Baron Nils Erik Wilhelm af Wetterstedt (November 8, 1815 – January 1, 1887) was a

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diplomat and translator of opera libretti. In his early career he worked in the

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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

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and then served as

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to the Netherlands, in late 1864 he returned to North America as minister to Washington and envoy to the

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.For a detailed study of Wetterstedt's journey and mission to Mexico, see Blumberg, Arnold (1971) ''The diplomacy of the Mexican empire, 1863-1867'', in ''Transactions of the American Philosophical Society'', Nr N.S., 61:8 He ended his diplomatic career in 1870, due to his ill health, and died in

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in 1887.

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