Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C.
| Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C. | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°54′5.29″N 77°3′31.88″W / 38.9014694°N 77.0588556°WCoordinates: 38°54′5.29″N 77°3′31.88″W / 38.9014694°N 77.0588556°W |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Address |
Postal address: Embassy of Sweden 2900 K Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007-5118 USA Visiting address: Embassy of Sweden 2900 K Street, N.W. Washington |
| Ambassador |
Björn Lyrvall (since 2013) |
| Website | Official website |
The Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C. is Sweden's diplomatic mission in the United States. The Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C. is one of Sweden's largest diplomatic missions with more than fifty employees. Ambassador since 2013 is Björn Lyrvall. Sweden also has a number of Honorary Consulates General in the United States. The embassy is located since 2006 in the building House of Sweden on the Potomac River.
The Swedish-American relations have a long history stretching back to the 1600s when Sweden in 1638 established the colony of New Sweden in the state of Delaware. In 1782, diplomatic relations were established by Samuel Gustaf Hermelin. Sweden was the first country, in addition to the states that were directly involved in the American Revolutionary War, which in 1783 recognized the United States of America. In 1783 the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Sweden and the United States was signed.
A break in diplomatic relations occurred in 1973 when the then Ambassador Hubert de Bèsche and his newly elected successor Yngve Möller were declared undesirable in the United States as a result of the diplomatic crisis that followed Olof Palme's statement about the Hanoi bombings in December 1972. Only in 1974 the new Swedish Ambassador Wilhelm Wachtmeister took office, and who came to hold the post until 1989, and was eventually given the title Dean of the Diplomatic Corps (Doyen) as the longest serving Ambassador in Washington, D.C. Other famous diplomats who had held the Ambassador post are Jan Eliasson, Rolf Ekéus and Anders Thunborg.
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