Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok

Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok (Swedish: Sveriges ambassad i Bangkok Thai: สถานเอกอัครราชทูตสวีเดนประจำประเทศไทย) is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Thailand. The ambassador is also accredited to the Philippines, Laos and Burma.[1]

Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok
LocationBangkok
Address8th Floor, One Pacific Place
140 Sukhumvit Road,
between soi 4 and soi 6, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates13°44′25.93″N 100°33′17.22″E
Opened1959
AmbassadorJon Åström Gröndahl (since 2020)
WebsiteOfficial website

Buildings

Between 1931 and 1959, Sweden had a non-resident ambassador accredited to Thailand from Japan and China. In July 1959, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Thai governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. In connection with this, Tord Hagen was appointed Sweden's first ambassador in Bangkok.[2]

In the 1960s, the embassy was located on 231/2 Sathon Tai Road.[3] By the 1970s, the embassy had moved to Silom Building at 197/1 Si Lom Road.[4] As of 2021, the embassy is located on the 8th Floor at One Pacific Place, 140 Sukhumvit Road.

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.[5]
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 Heckscher1992–1997AmbassadorAlso accredited Vientiane, Phnom Penh and Rangoon.[6]
Inga Eriksson Fogh1997–1999Ambassador
Jan Axel Nordlander1999–2004Ambassador
Jonas Hafström2004–2007Ambassador
Lennart Linnér2007–2011AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Vientiane and Manila (from 2008).[7]
Klas Molin2011–2015AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Vientiane and Manila.[8]
Staffan Herrström2015–2020AmbassadorAlso accredited to Rangoon, Vientiane and Manila (until 2016).[note 1]
Jon Åström Gröndahl2020–presentAmbassador

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. "Bangkok har fått svensk ambassad". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 11 July 1959. p. A11. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. Sveriges statskalender. 1963 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1963. p. 310.
  4. Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender. 1970 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 358.
  5. Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 554.
  6. Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1994). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1995 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1995] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 451. ISBN 91-1-943202-X. SELIBR 8261514.
  7. "Ambassadören som flyttade hem" [The ambassador who moved back home] (in Swedish). Motivation.se. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. "Kreditivbrevsceremoni i Manila" [Letters of credence ceremony in Manila] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Bangkok. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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