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King Carl XVI Gustaf

Carl XVI Gustaf
King Carl XVI Gustaf at National Day 2009 Cropped.png
The King in 2009
King of Sweden
Reign 15 September 1973 – present
Enthronement 19 September 1973
Predecessor Gustaf VI Adolf
Heir apparent Crown Princess Victoria
Prime Ministers
Born (1946-04-30) 30 April 1946 (age 70)
Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden
Spouse Silvia Sommerlath (m. 1976)
Issue
Detail
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Full name
Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus
House Bernadotte
Father Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Mother Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Religion Church of Sweden
Signature
Full name
Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus

HM The King
HM The Queen

HRH Princess Birgitta

Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson

Marianne Princess Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg

Carl XVI Gustaf (Swedish pronunciation: [kɑːɭ dɛn ²sɛksˌtɔndɛ ²gɵsˌtav]; full name: Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, born 30 April 1946) is the King of Sweden. He ascended the throne upon the death of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

The King's heir apparent, upon passage on 1 January 1980 of a new law establishing absolute primogeniture (the first such law passed in European history), is Crown Princess Victoria, the eldest child of the King and his wife, Queen Silvia.

Carl Gustaf was born on 30 April 1946 at 10:20 in Haga Palace in Solna, . He was the youngest of five children and the only son of Sweden's Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla. He was christened at the Royal Chapel on 7 June 1946 by the Archbishop of Uppsala, Erling Eidem.


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