The minister, Margot Wallstroem, last week postponed a trip to Israel indefinitely, with Israeli media reports suggesting that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman did not want to meet her.
Sweden's decision in October to recognise the state of Palestine -- the first major EU nation to do so -- infuriated Israel, which temporarily recalled its ambassador to Stockholm.
"Do not wait to travel to Israel until the Swedish foreign minister comes here, because that could take a long time," Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told public broadcaster Swedish Radio.
Wallstroem considered making the trip without official meetings but would have been without a security detail during the commemoration of Swedish Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg and other events, the radio said, without giving sources.
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"It is basically an insult," Per Joensson, an editor with the Swedish Institute for International Affairs, told AFP.
"That is not a way to treat a sovereign foreign minister, unless you really want to punish her."
Despite the furore, Sweden said Wallstroem would visit Israel after the March 17 election there.
According to the Palestinian Authority, around 135 countries have recognised the state of Palestine including several that are now EU members.