The formal diplomatic relations between Denmark and Sweden were created when King Christian IV appointed the nobleman Peder Galt (1584–1644) as his envoy to Gustav II Adolph's court in Stockholm.

During the night of 18 June 1944, a bombing occurred near the Swedish legation as part of Schalburgtage when the Domus Medica hotel at Amaliegade 5 was attacked.

[6] In September 1947, the Swedish legation was upgraded to an embassy and envoy Gustaf von Dardel thereby became ambassador to the Danish court.

[10][11] The Swedish ambassador's residence is today located in a corner house between Sankt Annæ Plads 15A and Amaliegade in Frederiksstaden.

It was built in 1750 according to master builder Nicolai Eigtved's drawings on behalf of timber merchant Johan Jegind.

Even though the house was already equipped then, no major foundation strengthening of the building was done until 1941–1942, that is, in the middle of World War II.

[12] From the 1940s until the 1970s, the well-known Danish architect Flemming Grut [da] was hired by the National Swedish Board of Public Building (Byggnadsstyrelsen) for the embassy's repairs and rebuilds.

In 2001, the National Property Board of Sweden (SFV) carried out a window and facade renovation at the chancery and the ambassador's residence.

[13] The residence is furnished by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' interior architects with an exquisite selection of mainly Swedish design.

In the corner lounge there is the yellow carpet "Magdalena" from Märta Måås-Fjetterström's studio and a couch from Svenskt Tenn.

The art on the walls represents Swedish artists from recent centuries, the vast majority with Danish connections.