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Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
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For other Swedish royalty named Carl, see Carl of Sweden (disambiguation).
Carl XVI Gustaf (full name: Carl Gustaf Folke
Hubertus, born 30 April 1946) is the reigning King of Sweden since 15 September 1973,
succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf. He is the only
son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf,
Duke of Västerbotten, who died in 1947, and Princess Sibylla of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Unlike many other European monarchs who have extensive styles, King Carl Gustaf's
formal and complete style is simply His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of
Sweden. 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. He is also 203rd in the line
of succession to the British and other Commonwealth thrones.
[edit] Birth and early life
Carl Gustaf was born at then Haga Palace, Solna, in Stockholm
County. He was christened at the Royal Chapel on June 7, 1946 by the Archbishop of Uppsala, Erling Eidem. His
godparents were Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, Crown
Princess Ingrid of Denmark, Crown
Prince Olav of Norway, Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands,
King Gustaf V of Sweden, Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Crown Princess Louise of Sweden, Count
Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg, and the Countess
Maria Bernadotte af Wisborg.
Prince Carl Gustaf was also given the title of the Duke of Jämtland.
His father, Prince Gustaf Adolf, was killed in an airplane
crash on January 26, 1947, at the Copenhagen Airport.
[edit] Youth and education
Prince Carl Gustaf was the youngest of five children and the only son of
Sweden's Prince Gustaf Adolf
and Princess Sibylla. His
father's death had left the nine-month-old Prince second in line for the
throne, behind his grandfather, then Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. When his
great-grandfather King Gustaf V died in 1950, the four-year-old
Prince became the heir apparent of Sweden.
In a speech[1]
in 2005, the King expressed some of his feelings about growing up without
having known his father. His sister, Princess Birgitta, elaborated on
these feelings in an interview around the same time, commenting that their
mother and the strict Swedish royal court of the time did not consider the
emotional needs of Prince Gustaf Adolf's children. In that era, she said,
tragedy was seldom discussed with children. "Children's questions were
met with silence, children's anxiety and fear with the same silence."
As a result, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf was seven years old before he had
been told about his father's death. "It was Mother's way of handling the
situation, to handle living her life. Of course it was not good for us
children. It would have been much better to be able to speak about Father's
death", continued Princess Birgitta. She said it had been difficult for
the future King to come to grips with not having a father and of not having
the same memories of him as his older sisters.
The 15 year old Crown Prince of Sweden looks at the recently recovered
17th century Vasa warship in 1961.
After graduating from high school, the Crown Prince completed two and a
half years of education in the Royal
Swedish Army, the Royal Swedish Navy, and the Royal Swedish Air Force. He received his
commission as an officer in all three services in 1968, and he eventually rose
to the rank of captain (in the army and air force) and lieutenant (in the
navy), before he ascended to the throne. He has also completed his academic
studies in history,
sociology,
political science, tax law, and economics
at Uppsala University and Stockholm University.
To prepare for his role as the Head of State, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf
followed a broad program of studies on the court system, social organizations
and institutions, trade unions, and employers' associations. In
addition, he closely studied the affairs of the Parliament of Sweden, Government, and Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
The Crown Prince also spent time at the Swedish Mission to the United
Nations and the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), worked at a bank in
London, at the Swedish Embassy in London, at the
Swedish Chamber of Commerce in France, and at the Alfa Laval
Company factory in France.
[edit] King
On September 15, 1973, Carl Gustaf became King of Sweden upon the death
of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf. He was invested as
King, at the Hall of State of the Royal Palace of Stockholm on 19 September
1973. King Gustaf VI Adolf was the last who used the style By the Grace of God King of the Swedes, the Goths/Geats
and the Wends (Swedish: med Guds Nåde Sveriges, Götes och Wendes Konung; Latin: Dei Gratia Suecorum, Gothorum et Vandalorum Rex). This traditional title had been in use since the establishment of
the hereditary monarchy in 1544. Carl XVI Gustaf instead chose the plain and
simple title King of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges Konung), thereby ending a tradition
centuries old.[2]
Such
innovations are reflected in his personal motto, "For Sweden –
With the times"[3] (Swedish: "För Sverige – I tiden").[4]
In 2005,
King Carl Gustav made a personal and passionate speech about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, a disaster
which caused the death of over 500 Swedes in that area, in addition to tens
of thousands of more people.
