Gustaf af Wetterstedt

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Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt
Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
1824–1837
Preceded byLars von Engeström
Personal details
Born(1776-12-29)29 December 1776
Died15 May 1837(1837-05-15) (aged 60)
NationalitySwedish
SpouseCharlotta Aurora De Geer

Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt[1] (29 December 1776 – 15 May 1837) was a Swedish statesman. He served as the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1824 to 1837. In 1811 he was elected into the Swedish Academy, and later he also became a member of the Royal Swedish Academies of Agriculture, Music and Sciences (1817). He was also invested as a Knight in the Order of the Seraphim.

Among the treaties he negotiated and signed for Sweden were the Treaty of Örebro and the Treaty of Kiel.

References and notes

  1. ^ The official English translation of the Treaty of Örebro, 18 July 1812, translates his name from French as Gustavus Baron de Wetterstedt (British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 1 Part 1 (1812-1814), published by the Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1841. p. 15)

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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
1824–1837 		Succeeded by
Cultural offices
Preceded by Swedish Academy,
Seat No.17
1811–1837 		Succeeded by


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