Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki
| Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki | |
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| Coordinates | 60°10′5.2″N 24°57′15.5″E / 60.168111°N 24.954306°ECoordinates: 60°10′5.2″N 24°57′15.5″E / 60.168111°N 24.954306°E |
| Location | Helsinki |
| Address | Pohjoisesplanadi 7 B |
| Ambassador | Johan Molander |
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 January 2009, is Johan Molander.[1]
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.
See also
- List of Ambassadors of Sweden to Finland
- Finland-Sweden relations
- Foreign relations of Sweden
- 1906 Helsinki bank robbery
References
- ↑ Sweden Abroad: Ambassadören, accessed 2010-05-21 (Swedish)
External links
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