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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, King Gustaf V. 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 in January 1947 in an ...
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- Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Sep 16, 1973 · STOCKHOLM, Sept. 15 — King Gustaf VI Adolf of Swe den died at 8:35 P.M. (3:35, New York time) today in the hospital in Halsingborg. He was 90 years old and had reigned for nearly 23 years. The ...
Sep 17, 1973 · Carl Gustaf's fa ther, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, died in a plane crash in 1947, shortly before his only son's first birthday. Only Male Heirs. The Swedish throne belongs to the male descendants ...
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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.
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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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 ...
Sep 16, 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. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year, he’s the second ...
