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

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The German Embassy is located at Skarpögatan 9 in Stockholm (close to the Embassy of the United Kingdom).[1] There are also honorary consuls located in Göteborg (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).[1]

Name Image 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[2]
Busso von Alvensleben 2003 2006
Wolfgang Trautwein 2006 2008
Joachim Rücker   2008 2011
Harald Kindermann   2011 2014
Michael Bock[3]   2014 2016
Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth   2016 2019
Anna Elisabeth Prinz   2019 2021
Joachim Bertele 2021 [4] Present

Envoy of the German Empire

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Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Emil von Richthofen 1867 1874 Previously Envoy of the North German Confederation
Friedrich von Eichmann 1871 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 Friedrich 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
Karl Viktor von Wied 1933 1943 Envoy
Hans Thomsen   1943 1945 Envoy
Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Emil von Richthofen 1867 1871

Envoys from the German States (before 1871)

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Saxon envoys

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The Electorate of Saxony sent diplomatic representatives to Sweden since 1722 with the rank of plenipotentiary minister, extraordinary envoy, resident or legation secretary.

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
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

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Establishment of diplomatic relations in 1648.

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Sweden". www.auswaertiges-amt.de. German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Obituary". The Times. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.[dead link]
  3. ^ Högtidliga audienser på Kungliga slottet, Bericht über königliche Audienzen für neu ernannte Botschafter auf der Internetseite des schwedischen Königshauses
  4. ^ Auswärtiges Amt. "Botschafterin Christina Beinhoff und Botschafter Dr. Joachim Bertele" (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-12.