Gustaf af Wetterstedt
Swedish politician
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| Intro | Swedish politician | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Wetterstedt Gustaf af | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Wetterstedt Gustaf af | ||||||
| Places | Sweden | ||||||
| was | Politician | ||||||
| Work field | Politics | ||||||
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| Birth | 29 December 1776, Vaasa, Finland | ||||||
| Death | 15 May 1837 (aged 60 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||||||
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Count Gustaf af Wetterstedt (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 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.