Embassy of Sweden, Tehran

Ambassador of Sweden to Iran
Ambassador of Sweden to Iran
Sveriges ambassadör i Teheran
	Incumbent; Mattias Lentz; since 2019
Nominator	Government of Sweden
Appointer	Government of Sweden
Inaugural holder	Carl von Heidenstam
Formation	1929

Embassy of Sweden in Tehran, Iran
Embassy of Sweden in Tehran, Iran
Address	Postal Address: ; Embassy of Sweden ; P.O. Box 19575-458 ; Tehran, Iran ; Visiting Address: ; No. 27 Nastaran Sr., Boostan St., ; Pasdaran Ave., Tehran, Iran
Ambassador	Mattias Lentz

The Embassy of Sweden in Tehran is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Iran. The mission consists of an embassy, a number of Swedes sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and local employees. Mattias Lentz has been ambassador since 2019.

History

Ludvig Fabritius led three missions, in 1679–80, 1683–84, and 1697–1700, to the Safavid court during the reign of Charles XI of Sweden (r. 1660–1697) and Charles XII of Sweden (r. 1697–1718); and Suleiman of Persia (26 October 1666 – 29 July 1694 ), Sultan Husayn (29 July 1694 – 11 September 1722). In 1929 the governments of the Arvid Lindman and Reza Shah (Persia) established diplomatic relations in connection with the conclusion of a friendship treaty.^[1]

British Interest Office

Sweden acts as a protecting power for the United Kingdom in Iran, and on July 15, 2012, the British Interest Office was opened at the Swedish embassy. Sweden has previously been a protective force for Britain in Iran during the 1980s and until 1990.^[2]

Building

The property that houses the Swedish embassy in Tehran has been owned by the National Property Board of Sweden (SFV) since 1997. It was changed by SFV to an undeveloped site owned by the Swedish state since 1963. Since 1994, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had its embassy housed in the building and considered the house to be good and appropriate for embassy activities. The building was initially a multi-family house with five apartments. It consists of two floors and basement with garage, boiler room and storage room. An exercise room, sauna and pool were previously found in the basement floor. It is built as a pillar deck structure with Girders and pillars in concrete and the facades are clad with light yellow brick. The garden is walled with natural stone walkways and stairs, fountains and plantings. At the takeover in 1997, the installations were of a very low standard.^[3]

The house was built in 1979 in accordance with the then building rules and was inadequate in terms of safety against earthquake loads. Technical studies of the building's design and durability were carried out by SFV in consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which showed that it did not meet the minimum requirements according to Iranian earthquake safety. Earthquake reinforcement measures were undertaken by SFV with local earthquake expertise and Swedish designers. In conjunction with the reinforcement work, a thorough rebuilding of the regular embassy office was carried out to cope with the many visa cases and issues of biometric passports. Maintenance efforts were also made with regard to surface layers and installations. The rebuilding started in February 2007 and on 1 August 2007 the embassy moved into the newly renovated and earthquake-protected premises. In November 2007, the embassy was reopened.^[3]

Building facts

Data:^[3]

Year of construction: 1979
Architect: unknown, at the earthquake reinforcement: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB, Gustav Appell & Linda Näslund
Visiting Address: 2, Nastaran Street, Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran
Tenant: Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Manager: Lennart Karlsson, Swedish National Property Agency

Heads of Mission

The Swedish ambassador in Tehran is the official representative of the Government in Stockholm to the Government of Iran.

Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	List of Prime Ministers of Sweden	List of Presidents of Iran	Term end
1929	Carl von Heidenstam	envoy in Persia	Arvid Lindman	Reza Shah	1930
1930	Eric Gyllenstierna	envoy in Persia until March 21, 1935. Concurrently accredited with residence in Moscow.^[4]	Carl Gustaf Ekman	Reza Shah	1936
1936	Hugo von Heidenstam	envoy, concurrently accredited in Baghdad.	Per Albin Hansson	Reza Shah	1942
1942	Harald Pousette	Chargé d'affaires, concurrently accredited in Baghdad.	Per Albin Hansson	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1945
1945	Harald Pousette	envoy, concurrently accredited in Baghdad.	Per Albin Hansson	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1947
1948	Harry Eriksson	envoy, concurrently accredited in Baghdad and Karachi (from 1949).	Östen Undén	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1951
1951	Gunnar Jarring	envoy, concurrently accredited in Baghdad and Karachi.	Tage Erlander	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1952
1952	Ragnvald Bagge	envoy, concurrently accredited to Baghdad and Karachi (until 1956).	Tage Erlander	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1957
1957	Ragnvald Bagge	Ambassador, until 1959 concurrently accredited in Baghdad.	Tage Erlander	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1959
1959	Dick Hichens-Bergström	Ambassador, concurrently accredited in Baghdad and Kabul.	Tage Erlander	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1963
1964	Eyvind Bratt	Ambassador, concurrently accredited in Kabul.	Tage Erlander	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1967
1967	Nils-Eric Ekblad	Ambassador, concurrently accredited in Kabul.	Tage Erlander	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1970
1970	Gustaf Bonde	Ambassador, concurrently accredited in Kabul.	Olof Palme	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1973
1973	Bengt Odhner	Ambassador, concurrently accredited in Kabul.	Olof Palme	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1978
1978	Kaj Sundberg	Ambassador, concurrently accredited in Kabul.	Ola Ullsten	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	1980
1980	Göran Bundy		Thorbjörn Fälldin	Abolhassan Banisadr	1985
1985	Bo Henrikson		Olof Palme	Ali Khamenei	1988
1989	Håkan Granqvist	^[5]	Ingvar Carlsson	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	1994
1992	Hans Andersson	^[6]	Carl Bildt	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	1997
1997	Mats Marling	Ambassador	Göran Persson	Mohammad Khatami	2000
2000	Steen Hohwü-Christensen	Ambassador	Göran Persson	Mohammad Khatami	2003
2003	Christofer Gyllenstierna	Ambassador	Göran Persson	Mohammad Khatami	2007
2007	Magnus Wernstedt [sv]	Ambassador	Fredrik Reinfeldt	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	2012
2012	Peter Tejler	Ambassador	Fredrik Reinfeldt	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	2016
2016	Helena Sångeland	Ambassador	Stefan Löfven	Hassan Rouhani	2019
2019	Mattias Lentz	Ambassador	Stefan Löfven	Hassan Rouhani

References

^ "Iran" (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^ "Det brittiska intressekontoret" [British Interest Office] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Tehran. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Teheran, Iran - Ambassadanläggning" (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^ Sveriges statskalender för året 1931 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1931. p. 193.
^ Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 390. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
^ Sylvén, Christer (2000-12-01). "DÖDSFALL: Hans Andersson". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 January 2018.

External links

Official website (in Swedish)

[1] "Iran" (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

[2] "Det brittiska intressekontoret" [British Interest Office] (in Swedish). Embassy of Sweden, Tehran. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

[SFV-3] "Teheran, Iran - Ambassadanläggning" (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

[4] Sveriges statskalender för året 1931 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1931. p. 193.

[5] Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 390. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.

[6] Sylvén, Christer (2000-12-01). "DÖDSFALL: Hans Andersson". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 January 2018.

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