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"Sweden prays tirelessly for life and victory for the King, the splendid, fortunate, pious and always venerable Charles XII, the pride of the northern world, Father of the fatherland, whose invincible bravery under Herculean effort brought him to the heights of glory. May the fortune of the House remain and add generation to generation." [58]
After the death of Hedwig Eleonora in 1715, Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden and King Frederick I of Sweden held court at the palace in the summer. [ 4 ] In 1744, the palace was given as a gift from King Frederick I to the then Crown Princess, later queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia when she married Adolf Frederick of Sweden , who became ...
Translated as "By the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, the Goths, and the Wends" [64] or "By the Grace of God, King of Sweden, of the Goths and Vandals". [ 65 ] During the reign of the House of Holstein-Gottorp from 1751 to 1818, the title Heir to Norway ( Arvinge till Norge ) was also used, [ 66 ] as well as other titles connected to the ...
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]
King Carl Gustaf and Swedish Senator R. S. Stefanson at Stockholm City Hall in 1975. On 15 September 1973, Carl Gustaf became King of Sweden upon the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf. On 19 September, he took the required regal assurance (Swedish: Konungaförsäkran) during an extraordinary meeting of the cabinet.
The royal palaces are the property of the Swedish state, administered and managed through the National Property Board (Swedish: Statens fastighetsverk), and are at the disposal of the King. Privately owned royal properties
The fact that Charles was crowned as Charles XII does not mean that he was the twelfth king of Sweden by that name. Swedish kings Erik XIV (r. 1560–1568) and Charles IX (r. 1604–1611) gave themselves numerals after studying a mythological history of Sweden. He was actually the sixth King Charles. [6]
Solliden Palace – commonly referred to only as Solliden – is the summer residence of the Swedish Royal Family [1] and the personal private property of King Carl XVI Gustaf. [2] The palace is situated near the Borgholm Castle ruin on the island of Öland in southern Sweden along its Baltic coast .