House of Sweden

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House of Sweden
Location:	Washington, D.C.
Address:	901 30th Street N.W.
Ambassador:	Gunnar Lund
Coordinates:	38°54′16″N, 77°03′33″W

House of Sweden is a building in Washington, D.C. which houses Sweden's embassy to the United States. The building is located at 901 30th Street N.W. in the neighbourhood of Georgetown, across the Potomac River. Apart from the embassy the building, which is owned by the National Property Board of Sweden, also houses representatives of Swedish commerce. Facilities includes a secretariat, exhibition space, 19 corporate apartments, and a high-tech business event center.

The building was designed by the Swedish architects Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen. It consists of five floors with a total surface of 7,500 m². The front of the building is made in glass. The construction began in August 2004 and was completed in the summer of 2006. The embassy moved into the building in the beginning of August 2006. Previously the embassy was housed in rented space at, first Watergate 600, and later, 1501 M Street NW.

The building was inaugurated on October 23, 2006, in presence of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Also present at the inauguration were the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and the Ambassador of Sweden to the United States Gunnar Lund.

1 Diplomatic representatives of Sweden to the United States
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Diplomatic representatives of Sweden to the United States

[edit] Resident Ministers

Johan Albert Kantzow, 1812–1819

[edit] Chargé d'affaires

Baron Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg, 1919–1931

[edit] Ambassadors

Erik Boheman, 1948–1958
Gunnar Jarring, 1958–1964
Yngve Möller, 1972 (appointed but never took admission due to a break in Swedish–U.S. diplomatic relations.)
Wilhelm Wachtmeister, 1974–1989
Anders Thunborg, 1989–1993
Henrik Liljegren, 1993–1997
Rolf Ekéus, 1997–2000
Jan Eliasson, 2000–2005
Gunnar Lund, 2005–present