Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt

Swedish diplomat and translator

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1815

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1887

Profession: diplomat, translator, linguist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt

  • Baron Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt (November 8, 1815 – January 1, 1887) was a Swedish diplomat and translator of opera lyrics.
  • In his early career he worked in the Swedish Foreign Office and had diplomatic posts in Vienna, Berlin, the Hague and Copenhagen.
  • In 1857 he was appointed Swedish-Norwegian envoy to the United States.
  • He was recalled at the outbreak of the American Civil War and then served as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, in late 1864 he returned to North America as minister to Washington and envoy to the Second Mexican Empire.
  • He ended his diplomatic career in 1870, due to his ill health, and died in Skövde in 1887.

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