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He was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf, who was crown prince for most of his son's life and ascended the Swedish throne three years after his son's death. The current king, Carl XVI Gustaf, is Prince Gustaf Adolf's son. The prince was killed on 26 January 1947 in an airplane crash at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf meets some English footballers (c. 1910–1914). The King's reputation as a "professional amateur professor" was widely known; nationally and internationally, and among his relatives. Gustaf VI Adolf was a devoted archaeologist, and was admitted to the British Academy for his work in botany in 1958.
In 1923, Gustaf Adolf, by then Crown Prince of Sweden, remarried Margaret's first cousin once removed Lady Louise Mountbatten. [ citation needed ] He acceded to the Swedish throne as Gustaf VI Adolf in 1950 and died in 1973.
King Carl XVI Gustaf is celebrating his 50th year on the throne in 2023.
King Gustaf Adolf, 83, and Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, 19, walk together in Stockholm. Bettmann - Getty Images. 1966. The Swedish prince attended the Swedish Royal Naval Academy.
Crown Princess Margaret and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf with their four eldest children in 1912. The marriage between Margaret and Gustaf Adolf is described as a happy love match. [ 3 ] Gustaf Adolf felt great pressure from the "Prussian" military discipline with which he had been raised by his mother, and he was greatly affected by and attracted ...
In 1934–35, she made a similar trip with Gustav Adolf to Greece and around the Middle East and Africa, called the Orient Tour. In 1936, Louise attended the funeral of George V of the United Kingdom. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess in 1945. During World War II, Louise was active in aid work within the Red Cross.
King Gustaf V (1858–1950), né Prince of Sweden and Norway King Gustaf VI Adolf (1882–1973), né Prince of Sweden and Norway Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947) King Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946) Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland (b. 1977) Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (b. 2012)