[1] In a report on the reorganization of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in early January 1921, it was proposed that the head of the mission in Constantinople also be accredited in Athens.

Knut Richard Thyberg was the first resident Swedish minister in Greece.

As the Germans did not permit any foreign diplomatic representatives, Minister Thyberg initially held the title of Swedish consul general and only gained full diplomatic status after Greece's liberation and the Germans' withdrawal in October 1944.

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

The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.