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Sep 15, 2023 · On 30 April 1946, the last of Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla’s five children was born in Haga Palace. That child was King Carl XVI Gustaf (then Prince Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus). Carl ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Carl XVI Gustaf (born April 30, 1946, Stockholm, Sweden) has been the king of Sweden since 1973. The only son of King Gustav VI Adolf’s eldest son, Prince Gustav Adolf (who died in an air crash in 1947), Carl Gustaf became crown prince in 1950, when his grandfather acceded to the throne. He studied at military cadet schools, at the University ...
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Princess Estelle is the eldest child of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. Estelle will one day be Queen of Sweden after her mother, who is first in line to the throne. She was born Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary on February 23, 2012, and recently celebrated her eighth birthday. The Swedish Royal Court shared two new photos of Estelle, taken in he...
Prince Oscar was born Oscar Carl Olof, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne, on March 2, 2016. He is the second child of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. Prince Oscar was christened in the Royal Chapel at The Royal Palace on May 27, 2016. His godparents include Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and his aunt...
In October, 2019, Sweden's King Carl Gustaf revoked the royal status of five of his grandchildren,stripping them of the titles of royal highness and freeing them from royal duties. The decision does not affect Prince Estelle and Prince Oscar, because they are in the direct line to the throne. But it does impact the children of Prince Carl Philip an...
Prince Alexander is the eldest child of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia. He was born Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil on April 19, 2016. The Prince is Duke of Södermanland. Prince Alexander was christened in the Royal Chapel at Drottningholm on September 9, 2016. His godmother is also his aunty, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. Prince Alexand...
On August 31, 2017, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia welcome their second child. Prince Gabriel Carl Walther is Duke of Dalarna and was christened in the Royal Chapel at Drottningholm on December 1, 2017. His godmother is also his aunty, Princess Madeleine. Little Prince Gabriel is sixth-in-line to the Swedish throne. When the Swedish king str...
Princess Leonore is the eldest child of Princess Madeleine — the youngest child of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia — and Christopher O'Neill. Princess Leonore Lilian Maria was born on February 20, 2014, in New York. Her parents were living in Manhattan at the time due to O'Neill's work as a banker. Leonore is also Duchess of...
Prince Nicholas is the second child of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill. He was born in Stockholm on June 15, 2015. The Prince is Duke of Ångermanland and is ninth in the line of succession. Princess Madeleine was heavily pregnant with Nicholas at the wedding of her brother Prince Carl Philip to Sofia Hellqvist, and feared she would go in...
Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice was born on March 9, 2018. She is the third child of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill. The Princess is Duchess of Blekinge. Adrienne was christened in the Royal Chapel at Drottningholm Palace on June 8, 2018, the same date as her older sister and the wedding anniversary of her parents. Much like her broth...
Sep 14, 2023 · Carl Gustaf, 77, is the first king in the Swedish monarchy’s more than 1,000-year history to reach 50 years on the throne. And following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year, he’s the second-longest reigning European monarch alive today, after his cousin Queen Margrethe II, who celebrated her 50th anniversary on Denmark’s throne last ...
Apr 23, 2021 · The first grandchild of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden was born on 23 February 2012 to Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. Her full title is Her Royal Highness Princess ...
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He became the king when his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf died on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died on 26 January 1947 in an ...
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Sep 15, 2023 · By KARL RITTER. Updated 11:09 PM PDT, September 14, 2023. STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee on Friday, marking 50 years since he ascended the throne on Sept. 15, 1973. He is the longest-reigning king in the history of the Swedish monarchy, which stretches back more than 1,000 years.
