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    Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather...
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    throne three years after his son's death. The current king, Carl XVI Gustaf, is Prince Gustaf Adolf's son. The prince was killed on 26 January 1947 in an...
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    succeeded on the throne by his 27-year-old grandson Carl XVI Gustaf, son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf. He died the day before the election of 1973,...
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    well as the uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. From 1973 to 1979, he was heir presumptive to his nephew Carl XVI Gustaf and the Swedish throne. Bertil...
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    and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. As of 2022[update], Prince Carl Philip is fourth in the line of succession, after...
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    these titles to marry a commoner. He was a paternal uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. He was also the last surviving great-grandchild of Queen...
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    The wedding of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, and Silvia Sommerlath took place on Friday, 19 June 1976 at Storkyrkan. Carl XVI Gustaf had been king of...
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    Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the youngest of the four older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf...
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    soon to be extinct on the Swedish throne. The current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, is a direct descendant of Charles XIV John. Following the conclusion...
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    is Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She has held this title since her marriage to Carl Gustaf in 1976. The king and queen have three...
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  • Jubilee of Carl XVI Gustaf was celebrated in 2023 in the Kingdom of Sweden, to mark the 50th anniversary of the accession of King Carl XVI Gustaf on 15 September...
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    third-longest reign after Magnus IV (1319–1364) and his great-grandson, Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present). He was also the last Swedish monarch to exercise his...
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    the heir apparent to the Swedish throne, as the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she would be Sweden’s fourth...
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    child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and an elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf. Désirée was...
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    born 10 June 1982) is the second daughter and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Upon her birth, she was third in line of succession...
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  • including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a variant of the English Charles, and the Latin Carolus. Carl Bernadotte (1911–2003), Swedish prince Carl Johan Bernadotte...
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    Victoria and her husband, Prince Daniel. He is a grandson of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia and is third in the line of succession to the Swedish...
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    representational duties within Sweden and abroad. The current king of Sweden is Carl XVI Gustaf, while his heir is Crown Princess Victoria. The Swedish monarch has...
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    and Crown Princess Victoria received the required consent of King Carl XVI Gustaf and the Government of Sweden for marriage. Such permission is necessary...
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    Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997). As such, she was an aunt of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Lillian May Davies was...
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  • decoration currently consists of an oval portrait of a young King Carl XVI Gustaf half length. There are different versions of the portrait of the King...
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    Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. She is the eldest grandchild of King Carl XVI Gustaf, and is second in line of succession to the Swedish throne, after her...
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    Swedish royal family and the mother of the current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf. Born into the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sibylla was the daughter...
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    of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the eldest sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf. Margaretha...
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    King Carl XVI Gustaf Recipient of the 70th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf Recipient of the Golden Jubilee Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf  Chile:...
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  • Since acceding to the throne of Sweden in 1973, Carl XVI Gustaf has received a number of state and official visits. He usually hosts one or two visiting...
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    Renate Sommerlath (born 23 December 1943), married in 1976 to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden In 1938, Walther Sommerlath left Brazil and returned to Heidelberg...
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  • The 1976 visit of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to the United States was the first state visit by a reigning Monarch of Sweden to the United States....
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  • Carl Gustav refers to two Kings of Sweden: Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622–1660), King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (born 1946), King of Sweden...
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    Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte (10 January 1911 – 27 June 2003), originally Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, was the youngest...
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