Wilhelm Wachtmeister

Wachtmeister was born on 29 April 1923 at Wanås Castle in Östra Göinge Municipality, Sweden, the son of cabinet chamberlain, Count and his wife Margaretha (née Trolle). He passed studentexamen at Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket in 1941 and received as Candidate of Law degree from Stockholm University College in 1946 and was hired by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as an attaché the same year. ==Career==

Wachtmeister served in Vienna in 1947, Madrid in 1949, Lisbon in 1950 and the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm in 1950. He became second secretary at the Foreign Ministry in 1952 and was appointed embassy secretary in Moscow in 1955. Wachtmeister was first secretary there in 1956. Wachtmeister left the Swedish diplomatic service in 1989 and then worked as advisor to the chairman of AB Volvo from 1989 to 1994 and as international advisor to the Coudert Brothers law firm in Washington, D.C. from 1989 to 1994. He was chairman of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce from 1993 to 1995. ==Personal life==

In 1947, he married Ulla Leuhusen (born 1926), the daughter to colonel, friherre Nils Leuhusen and Liv (née Eyde). They had three children; Anna (born 1948), Christina (born 1949), and Erik (born 1955). ==Death==

Wachtmeister died on 3 February 2012 and was buried on 5 May 2012 at Gryt Cemetery in Östra Göinge Municipality. ==Awards and decorations==

• Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (11 November 1972) • Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog • Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland ==Bibliography==