[4] In August 1956, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and Indian governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies.

[8] The current embassy building was inaugurated in November 1959 in the presence of the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

[1] The embassy building was designed by Swedish architects Sune Lindström and Jöran Curman [sv].

The National Property Board of Sweden replaced the windows and doors in the accommodation buildings in 2005-06.

In 2009, the Swedish Trade Council got new, larger offices and separate entrance in the embassy area.