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Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947), son of King Gustaf VI Adolf; Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861–1951), son of King Oscar II; Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland (1878–1958), widow of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland; Queen Louise of Sweden (1889–1965), second wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustav III was known in Sweden and abroad by his royal titles, or styles: Gustav, by the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Pomerania, Prince of Rügen and Lord of Wismar, Heir to Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stormarn and Dithmarschen, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, etc. [11]
The obelisk was commissioned by King Gustav III to show his gratitude to the burghers of Stockholm who guarded the city while the king was leading the Swedish Navy and Army in the Russian War in 1788-1790.
Gustav III's extensive collection of antique art objects, originally intended for Haga Great Palace, was relocated in 1794 to Gustav III's Museum of Antiquities (Swedish: Gustav III:s antikmuseum) in one of the wings of Stockholm Palace. Today, it is Sweden's oldest public art museum and one of the oldest in Europe.
From 1389 to 1523, Sweden was often united with Denmark and Norway under the kings of the Kalmar Union. Sweden's full independence was restored under Gustav I in 1523. He is often credited as the founder of modern Sweden, [11] and in 1544 he formally abandoned the previous elective monarchy in favor of hereditary succession. [12]
Maÿ sts KONUNG GUSTAF III s Bisättning by Joseph Martin Kraus was composed in 1792 as music for the funeral ceremonies (laying out) of the Swedish King Gustav III. The four-movement work was performed on 13 April 1792 in Riddarholmen church , the traditional burial church in Stockholm of Swedish monarchs.
King Gustav III. Adolf Frederick of Sweden died on 12 February 1771. The elections afterward resulted in a partial victory for the Caps party, especially among the lower orders; but in the estate of the peasantry the Caps majority was merely nominal, while the mass of the nobility was dead against them.
Among the monuments he created at this time are a tomb for Gustav Vasa, a monument to Descartes, and a large relief in the church of St. Clarens, representing the Resurrection. He was an important part of the artistic elite in Stockholm, drawing a portrait of Sweden's bard Carl Michael Bellman among others.