Arvid Fredrik Taube (19 January 1853 – 14 October 1916) was a Swedish aristocrat who served as the foreign minister between 1909 and 1911 and also, held various diplomatic posts.

[1][2] He served as the head of the political department of the foreign ministry from 1892 to 1895.

[4] Before and after his post as foreign minister Taube was the ambassador of Sweden to Germany.

[6] He was a supporter Germany, and when he was in office as foreign minister he proposed to establish a close alliance between Sweden and Germany against the Russian Empire in the case of war.

[5] Taube also redesigned the foreign policy of Sweden due to the likelihood of war.