Gustaf af Wetterstedt explained

Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt
Nationality:	Swedish
Order:	Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
Term Start:	1824
Term End:	1837
Predecessor:	Lars von Engeström
Birth Date:	29 December 1776
Spouse:	Charlotta Aurora De Geer

Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt^[1] (29 December 1776 – 15 May 1837) was a Swedish statesman. He was the Swedish 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). In 1821, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.^[2] He was invested Knight of the Order of the Seraphim.

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

External links

• Gustaf af Wetterstedt - Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (in Swedish)

Notes and References

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)
2. Web site: APS Member History. 2021-04-05. search.amphilsoc.org.