Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki

Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki
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Coordinates
Location	Helsinki
Address	Pohjoisesplanadi 7 B Helsinki
Ambassador	Anders Lidén (since 2012)
Website	Official website

The Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Finland. It is located at Esplanadi. The current ambassador of Sweden to Finland, since 2012, is Anders Lidén.

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

Name	Period	Title
Walter Ernst Gustaf Ahlström	1918-1918	Chargé d’affaires
Claës Gustaf Westman	1918-1918	Minister Plenipotentiary (Vasa)
Gustaf Henning Elmquist	1921-1925	Envoy
Carl Hamilton	1925-1931	Envoy
Carl von Heidenstam	1931-1939	Envoy
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)
Anders Lidén	2012-present	Ambassador

See also

• List of Ambassadors of Sweden to Finland
• Finland-Sweden relations
• Foreign relations of Sweden
• 1906 Helsinki bank robbery

External links

• Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki (Swedish)
• Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki (Finnish)