Ambassador of Sweden to Ecuador
Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden
Incumbent Maria Cramér since 2025
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Swedish Embassy, Quito
Style	His or Her Excellency (formal) Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Calle James Orton 109 [a]
Seat	Bogotá, Colombia [b]
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Einar Modig
Formation	1 January 1931

The Ambassador of Sweden to Ecuador (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Ecuador) is the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Ecuador and government of Ecuador. The Swedish envoy initially resided in Lima, Peru, with dual accreditation to Quito, Ecuador. From 1950, the Swedish envoy in Bogotá, Colombia, was also accredited to Quito. An embassy office was opened in Quito in 1963, headed by a lower-ranking diplomat. The office was elevated to an embassy in 1978, and that same year Sweden's first resident ambassador was appointed. The embassy was closed in 1992. Since then, Sweden's ambassador in Bogotá has also been accredited to Quito.

Contents

• History
• List of representatives
• Footnotes
• References
• External links

History

On 30 June 1930, Einar Modig was appointed as Sweden's first minister accredited to Ecuador, though stationed in Lima, Peru. ^[2] He assumed office on 1 January 1931. ^[3] From 1950, the Swedish envoy in Bogotá, Colombia, was also accredited in Quito.

A 1963 Swedish government proposal followed a review of Sweden's foreign service organization. The review recommended strengthening Sweden's diplomatic presence abroad. Regarding Ecuador, the investigation proposed appointing a paid official in Quito to serve as chargé d'affaires ad interim , under the supervision of the Swedish envoy in Bogotá, Colombia. The Swedish Export Association supported the establishment of a new representation in Quito, emphasizing that it would be beneficial from a goodwill perspective for the mission there to soon gain independent status. The government therefore proposed the creation of a permanent legation office in Quito, subordinate to the embassy in Bogotá. ^[4] That same year, Hans Björk  [ sv ] was appointed first embassy secretary and chargé d'affaires ad interim, and head of the embassy office in Quito.

In January 1978, the embassy office was elevated to an embassy, and the then chargé d'affaires ad interim, Embassy Counsellor Sven Jonsson, was appointed in May of the same year as Sweden's first resident ambassador in Quito. ^{[5] [6]}

On 10 September 1992, the Swedish government decided to close the embassy in Quito. The closures were part of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ cost-saving program. ^[7] The embassy was replaced by an honorary consulate general. Diplomatic relations with Ecuador have since been handled through accreditation from the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. ^[8]

List of representatives

Name	Period	Resident/Non resident	Title	Notes	Presented credentials	Ref
Einar Modig	1 January 1931 [c] – 28 April 1933	Non-resident	Acting envoy	Resident in Lima.		[2] [9]
Einar Modig	28 April 1933 – 1934	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.		[2]
Vilhelm Assarsson	1935–1937	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.		[10]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	1936–1937	Non-resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim [d]			[11] [12]
Gunnar Reuterskiöld	1937–1945	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.		[13]
Martin Kastengren	1945–1951	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Lima.		[14]
Brynolf Eng	1950–1955	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Bogotá.		[15]
Leif Öhrvall	1955 – September 1956	Non-resident	Envoy	Resident in Bogotá.	19 January 1956	[16] [17] [18]
Leif Öhrvall	September 1956 – 1958	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[16] [17]
Torsten Brandel	1958–1961	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.	27 November 1958	[19] [20]
Curt Leijon	1961–1964	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[21]
Hugo Ärnfast	1964 – 11 July 1965	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá. Died in office. [e]		[23] [22]
Hans Björk	1963–1967	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim [f]			[4] [1] [24]
Ingvar Grauers	1965–1976	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[25]
Erik Tennander	1967–1970	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim [g]			[27] [26]
–	1971–1971	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Vacant.		[28]
Ragnar Petri	1972–1976	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim [h]			[30] [29]
Hans-Efraim Sköld	1976–1978	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[31]
Sven Jonsson	1976–1978	Resident	Chargé d'affaires ad interim [i]			[33] [32]
Sven Jonsson	1978–1980	Resident	Ambassador			[34]
Gunnar Hultner	1980–1984	Resident	Ambassador			[35]
Christian Bausch	1984–1989	Resident	Ambassador			[36]
Christer Manhusen	1989–1992	Resident	Ambassador			[37]
Sven Juhlin	1992–1996	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[38]
Björn Sternby	1996–2000	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[39]
Olof Skoog	2001–2003	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[40]
–	2004–2004	Non-resident	Ambassador	Vacant.		[41]
Lena Nordström	2005–2011	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[42]
Marie Andersson de Frutos	2011–2017	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[43]
Tommy Strömberg	1 September 2017 – 2020	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.	May 2018	[44] [45]
Helena Storm	1 September 2020 – 2025	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[46] [47]
Maria Cramér	2025–present	Non-resident	Ambassador	Resident in Bogotá.		[48]

Footnotes

References

External links

• Sweden Abroad, Ecuador (in Swedish and Spanish)