development company. Buildings Embassy building The embassy has since 2006 been housed on the second floor of the then newly built and later the award-winning office and residential complex House of Sweden on the Potomac River in Georgetown. House of Sweden is the result after an architectural competition which the National Property Board of Sweden announced in June 2002. The winning entry was selected by the jury in January 2003 and construction began in August 2004. In August 2006 the embassy staff moved in. The opening ceremony was held on 23 October 2006, in the presence of the King and Queen of Sweden. The building was designed by architects Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen and Wingårdh received the Architects Sweden's (Sveriges Arkitekter) Kasper Salin Prize in 2007 for the building. The Washington Post named the House of Sweden the "Venue of the Year" in 2008. The cost of construction amounted to 482 million SEK. House of Sweden houses the embassy building, embassy offices, 19 apartments and a event center with conference facilities and exhibition spaces. The building is about and is managed by the National Property Board of Sweden. In 2009 Sweden and Iceland signed a 15-year long contract for office and a residential apartment for the Embassy of Iceland in the House of Sweden. Residence The ambassadorial residence is located at 3900 Nebraska Avenue, N.W. The Spanish-influenced residence on Nebraska Avenue was designed by American architect Arthur B. Heaton. For several years, the building housed David F. Lawrence, one of the Washington's more well-known newspaper publishers. The residence is decorated with Swedish classics, including rugs by Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Gustavian furniture, art by Stellan Mörner, Olle Bærtling and Fredrik Reuterswärd. The gallery has French woven wallpapers from the late 1600s and early 1700s with landscape motifs. Thousands of guests to the Swedish ambassador and his family enjoy the Swedish decor every year. The residence features a garden, greenhouse, and tennis court. There, former Ambassador Wilhelm Wachtmeister used to play tennis with President George H. W. Bush. In June 2019, a decision was taken to sell the residence and that the Swedish ambassador would move into House of Sweden. Heads of Mission Footnotes References External links Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Sweden–United States relations Sweden