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Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf in 1962
King of Sweden
Reign29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973
Enthronement30 October 1950
PredecessorGustaf V
SuccessorCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime ministers
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Born(1882-11-11)11 November 1882
Stockholm Palace,Stockholm,Sweden
Died15 September 1973(1973-09-15)(aged 90)
Helsingborg Hospital,Helsingborg,Sweden
Burial25 September 1973
Royal Cemetery,Solna
Spouses
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Issue
Names
Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
HouseBernadotte
FatherGustaf V of Sweden
MotherVictoria of Baden
ReligionChurch of Sweden
SignatureGustaf VI Adolf's signature

Gustaf VI Adolf(Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) wasKing of Swedenfrom 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son ofGustaf Vand his wife,Victoria of Baden.Before Gustaf Adolf acceded to the throne, he had beencrown princefor nearly 43 years during his father's reign. As king, and shortly before his death, he gave his approval to constitutional changes which removed the Swedish monarchy's last political powers. He was a lifelong amateurarcheologistparticularly interested inAncient Italiancultures.

Birth[edit]

Gustaf Adolf was born on 11 November 1882, atStockholm Palace.At birth he was createdDukeofScania.A patrilineal member of theHouse of Bernadotte,Gustaf Adolf was also descended from theHouse of Vasathrough maternal lines. Through his mother, he was a descendant ofGustav IV Adolfof theHouse of Holstein-Gottorp.Gustaf Adolf was the eldest child ofCrown Prince Gustaf,later Gustaf V, andVictoria of Baden.He was born during the reign of his paternal grandfather,Oscar II.Through his mother, Gustaf Adolf was a great-grandson ofKaiser Wilhelm Iof Germany, who died when Gustaf Adolf was five years old. His maternal grandmother,Princess Louise of Prussia,was the Kaiser's only daughter.

Crown Prince[edit]

Gustaf Adolf wearing his ducal coronet inStockholm Palacecirca 1900

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

1926 trip to United States[edit]

July 1926: Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph inBohemian Groveto see the playTruthbyGeorge Sterling.Photo byGabriel Moulin.

In 1926, the Crown Prince and Crown PrincessLouisevisited the United States. They included a trip to San Francisco, where the Crown Prince visitedBohemian Groveto see theGrove PlayTruthby poetGeorge Sterling.

1934–35 trip to the Near East[edit]

From September to December 1934, the Crown Prince, Crown PrincessLouise,PrincessIngridand PrinceBertilvisited a number of countries in theNear East.The journey began on 13 September from Stockholm. The journey went by rail viaMalmö,BerlinandRometoMessina,where the royals boarded the Swedish Oriental Line motor shipVasaland,destined forGreece.They stopped atPatrasand then the journey continued to Aegion.[1]On 20 September, they arrived inPiraeus,from where the royals took a train toAthens,where they were received by thePresident of Greeceand representatives of government agencies. Furthermore, an excursion was made toDelphi,NafplioandDeloswith the cruiserHellas.After returning to Athens,Vasalanddeparted forThessalonikion 28 September, where the international fair was visited. On 2 October, they arrived inIstanbul.After the ship dropped anchor, the royals were landed on the Asian side of the strait. The sloop docked at the quay in front ofHaydarpaşa railway station.At the platform, PresidentMustafa Kemal Atatürk's caravan waited, in which the journey continued toAnkara.At the station, the guests were received by Atatürk, members of the government and the administration. After his arrival, the Crown Prince visited Atatürk as well as Foreign MinisterTevfik Rüştü Aras.The visit to Ankara lasted from 3 to 5 October. On 5 October, a two-day visit toBursawas made. The stay in Turkey ended with a four-day incognito break in Istanbul, during which several receptions were held at the Swedish legation.[1]

On 10 October, the royal travelers continued withVasaland,which arrived on 12 October inİzmir.From here, the departure took place on 15 October with the president's own train and on 17 October it arrived inAleppo,after Prince Bertil and a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined the party on the way. In Aleppo, the stay was extended to about 14 days, when the Crown Prince contracted a mild intestinal catarrh due to the stressful climate. On 1 November, the journey continued. The Crown Prince Couple, Princess Ingrid and Prince Bertil then boarded a British military plane and arrived inBaghdadon the same day. The KingGhazi of Iraqmet at his country retreat Kasr-el-Zuhoor, from where he accompanied his guests to Bilatt Castle. At all the official events that followed, except for King Ghazi of Iraq, his uncle and father-in-law, KingAli of Hejaz,the President of the Council and members of the Cabinet, the President of the Senate and others.[1]On 6 November, the royals left by train forKhanaqin,where cars were ready to take them toTehran.At the border, they were received by a representative of the Persian government and in Tehran by the Foreign Minister and the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, as well as representatives of government agencies. The Crown Prince's family went in a procession to the castle, where the Shah for the Crown Prince represented the council president and others were present. The Shah then accompanied the Crown Prince to theGolestan Palace.After several days in the Persian capital, he left forMazandaran Provinceto study for three days the ongoing construction work for theTrans-Iranian Railway.He then returned to Tehran to say goodbye to the Shah. The Crown Prince's family then left on 17 November in Volvo cars forIsfahanandPersepolis.In the latter place, the royals lived in the so-called Xerxes' harem and visited the city under the leadership of ProfessorErnst Herzfeld.On 25 November, the return journey to Baghdad began over the snowy passes along the Kum-Sultanabad-Kermanshahroad, a three-day uninterrupted journey by car.[1]

