Chiefs of Mission for Sweden

Chiefs of Mission

• Jonathan Russell (1771–1832)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, April 29, 1818–October 22, 1818
• Christopher Hughes Jr. (1786–1849)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, January 21, 1819–July 5, 1825
• John James Appleton (1792–1864)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, October 28, 1826–August 16, 1830
• Christopher Hughes Jr. (1786–1849)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, August 16, 1830–September 22, 1841
• George Washington Lay (1798–1860)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, October 4, 1842–October 11, 1845
• Henry William Ellsworth (1814–1864)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, October 11, 1845–January 25, 1861
• Francis Schroeder (1814–1886)
  • Chargé d’Affaires, April 22, 1850–August 19, 1854
• Francis Schroeder (1814–1886)
  • Minister Resident, August 19, 1854–September 17, 1857
• Benjamin Franklin Angel (1815–1894)
  • Minister Resident, November 4, 1857–June 25, 1861
• Jacob Samils Haldeman (1827–1889)
  • Minister Resident, June 25, 1861–September 24, 1864
• James Hepburn Campbell (1820–1895)
  • Minister Resident, September 24, 1864–March 29, 1867
• Joseph Jackson Bartlett (1834–1893)
  • Minister Resident, June 4, 1867–July 24, 1869
• Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829–1922)
  • Minister Resident, July 24, 1869–November 5, 1877
• John Leavitt Stevens (1820–1895)
  • Minister Resident, November 5, 1877–June 3, 1883
• William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839–1927)
  • Minister Resident, September 6, 1883–June 30, 1885
• Rufus Magee (1845–1929)
  • Minister Resident, July 3, 1885–September 26, 1889
• Rufus Magee (1845–1929)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1888–May 25, 1889
• William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839–1927)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 27, 1889–May 2, 1894
• Thomas Barker Ferguson (1841–1922)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 2, 1894–February 7, 1898
• William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839–1927)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 8, 1898–May 31, 1905
• Charles Hinman Graves (1839–1928)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 31, 1905–December 12, 1913
• Ira Nelson Morris (1875–1942)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1914–April 3, 1923
• Robert Woods Bliss (1875–1962)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 8, 1923–March 15, 1927
• Leland Harrison (1883–1951)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 31, 1927–November 11, 1929
• John Motley Morehead (1870–1965)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, March 31, 1930–April 6, 1933
• Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892–1950)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, August 28, 1933–June 26, 1937
• Fred Morris Dearing (1879–1963)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1937–June 17, 1938
• Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876–1957)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 26, 1938–July 14, 1941
• Herschel Vespasian Johnson II (1894–1966)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, December 12, 1941–April 28, 1946
• Louis Goethe Dreyfus Jr. (1889–1973)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, January 3, 1947–October 6, 1947
• Harrison Freeman Matthews (1899–1986)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 5, 1947–May 24, 1950
• William Walton Butterworth (1903–1975)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 18, 1950–December 9, 1953
• John Moors Cabot (1901–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 6, 1954–May 14, 1957
• Francis White (1892–1961)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 1957–December 9, 1958
• James Cowles Hart Bonbright (1903–1993)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 9, 1959–March 20, 1961
• James Graham Parsons (1907–1991)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 16, 1961–April 17, 1967
• William Womack Heath (1903–1971)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 23, 1967–January 23, 1969
• Jerome Heartwell Holland (1916–1985)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 14, 1970–August 30, 1972
• Arthur Joseph Olsen (1920–2003)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, December 1972–May 1974
• Robert Strausz-Hupé (1903–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 29, 1974–March 3, 1976
• David Shiverick Smith (1918–2012)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 7, 1976–April 29, 1977
• Rodney O’Gliasain Kennedy-Minott (1928–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1977–September 26, 1980
• William Cowles Hamilton (1922–2015)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 1980–October 1981
• Franklin S. Forsberg (1905–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1982–December 12, 1985
• Gregory J. Newell (1949–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 19, 1985–June 12, 1989
• Charles Edgar Redman (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 13, 1989–August 24, 1992
• Thomas L. Siebert (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 24, 1994–December 17, 1997
• Lyndon Lowell Olson Jr. (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 22, 1998–August 1, 2001
• Charles A. Heimbold Jr. (1933–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 26, 2001–February 12, 2004
• Miles Teel Bivins (1947–2009)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 9, 2004–January 31, 2006
• Michael Wood (1947–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 8, 2006–January 20, 2009
• Matthew Winthrop Barzun (1970–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 21, 2009–May 28, 2011
• Mark Francis Brzezinski (1965–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 24, 2011–July 6, 2015
• Azita Raji (1961–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 15, 2016–January 20, 2017
• David Lindwall (?–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 20, 2017–December 18, 2018
• Kenneth A. Howery (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 20, 2019–

Other Nominees

• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary: Did not proceed to Stockholm, but negotiated a treaty with Sweden which was signed at Paris on April 3, 1783.
• William Clark Somerville (1790–1826)
  • Chargé d’Affaires: Did not proceed to post.
• John McGinnis Jr. (?–?)
  • Minister Resident: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Did not proceed to post, his nomination having been rejected by the Senate while he was en route.
• John Snyder Carlile (1817–1878)
  • Minister Resident: Not commissioned; nomination first confirmed and then reconsidered by the Senate, with no final action taken.
• Harrison Freeman Matthews (1899–1986)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post in this capacity.
• Nicolas M. Salgo (1914–2005)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of June 16, 1992, not acted upon by the Senate.