The Holy See established what has evolved into its Apostolic Nunciature to the Nordic Countries on 16 March 1960 under the title Apostolic Delegation to Scandinavia with responsibility for representing the interests of the pope and the Catholic Church in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
[1] It was originally located in Vedbæk, Denmark; since 2002 its office has been in Djursholm, Sweden,[2] a suburb of Stockholm.
The original title "Delegate" is used for an envoy whose relationship to the government has not received diplomatic statues.
It usually evolves to Pro-Nuncio and then Nuncio as diplomatic relations are established and a formal agreement is reached between the Holy See and its counterpart.
On 2 October 1982 the Delegation was reorganized into country-specific nunciatures in anticipation of the establishment of diplomatic relations with each of them.