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    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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    child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and a granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf. She and her...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    art history from Stockholm University. Between her grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf's death in 1973 and her brother's wedding to Silvia Sommerlath in 1976...
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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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    consort of Sweden after her husband ascended the Swedish throne as King Gustaf VI Adolf in 1950. The Mountbatten family is a branch of the German house 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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  • 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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    (1882–1920), first wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947), son of King Gustaf VI Adolf Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    notably it was the birthplace of the present King – until 1966 when King Gustaf VI Adolf transferred its disposal to the government and it was turned into a...
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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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    When Oscar died in 1907, he was succeeded in Sweden by his eldest son, Gustaf V. Oscar Fredrik was born at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on 21 January...
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