[edit] Regnal
name
Royal
Monogram
In the 16th
century, Johannes Magnus construed a mythical
line of Swedish kings, beginning with Magog, the
son of Japheth, in an attempt to substantiate
the antiquity of the Swedish throne. Based on that list, King Charles IX (reigned 1604 to 1611)
adopted an exaggerated ordinal much higher than that warranted by any
reliable historical accounting. Consequently, previous monarchs named Charles
(Karl) have traditionally been numbered by counting backwards from Charles
IX, though there only were two before him. Thus the current King of Sweden was
proclaimed as Carl XVI Gustaf (sometimes counted in English also as
"Charles XVI", though he is never called that) even though he is
only the tenth historical Swedish king named Carl (Karl, or Charles).[5]
[edit] Official duties
The King
and Queen of Sweden welcomed at the Kremlin by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
and Mrs. Putin at the start of the King's
State Visit to Russia, October 8, 2001.
The King's duties are, according to the 1974 Instrument of Government, only of a
representative and ceremonial nature. The 1974 document stripped the King of
most of his formal political powers while retaining him as head of state,
thus codifying actual practices dating from the definitive establishment of
parliamentary government in 1917.
He pays State Visits abroad and receives those
to Sweden, opens the Annual Session of the Parliament, chairs the Special
Council held during a change of Government, holds regular Information
Councils with the Prime Minister & the Cabinet, chairs
the meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council, and receives and signs Letters of Credence of foreign ambassadors
to Sweden and signs those of Sweden to foreign nations. As this type of
figurehead, he also voluntarily abstains from voting in Swedish elections.[6]
King Carl
Gustav (ceremonially) holds the highest ranks in the three branches of the Swedish Armed Forces; this is due to the
fact that he was, as stipulated by the 1809 Instrument of Government in effect
at the time of his accession to the throne in 1973, the Commander in Chief of the armed forces
of Sweden (§ 14) and therefore he was promoted ex officio from his earlier ranks of
captain and lieutenant, to general and admiral. Under the provisions of the
Instrument of Government of 1974, which became effective on January 1, 1975,
King Carl Gustav no longer holds this constitutionally-mandated position of
commander-in-chief, but he kept his ranks à la suite since he no longer
has any military command authority, except over his military staff at his
court.
Worldwide,
Carl XVI Gustaf is probably best known as the presenter of the Nobel Prizes each year. He also hands
over the Polar Music Prize. The King holds honorary doctoral degrees from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
the Royal Institute of Technology, the Stockholm School of Economics and from
the Åbo Akademi University
in Finland.
[edit] Personal interests
The King is passionate about the
environment, technology, agriculture, trade, and industry.
Like many members of the Royal
Family, the King has a keen interest in automobiles. He owns several Porsche 911s — a car model which
is said to be a particular favourite of the King
— as well as a vintage Volvo PV444, a Ferrari 456M GT, an authentic AC Cobra and other cars.[7] The first pictures taken of
him and his future wife were of them sitting in his Porsche 911. In the
summer of 2005 he was involved in a traffic accident in Norrköping.
The accident was described as a "fender bender", with no serious
personal injuries claimed. Nevertheless, the incident caused national
headlines.[8]
[edit] Scouting
The King is the Honorary Chairman of the World Scout Foundation, and often
participates in Scout activities both in Sweden and abroad. He regularly
visits World Scout Jamborees, for instance the
1979 Dalajamb World Jamboree International
Encampment hosted by Sweden, the 2002 World Jamboree held in Sattahip, Thailand, and the 100th Anniversary of
World Scouting 2007 World Jamboree held in Hylands Park, England.[9] He also attended the 1981 National Scout Jamboree in Virginia, United States, and was awarded
the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement,
awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world
Scouting, in 1982. He also attended the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. He gave a
speech on the 6th of August at the closing ceremony with more than 40,000
people watching. The band Europe also performed for him singing
"The Final Countdown".
