Embassy of Sweden, Moscow

The Embassy of Sweden in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Sweden in the Russian Federation. It is located at 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street (Russian: Мосфильмовская ул., 60), on the corner of Ulofa Palme Street (Russian: ул. Улофа Пальме), in the Ramenki District of Moscow.[1]

Embassy of Sweden in Moscow
LocationMoscow
AddressEmbassy of Sweden
60 Mosfilmovskaya Street
119 590 Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°43′0.12″N 37°30′56.88″E
AmbassadorKarin Olofsdotter
WebsiteOfficial website

Buildings

Chancery

In the 1910s, the embassy chancery was located at Anglijskaja Nabereschnaja 64 in Petrograd. In the early 1920s, it moved to Ulitza Vorovskij/Vorovskovo 44 in Moscow.[2][3] In 1964, the embassy moved to Ulitsa Pisemskovo 15.[4] After many years of negotiations, the construction of a new Swedish embassy in Moscow could begin in July 1968. In 1972, it was ready for use on 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street. The embassy was designed by the Swedish architect Anders Tengbom.[5]

The embassy is a tight red brick building with a closed facade facing the street. The windows in the buildings are mainly located towards the garden. The architecture is reminiscent of the fact that the embassy was built during a time when security issues were central. But the closed, fortress-like façade would be compensated by the fact that it was possible to enter the embassy's courtyard and indoors with the help of bright interiors. After a serious incident in the 1980s, the embassy area had to be fenced off. In the courtyard, the sculpture "Gestalt i storm" by Bror Marklund dominates. The bricks for the facades were obtained from Forsa brickworks in Bollebygd.[5]

In the summer of 2002, a new visa chancery was inaugurated at the property, which was built to cope with the extended visa processing that followed the Schengen Agreement. The extension had the same exterior appearance as previous buildings. On the ground floor are the Foreign Ministry's archives and on the ground floor a modern office environment. A large lantern provides the visa office with extra daylight. The architect was Jesper Husman at Tengbom Arkitekter.[5]

Heads of Mission
NamePeriodTitleAccreditationNoteRef
Herman Cedercreutz15 March 1722 – 21 July 1729EnvoyRussian Empire[6]
Josias Cederhielm1725–1726AmbassadorRussian Empire[7]
Joachim von Dittmer21 July 1729 – 1738EnvoyRussian Empire[8]
Eric Matthias von Nolcken13 July 1738 – 20 May 1741EnvoyRussian Empire[9]
Nils Bark1 December 1743 – 25 June 1747EnvoyRussian Empire[10]
Gustaf Wulfwenstierna1747–1748EnvoyRussian Empire
Gustaf Wilhelm von Höpken1748–1748EnvoyRussian Empire
Johan August Greiffenheim1750–1752EnvoyRussian Empire
Mauritz Posse1752–1763EnvoyRussian Empire
Carl Wilhelm von Düben4 May 1763 – 1766EnvoyRussian Empire[11]
Carl Ribbing1766–1773EnvoyRussian Empire
Fredric Nolcken29 April 1773 – 14 July 1788Envoy ExtraordinaireRussian Empire[12]
Curt von StedingkAugust 1790 – February 1808AmbassadorRussian Empire[13]
Curt von StedingkSeptember 1809 – December 1811AmbassadorRussian Empire[13]
Carl Löwenhielm1 September 1812 – 1819EnvoyRussian Empire[14]
Nils Palmstierna1820–1845EnvoyRussian Empire
Gustaf af Nordin1845–1856EnvoyRussian Empire
Georg Adelswärd5 December 1856 –1858EnvoyRussian Empire[15]
Fredrik Anton F. Hartwig Wedel Jarlsberg1858–1865EnvoyRussian Empire
Oscar Björnstjerna31 October 1865 – 1872EnvoyRussian Empire[16]
Frederik Georg Knut Due1873–1890EnvoyRussian Empire
Gustaf Lennart Reuterskiöld1890–1899EnvoyRussian Empire
August Gyldenstolpe1899–1904EnvoyéRussian Empire
Herman Wrangel1904–1906EnvoyRussian Empire
Edvard Brändström12 March 1906 – 1920[lower-alpha 1]EnvoyRussian Empire[17]
Carl von Heidenstam22 March 1924 – 26 June 1924Chargé d'affaires ad interimSoviet Union[18]
Carl von Heidenstam27 June 1924 – 1930EnvoyAlso accredited to Tehran from 26 March 1929.Soviet Union[18]
Eric Gyllenstierna1930–1937EnvoySoviet Union
Wilhelm Winther1938–1940EnvoySoviet Union
Vilhelm Assarsson1940–1944EnvoySoviet Union
Staffan Söderblom1944–1946EnvoySoviet Union
Gunnar Hägglöf1946–1947EnvoySoviet Union
Rolf R:son Sohlman1947–1964AmbassadorSoviet Union
Gunnar Jarring1964–1973AmbassadorSoviet Union
Brynolf Eng1973–1975AmbassadorAlso accredited to Ulaanbaatar.Soviet Union[19]
Göran Ryding1975–1979AmbassadorSoviet Union
Carl de Geer1979–1983AmbassadorSoviet Union
Torsten Örn1983–1986AmbassadorAlso accredited to Ulaanbaatar.Soviet Union[20]
Anders Thunborg1986–1989AmbassadorSoviet Union
Örjan Berner1989–1994AmbassadorAlso accredited to Minsk (from 1992).Soviet Union[21]
Sven Hirdman1994–2004AmbassadorRussia
Johan Molander2004–2008AmbassadorRussia
Tomas Bertelman2008–2012AmbassadorRussia
Veronika Bard Bringéus2012–2015AmbassadorRussia
Peter Ericson2015–2019AmbassadorRussia
Malena Mård2019–2023AmbassadorRussia
Karin OlofsdotterAugust 2023–presentAmbassadorRussia

See also

Footnotes
  1. In the fall of 1918, Brändström left Saint Petersburg and returned to Stockholm but kept his position until 1920.[17]

References
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  3. Sveriges statskalender för året 1931 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1931. p. 194.
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