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Oscar II of Sweden and Norway

Oscar II
King Oscar II of Sweden in uniform.png
King of Sweden
Reign 18 September 1872 – 8 December 1907
Coronation 12 May 1873
Predecessor Charles XV
Successor Gustaf V
King of Norway
Reign 18 September 1872 – 7 June 1905
Coronation 18 July 1873
Predecessor Charles IV
Successor Haakon VII
Born (1829-01-21)21 January 1829
, Stockholm
Died 8 December 1907(1907-12-08) (aged 78)
, Stockholm
Burial Riddarholmskyrkan, Stockholm
Spouse Sofia of Nassau
Issue Gustaf V of Sweden
Prince Oscar Bernadotte
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke
Full name
Oscar Fredrik
House Bernadotte
Father Oscar I
Mother Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Religion Church of Sweden
Signature Oscar II's signature
Full name
Oscar Fredrik

Oscar II (baptised Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until his dethronement in 1905.

He was the third of four sons of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg and was given the title of Duke of Östergötland. As his eldest brother Charles XV was without heirs (his only son having died in infancy in 1854) and his brother Prince Gustaf died in 1852, it was he who succeeded his brother as king.

Oscar II was king during a period when Sweden was undergoing a period of industrialization and rapid technological progress. The declining Union of Sweden and Norway was finally dissolved in 1905 and Oscar became the last Bernadotte king of Norway. He died in 1907 and was succeeded as King of Sweden by his son, Gustaf V.

At his birth in , Oscar Fredrik was created Duke of Östergötland. He entered the navy at the age of eleven, and was appointed junior lieutenant in July 1845. Later he studied at Uppsala University, where he distinguished himself in mathematics. On 13 December 1848, he was made an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

On 6 June 1857 he married in Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Germany, Princess Sophia Wilhelmina, youngest daughter of Duke William of Nassau.


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