[edit] Biofuels research
The King attended the
Sweden-Michigan Clean Energy Summit at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Dearborn, Michigan, on 26 September
2008, at the start of a two-day visit to Michigan. He also traveled to Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, for the ceremonial
groundbreaking for a biogas plant that will be, when completed, similar to a
biogas plant in Linköping, Sweden. On the second
day of his visit he toured the test tracks of the Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation, then owners
of Volvo and Saab respectively.[10]
[edit] Marriage and family
Carl XVI
Gustaf with Queen Silvia
The King married Silvia Sommerlath,
whose father was German and whose mother was Brazilian, and who had grown up in both
countries. They met at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where
she was an interpreter and hostess. The wedding was held on June 19, 1976, at
the Stockholm Cathedral, and the ceremony
was performed by the Archbishop of Uppsala, Olof Sundby. The wedding was
preceded, the evening before, by a Royal Variety Performance, where the
Swedish musical group ABBA performed Dancing Queen for the very first
time, as a tribute to Sweden's Queen to be.[11][12] The King and his family moved
to Drottningholm Palace west of Stockholm in 1980. He
and the Queen have maintained their business offices at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.
King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia have three
children:
- Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria Ingrid Alice
Désirée, Duchess of Västergötland,
born on July 14, 1977. She was married on June 19, 2010, to Daniel Westling,
who was born on September 15, 1973, (on the same day that Carl Gustav
received the Swedish crown).
- His
Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Duke of
Värmland, born on May 13, 1979.
- Her
Royal Highness Princess Madeleine Thérèse
Amelie Josephine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland,
born on June 10, 1982.
Prince Carl
Philip was born the heir apparent. However, a Constitutional
reform, which was already under way at the time of his birth, made his older
sister, Victoria, the heiress-apparent and Crown Princess of Sweden on
January 1, 1980, according to the principles of absolute primogeniture, which Sweden was the
first recognized monarchy to adopt.[13] King Carl Gustaf objected,
not to the restored female succession but to the fact that his son lost the
position and title of Crown Prince of Sweden which he had had since birth.[14]
[edit] Dyslexia
For many years, it was widely reported that King
Carl Gustav had dyslexia. Journalists noted that he
misspelled his name when signing his accession document, and in 1973, while
visiting a copper mine in Falun, he misspelled his name as
"Cal Gustf" when signing it on a rock
wall. In an interview on Swedish television in 1997, this condition was
admitted publicly when his wife addressed the issue. "When he was
little, people did not pay attention to the problem," she said. "He
didn't get the help he needed." She also noted that the couple's
children have "a bit of" dyslexia themselves.
[edit] Titles, styles,honours
and arms
[edit] Title and styles
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The Regal Assurance taken by His
Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf on September 19, 1973
Administered by Mr. Lennart
Geijer, Councillor of State and Head of the Ministry for Justice
Unofficial English language
translation
"We, Carl Gustaf, King of
Sweden make known: that as our Supreme God has pleased to call away the
formerly mighty, high-born Prince and Lord, Gustaf VI Adolf, King of the
Swedes, the Goths and the Wends, and We, according to, and by authority of,
the Act of Succession, as established and enacted by the Estates of the
Realm on September 26, 1810, following the illustrious Lord, have ascended
to the Royal Swedish Throne.
Therefore We assure most solemnly
and loudly, that We intend to and shall Govern the Realm in accordance with
the on June 6, 1809 by the King and the Estates of the Realm, jointly
enacted and for observance issued Instrument of Government, literal
direction abide, and to the other Fundamental Laws of the Realm, public
laws and legal ordinances.
