Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death...
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line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf, who was crown prince for most of his son's life and ascended the Swedish...
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Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of...
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of his paternal great-grandfather, King Gustaf V. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla...
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Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén; 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), was a member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and...
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was Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third...
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May 2012) was the fourth son and fifth and youngest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. Bernadotte...
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Charles XV 1872–1907: Oscar II 1907–1950: Gustaf V 1950–1973: Gustaf VI Adolf 1973–present: Carl XVI Gustaf 1818–1844: Charles III John 1844–1859: Oscar...
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God-fearing, commonplace monarch. Gustav Adolf's prompt dismissal of the generally detested Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, the duke-regent's leading advisor...
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Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Born a princess of the German House of Battenberg, Louise was closely...
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Mountbatten became Queen consort of Sweden after her husband King Gustaf VI Adolf ascended the Swedish throne 1950. The Mountbatten family are a branch...
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of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She is the granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden....
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child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and a granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Her sisters...
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1792–1809 Gustaf VI Adolf (1882–1973), King of Sweden 1950–1973 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947), son of Gustaf VI Adolf, father of...
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of Bernadotte as the only daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf) and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught...
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pregnancy. Gustaf Adolf remarried her first cousin once removed Lady Louise Mountbatten in 1923 and acceded to the Swedish throne as Gustaf VI Adolf in 1950...
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Royal family order (section From King Gustaf VI Adolf)
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, where...
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Gustav Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf) and Princess Margaret of Connaught, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sibylla and Gustaf Adolf were...
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in 1917 and became Lady Louise Mountbatten, she married the future Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden in 1923 Prince George of Battenberg (1892–1938), renounced...
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Gustaf VI Adolfs Pokal is a trophy awarded annually by the Swedish Football Association to the football club that wins Svenska Cupen, Sweden's premier...
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baptismal gown, which was first worn by her great-grandfather Prince Gustaf Adolf when he was baptised in 1906. Her name and date of the baptism were added...
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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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the death of his father, Crown Prince Gustaf VI Adolf became king. Erlander was also on good terms with Gustaf VI, but at times disapproved of the new...
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(Gustav II Adolf, 1594–1632), King of Sweden 1611–1632 Gustav IV Adolf (1778–1837), King of Sweden 1792–1809 Gustaf VI Adolf (Gustav VI Adolf, 1882–1973)...
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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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Westling (born Ewa Westring) at Örebro Hospital, the same day Carl XVI Gustaf ascended the throne. His family initially lived in Örebro, but later moved...
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was on the throne of Denmark and his matrilineal great-grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, was on the throne of Sweden. He was baptised on 24 June 1968, at Holmen...
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Frederick, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) Gustaf IV Adolf (1778–1837), King of Sweden Gustaf VI Adolf (1882–1973), King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus...
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Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden (redirect from Prince Gustaf Adolf)
to throne Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882–1973), became king in 1950, Crown Prince from 1907 until accession to throne Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten...
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successful industrial designer. He was the second son of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, eldest daughter...
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