[2] Besides the embassy, Finland also operates honorary consulates in Lima, Arequipa, Cuzco and Piura.

[4] A palace-like villa built in 1938 was bought by the then National Swedish Board of Public Building (Byggnadsstyrelsen) in 1940 as an ambassador's residence.

[5] The embassy was closed in 2001,[5] and the Swedish ambassador in Santiago de Chile became accredited to Lima from 2001 to 2016.

[7] The embassy was inaugurated on 22 November 2016 by EU and Trade Minister Ann Linde together with a Team Sweden delegation.

However, it was closed on September 1, 1991 due to the economic depression affecting the country at the time, as well as the Internal conflict in Peru.