We shall also, conform to the
before mentioned Instrument of Government and laws, as a resolute King and
a caring father for the Swedish people, throughout a legal, just and
lenient Reign, seek to by Our utmost ability to advocate the veritable
interests and welfare of the Realm and that of each of its inhabitants, all
of which We by free will and following mature consideration have decided to
do, We thus confirm this by the written signature of Our name, and by a
lively oath, that this We shall adhere to and carry out, so truly help me
God to life and mind."
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Carl XVI Gustaf's current
title is King of Sweden with the style His
Majesty. He is usually in contemporary Swedish language use and society
referred to as simply "the King" (Swedish: Kungen). In formal events and matters of protocol, he is
however referred to as "Your Majesty" (Swedish: Ers Majestät) or "His Majesty the King" (Swedish: Hans Majestät Konungen).
[edit] Arms
On his creation as Duke of Jämtland,
Carl XVI Gustaf was granted an achievement of arms which featured the arms of
Jämtland in base (these arms can be seen on
his stallplate as knight of the Danish Order of the Elephant at Frederiksborg Palace). Since his accession to the
throne, he has used the greater coat of arms of Sweden.
[edit] Swedish appointments and honours
[edit] Foreign honours
[edit] Honorary military positions
[edit] Patronages
[edit] Kinship with European counterparts
The King is
related to all current European reigning monarchs (at least through John William Friso, Prince of
Orange, the most recent common ancestor of today's reigning
European royal houses):
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1. Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
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7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of
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60. Christian August II, Duke of
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30. Frederick VIII, Duke of
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15. Princess Karoline Mathilde of
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62. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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[edit] Patrilineal descent
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[show]Ancestors of Carl XVI Gustaf
of Sweden
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Carl
Gustaf's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.
Patrilineal descent is the principle
behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the
generations, which means that Carl XVI Gustaf is a member of the House of Bernadotte. Unusual for a
European monarch, Carl Gustaf's patriline cannot be traced back further
than the beginning of the 17th century.
House of Bernadotte
- Jouandot deu Pouey 1590-
- Pierre deu Pouey de Bernadotte
- Jean Bernadotte, 1649–1698
- Jean Bernadotte, 1683–1760
- Jean Henri Bernadotte, 1711–1780
- Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway,
1763–1844
- Oscar I of Sweden and Norway,
1799–1859
- Oscar II of Sweden and Norway,
1829–1907
- Gustaf V of Sweden,
1858–1950
- Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden,
1882–1973
- Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten,
1906–1947
- King
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, b. 1946
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[edit] Matrilineal descent
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[show]Ancestors of Carl XVI Gustaf
of Sweden
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Carl
Gustaf's matrilineal line of descent is the
line from mother to daughter.
- Adélaïde de Béziers
- Garsenda of Forcalquier
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier,
1180–1242
- Gersenda of Provence,
1205–1268
- Constance of Béarn
- Teresa Díaz de Haro
- Juana Núñez de Lara,
1286–1351
- Blanca de La Cerda y Lara,
1317–1347
- Juana Manuel of Castile,
1339–1381
- Infanta Eleanor of Castile,
1363–1416
- Queen Blanche I of Navarre,
1387–1441
- Queen Eleanor of Navarre,
1426–1479
- Infanta Catherine of Navarre,
1455–1494
- Anna of Foix-Candale,
1484–1506
- Anna of Bohemia and Hungary,
1503–1547
- Archduchess Maria of Austria,
1531–81
- Marie Eleonore of Cleves,
1550–1608
- Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia,
1586–1659
- Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony,
1610–1684
- Princess Magdalene Sibylle
of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1631–1719
- Princess Christine of
Mecklenburg-Güstrow, 1663–1749
- Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolbert-Gedern,
1699–1750
- Countess Karoline Ernestine of
Erbach-Schönberg, 1727–1796
- Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf,
1757–1831
- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld,
1786–1861
- Princess Feodora of Leiningen,
1807–1872
- Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,
1835–1900
- Princess Karoline Mathilde of
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg,
1860–1932
- Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein,
1885–1970
- Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
1908–1972
- Carl
XVI Gustaf of Sweden, b. 1946
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[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ (Swedish) http://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,587642,00.html
- ^ (Swedish) SFS (1973:702)
- ^ The Roual Family: H.M.
