Axel Wernhoff

[1][2][3] He was previously the ambassador to Norway from 2014 to 2018,[4] when he was appointed the head of the Swedish delegation to NATO at that time.

Wernhoff has served at the embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Vienna as well as at the Cabinet Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) ministerial office.

He has also been deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' unit for the European Union.

[6] On 26 June 2014, Wernhoff became the ambassador to Norway, taking office in autumn of that same year.

[7][8] On 7 March 2024, he became a member of the North Atlantic Council, as Sweden officially joined NATO.

Wernhoff (right) with his Finnish counterpart, Klaus Korhonen , submit their applications to join NATO to secretary general Jens Stoltenberg