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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 in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Adolf acceded to the throne, he was crown prince for nearly 43 years during his father's reign. As ...
He also made Gustaf Adolf an honorary knight grand cross of both the Order of the Bath and the Royal Victorian Order. [9] [10] Gustaf Adolf's brother, Prince Wilhelm, paternal uncle, Prince Eugen, maternal uncle, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden, and other Swedish courtiers were also appointed to the Royal Victorian Order. [10]
King Gustaf V's Commemorative Medal: 16 February 1951: Konung Gustav V:s minnestecken was awarded to 303 members of the deceased king's royal court and personal staff. [5] GVIA:sMM: King Gustaf VI Adolf's Commemorative Medal: 29 August 1967: Konung Gustav VI Adolfs minnesmedalj was awarded to 650 individuals in commemoration of the king's 85th ...
Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) was Queen of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf.
At the time of his death, Gustaf Adolf had been second in line to the Swedish throne behind his father, the crown prince, who in 1950 became King Gustaf VI Adolf. The younger Gustaf Adolf was succeeded as second in line by his only son, Carl Gustaf (at the time only 9 months old), who would later succeed his grandfather in 1973 as King Carl XVI ...
Carl Johan Arthur, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg, KmstkNO (31 October 1916 – 5 May 2012) [1] was the fourth son and fifth and youngest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught.
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 King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau , a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg .
Gustav IV Adolf (1778–1837), King of Sweden 1792–1809; Gustaf VI Adolf (Gustav VI Adolf, 1882–1973), King of Sweden 1950–1973; Gustav Adolf, Prince of Sweden de facto 1652, son of Prince Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (died in infancy) Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947), Prince of Sweden