King Carl XVI Gustaf
- ^ Kungafamiljen: H.M. Konung Carl XVI
Gustaf
- ^ Article Karl in Nordisk familjebok
- ^ (Swedish)Monarkens uppgifter.
- ^ (Swedish)
http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=573067
- ^ Swedish king crashes car, The Local, 25 August 2005.
- ^ [1] The King of Sweden at the
Jamboree
- ^ Detroit
Free Press, 27 September
2008.
- ^ Retro Romance: Sweden's Dancing Queen Silivia.
Retrieved 2010-12-06
- ^ YouTube video of the performance.
Retrieved 2010-12-06
- ^ SOU
1977:5 Kvinnlig tronföljd,
p.16.
- ^ Aftonbladet 2003-11-24
- ^ State
Visit of Malaysian King in Sweden, 2005, King Carl XVI Gustav with
Order's Sash, Photo 1
- ^ State
Visit of Malaysian King in Sweden, 2005, King Carl XVI Gustav with
Order's Sash, Photo 2
- ^ Portuguese Presidency, King Carl
XVI receives the Grand Collar of the Order of Saint James of the Sword
and Queen Silvia receives the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry.
- ^ Second Supplement to The London Gazette, No. 46627 Monday,
7 July 1975, Retrieved January 18, 2010.
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[show]
Swedish princes
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The
generations indicate descent from Gustav I, of the House of Vasa, and continues through
the Houses of Palatinate-Zweibrücken,
Holstein-Gottorp; and the Bernadotte, the adoptive heirs of
the House of Holstein-Gottorp, who were adoptive heirs of the
Palatinate-Zweibrückens'.
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1st
generation
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Eric XIV · John III · Prince Magnus, Duke of Östergötland
· Prince Karl · Prince Sten · Charles IX
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2nd
generation
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Sigismund I · Gustav, Prince of Uglich ·
Prince Henrik · Prince Arnold · Prince Ludwig
· Prince Gustav · Prince John, Duke of Östergötland
· Gustav II Adolf · Prince Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland
·
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3rd
generation
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Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania# · Prince Christopher# ·
Prince John Casimir# · John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania# · Prince Alexander Charles# ·
John Albert, Prince-Bishop of Warmia and Kraków#
· Prince Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Opole#
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4th
generation
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Prince
Sigismund Casimir# · Prince John Sigismund# ·
Charles XI
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5th
generation
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Charles XII · Prince
Gustav · Prince Ulrich · Prince Friedrich ·
Prince Charles Gustav · Frederick I~
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6th
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Adolf Frederick*
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7th
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Gustav III · Charles XIII · Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland
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8th
generation
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Gustav IV Adolf ·
Prince Carl Gustaf, Duke of Småland · Prince Carl
Adolf, Duke of Värmland · Crown Prince Charles August* ·
Charles XIV John*,**
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9th
generation
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Crown Prince Gustavus ·
Prince Carl Gustaf, Grand Duke of Finland and Duke of Småland ·
Oscar I**
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10th
generation
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Prince
Louis of Vasa · Charles XV** · Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland** ·
Oscar II** · Prince August, Duke of Dalarna
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11th
generation
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Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland**
· Gustaf V** · Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland**,^ ·
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland**
· Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke**
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12th
generation
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Gustaf VI Adolf** · Prince Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland**
· Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland**
· Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland^
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13th
generation
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Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
· Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland^ ·
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland ·
Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna^ ·
Prince Lennart, Duke of Småland^
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14th
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Carl
XVI Gustaf
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15th
generation
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Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
· Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland~
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*prince
through adoption or election
**also prince of Norway
^lost his title due to an unequal marriage
#also prince of Poland and Lithuania
~also prince by marriage
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