| Ambassador of Ukraine to Sweden | |
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| Nominator | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Inaugural holder | Kostyantyn Masyk as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | October 16, 1992 (Presidential Ukase #501/92) |
| Website | Ukraine Embassy - Stockholm |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Sweden (Ukrainian: Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України в Швеції) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Sweden. The current ambassador is Svitlana Zalishchuk. She assumed the position in July 2025.
The first Ukrainian ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden assumed his post in 1992, the same year a Ukrainian embassy opened in Stockholm.
List of ambassadors
Cossack Hetmanate
- 1653–1653 – Syluyan Muzhylovsky (presumably)
Ukrainian People's Republic
- 1918–1918 – Borys Bazhenov
- 1919–1921 – Kostyantyn Losky
Ukraine
| Name | Image | Appointed | Ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kostyantyn Masyk |  | 16 October 1992[1] | 1994 |
| Ihor Sahach | | 1994 | 1997 |
| Ihor Podolyev | | 28 July 1997[2] | 1999 |
| Oleksandr Slipchenko | | 20 January 1999[3] | 2002 |
| Leonid Kozhara | .JPG) | 14 November 2002[4] | 2004 |
| Oleksandr Danyleiko | | 2004 | 2004 |
| Eduard Terpytsky | | 2004 | 2006 |
| Anatoliy Ponomarenko | | 6 December 2006[5] | 20 May 2008 (died in office) |
| Yevhen Perebyinis |  | 2008 | 2011 |
| Valeriy Stepanov | | 11 November 2011[6] | 2015 |
| Ihor Sahach | | 19 March 2015[7] | 14 June 2019 |
| Andrii Plakhotniuk |  | 21 September 2020[8] | 21 July 2025 |
| Svitlana Zalishchuk |  | 28 July 2025[9] | Incumbent |
References
- Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 501/92
- Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 715/97
- Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 39/99
- Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 1027/2002
- Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 1038/2006
- Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 1044/2011
- Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 151/2015
- "Nya ambassadörer till Sverige" (in Swedish). Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- Tetiana Lanchukovska (July 28, 2025). "Zelenskyy signs decree appointing Zalishchuk ambassador to Sweden". LIGA.net. Retrieved September 14, 2025.