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King Gustaf VI Adolf

Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 1962.jpg
King Gustaf VI Adolf in 1962
King of Sweden
Reign 29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973
Predecessor Gustaf V
Successor Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Ministers
Born (1882-11-11)11 November 1882
, , Sweden
Died 15 September 1973(1973-09-15) (aged 90)
Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
Burial 25 September 1973
Royal Cemetery, Solna
Spouse Margaret of Connaught
(m. 1905; her death 1920)

Louise Mountbatten
(m. 1923; her death 1965)
Issue Prince Gustaf Adolf
Sigvard Bernadotte
Ingrid, Queen of Denmark
Prince Bertil
Carl Johan Bernadotte
Full name
Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
House Bernadotte
Father Gustaf V of Sweden
Mother Victoria of Baden
Full name
Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
Styles of
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Royal Monogram of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.svg
Reference style His Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty
Alternative style Sir

Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden, and had been Crown Prince of Sweden for the preceding 43 years in the reign of his father.

Gustaf VI Adolf was a lifelong amateur archeologist particularly interested in Ancient Italian cultures.

He was born at the and at birth created Duke of Scania. A patrilineal member of the Bernadotte family, he was also a descendant of the House of Vasa through maternal lines. Through his mother, Victoria, he was a descendant of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden of the deposed House of Holstein-Gottorp.

Gustaf Adolf became Crown Prince of Sweden on 8 December 1907, on the death of his grandfather, King Oscar II.

In 1938 he was elected an honorary member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati.

On 29 October 1950, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf became king at age 67 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 Charles, Prince of Wales on 2 November 2016). His personal motto was Plikten framför allt, "Duty before all".

During Gustaf VI Adolf's reign, work was underway on a new Instrument of Government to replace the 1809 constitution and produce reforms consistent with the times. Among the reforms sought by some Swedes was the replacement of the monarchy or at least some moderation of the old constitution's provision that "The King alone shall govern the realm."


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