – 2019 Ambassador [ 1] Tobias Thyberg 1 September 2019 – 2023 Ambassador [ 2] Martin Åberg August 2023 – present Ambassador [ 3]
Since 2000 there is also a Swedish honorary consulate in Kakhovka , Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine .
Swedish representatives in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire [ edit ] Sweden also had several consuls and vice-consuls in the Ukrainian part of the Russian Empire . The diplomatic representations were formally in function until 1924, but in reality until about 1920. There were consuls in Odesa , Kharkiv and Kyiv and vice-consuls (most often non-Swedes) in Berdiansk , Kerch , Mariupol , Mykolaiv , Odesa , Sevastopol and Taganrog .
In office Consuls in Odesa 183?–1857 John Wilkins 1857–1882 Ignace von Ephrussi 1882–1900 Robert Wilkins 1900–1902 vacant 1902–1924 Oscar Mauritz Heribert Osberg
In office Consuls in Kyiv 1908–1916 Michael Teofilovitj Bukowinski[ 4] 1916–1917 Claude Gustaf Hjalmar de Laval 1918 vacant 1919–1924 Theodor Harald Focker
In office Vice-Consuls in Berdiansk [ 5] 1848–1889 Giovanni Gasparo Ivancich 1889–1916 Andronic Paicos 1916–1924 Edgar Borchert
In office Vice-Consuls in Mykolaiv [ 8] 1874–1897 Charles Huntley Lawton 1897–1915 Victor Bossalini 1915–1924 James Reginald Martin
^ "Ny ambassadör i Ukraina" [New ambassador in Ukraine] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs . 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2024 . ^ "Ny ambassadör i Ukraina" [New ambassador in Ukraine] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs . 5 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2024 . ^ "Martin Åberg ny ambassadör i Ukraina" [Martin Åberg new ambassador in Ukraine] (Press release) (in Swedish). Ministry for Foreign Affairs . 20 April 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2024 . ^ He was a vice-consul under the consul of Odesa. ^ The vice-consulate in Berdiansk first belonged to the consulate in Odesa, but in 1908 it was moved under Kharkiv and in 1916 under Rostov. ^ The vice-consulate in Kerch belonged to the consulate in Odesa. ^ The vice-consulate in Mariupol belonged to the consulate in Odesa. ^ The vice-consulate in Mykolaiv belonged to the consulate in Odesa. ^ The vice-consulate in Odesa belonged to the consulate in Odesa. ^ The vice-consulate in Sevastopol belonged to the consulate in Odesa. Sveriges Statskalender 1835–2008
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