Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok

Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok
Coordinates 13°44′25.93″N 100°33′17.22″E / 13.7405361°N 100.5547833°E / 13.7405361; 100.5547833Coordinates: 13°44′25.93″N 100°33′17.22″E / 13.7405361°N 100.5547833°E / 13.7405361; 100.5547833
Location Bangkok
Address 20th Floor, One Pacific Place
140 Sukhumvit Road,
between soi 4 and soi 6
Ambassador Staffan Herrström (since 2015)
Website Official website

Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Thailand. The ambassador is also accredited to the Philippines, Laos and Burma.[1]

Heads of Mission

NamePeriodTitleAccreditation
Johan Hultman1931–1936EnvoyAccredited from the embassy in Tokyo.
Widar Bagge1937–1945EnvoyAccredited from the embassy in Tokyo.
Torsten Hammarström1947–1951EnvoyAccredited from the embassy in Beijing.
Hugo Wistrand1953–1956EnvoyAccredited from the embassy in Beijing.
Klas Böök1956–1959EnvoyAccredited from the embassy in Beijing.
Tord Hagen1959–1964AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Saigon (from 1960) and Phnom Penh (from 1961).
Åke Sjölin1964–1967AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur and Saigon, Vientiane (from 1965), Singapore (from 1966).
Axel Lewenhaupt1967–1970AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.[2]
Eric Virgin1970–1976AmbassadorAlso accredited to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Rangoon and Vientiane.
Jean-Christophe Öberg1976–1981AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vientiane and Singapore.
Axel Edelstam1981–1983AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vientiane and Singapore.
Nils-Olov Hasslev1983–1986AmbassadorAlso accredited to Vientiane.
Olov Ternström1986–1992Ambassador
Eva Heckscher1992–1997Ambassador
Inga Eriksson Fogh1997–1999Ambassador
Jan Axel Nordlander1999–2004Ambassador
Jonas Hafström2004–2007Ambassador
Lennart Linnér2007–2011AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Vientiane and Manila (from 2008).[3]
Klas Molin2011–2015AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Vientiane and Manila.[4]
Staffan Herrström2015–presentAmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Vientiane and Manila (until 2016).[note 1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Swedish Embassy in Manila will reopen in 2016 and an ambassador will then be stationed there.

References

  1. ↑ "The Embassy". Government of Sweden. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 554.
  3. ↑ "Ambassadören som flyttade hem" [The ambassador who moved back home] (in Swedish). Motivation.se. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kreditivbrevsceremoni i Manila" [Letters of credence ceremony in Manila] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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