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King of Sweden: 14th century – present King of the Swedes * c. 1000: 14th century King of the Goths * 12th century 1973 King of the Wends * 1540 Grand Prince of Finland * 1581 1720 King of Norway * 1814 1905
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]
English: Family tree of the monarchs of the Kingdom of Sweden. From Eric the Victorious of the House of Munsö up to present time with Carl XVI Gustaf, the current king. From Eric the Victorious of the House of Munsö up to present time with Carl XVI Gustaf, the current king.
Most of Sweden's national library and royal archives were destroyed when the castle burned in 1697. Christina was born in the royal castle Tre Kronor. Her parents were the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus and his German wife, Maria Eleonora. They had already had three children: two daughters (a stillborn princess in 1621, then the first Princess ...
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, LoK av KMO (Christina Louise Helena; born 3 August 1943) is a member of the Swedish royal family.She is the fourth child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the youngest of the four older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
The Swedish royal family is undergoing some major changes.. It was announced on Monday by the Swedish royal palace that five of King of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf's grandchildren will no longer ...
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Margareta was born to Erik Johansson Vasa and Cecilia Månsdotter and thus sister to the future king Gustav Vasa.Nothing is known of her childhood, but it is known that she could speak both Swedish and German, that she could read and write (which was not a given thing even by members of the nobility in this period) and that she had a great interest in literature: she placed her own daughters ...