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On 29 October 1950, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf became king a few days before his 68th birthday, upon the death of his father, King Gustaf V. He was at the time the world's oldest heir apparent to a monarchy (this in turn was broken by his grandnephew Charles, Prince of Wales on 2 November 2016). On 30 October he took the regal assurance and was ...
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.
The groom was the eldest son of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden (later King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria) while the bride was the elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn and the niece of King Edward VII. The couple had met in Egypt earlier that year.
King Carl XVI Gustaf is celebrating his 50th year on the throne in 2023.
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 .
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.
Wedding portrait from 1923 of Lady Louise and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. In 1923, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, having been for three years the widower of Louise's mother's cousin Princess Margaret of Connaught, paid a visit to London and, to Louise's surprise, began to court her. [2]
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)