After a week-long unofficial stay in Baghdad with visits to modern factories and excursions toUrandBabylon,the Crown Prince Couple and Princess Ingrid left forDamascuson 5 December by plane. Prince Bertil accompanied the car caravan through the desert, wherecamel troopsparaded at Rutbah station. On 6 December, thePresident of the Syrian Republichosted a banquet for the Crown Prince's family, who stayed in Syria for four days. During the return journey toBeirut,Baalbekand the ruins of the old sun city were visited. In Beirut, the royals were received with military honors and were guests of the French government. TheHigh Commissioner of the Levant,with whom the Crown Prince and Crown Princess stayed, hosted a dinner, as did thePresident of the Lebanese Republic.[1]The Crown Prince also visited the new port facilities in Beirut and visited the offices of the Swedish Oriental Line,VolvoandSKF.Furthermore, the journey went toJerusalem.The royals arrived on 11 December by car inPalestineand met at the border by the British Commissioner for the Northern District. A two-day break was made inHaifa,where the royals lived in the government building onMount Carmel.Visits were made on board the Swedish Orient Line's motor shipHemland.During his stay inHaifa,the Crown Prince laid a wreath at the monument to KingFaisal I of Iraq.Excursions were made toCapernaum,Acre,NazarethandNablusas well as the modern Jewish cooperative colony of Nahallah. The Crown Prince's family arrived in Jerusalem on 13 December and immediately went to their residence during their stay there, the residence of the BritishHigh Commissioner.The program for the following days included a two-day break inJaffaandTel Aviv.Visits were made to the offices of Volvo, SKF,ASEAand other Swedish companies.[1]A two-day excursion was made around 20 December toJericho,theDead Sea,Transjordan's capitalAmmanandPetra.The travelers were received by theEmir of Transjordan.After their return to Jerusalem, the royals continued immediately with train toCairo,where they were guests of the Egyptian government. Due toKing Fuad's illness, thePrime Ministerhosted the reception banquet at Zafaran Palace on 22 December. The royal guests spent Christmas in stillness, partly in a villa at the foot of the pyramids, partly on the Swedish legation. The Crown Prince and Prince Bertil then visited for a couple of daysAlexandria.The Swedish consulCarl Wilhelm von Gerberarranged a reception for the governor, the chief officials, the consuls and the judiciary and the Swedish deputy consul and such for the leading trade representatives.[1]

Reign[edit]

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 grandnephewCharles, Prince of Waleson 2 November 2016). On 30 October he took the regal assurance and was enthroned on queen Christina's Silver Throne. He then delivered his accession speech and adoptedPlikten framför allt( "Duty before all" ), as his personal motto.

During Gustaf VI Adolf's reign, work was underway on a newInstrument of Governmentto replace the1809 constitutionand 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."

Gustaf VI Adolf's personal qualities made him popular among the Swedish people and, in turn, this popularity led to strong public opinion in favour of the retention of the monarchy. Gustaf VI Adolf's expertise and interest in a wide range of fields (architecture and botany being but two) made him respected, as did his informal and modest nature and his purposeful avoidance of pomp. While the monarchy had beende factosubordinate to the Riksdag and ministers since the definitive establishment of parliamentary rule in 1917, the king still nominally retained considerablereserve powers.With few exceptions, though, Gustaf Adolf chose to act on the advice of the ministers.

The most notable occasion when Gustaf Adolf personally exercised his political power was during the 1957 government crisis that started as a result of a split within the government over pension reform. This split had caused the Center Party to leave government and the King then attempted to form a center-right coalition government. The leader of the Center Party however refused to be part of a right wing government and instead supported a Social Democratic minority government, which the King ended up appointing. His handling of the situation was seen as correct from a parliamentary standpoint.[2]

The King died in 1973, at the old hospital inHelsingborg,Scania,close to his summer residence,Sofiero Castle,after a deterioration in his health that culminated inpneumonia.He was succeeded on the throne by his 27-year-old grandsonCarl XVI Gustaf,son of the latePrince Gustaf Adolf.He died the day before theelection of 1973,which is suggested to have swayed it in support of the incumbent Social Democratic government.[3]In a break with tradition, he was not buried inRiddarholmskyrkanin Stockholm, but in theRoyal CemeteryinHagaalongside his wives.

Not long before his death, Gustaf Adolf approved a new constitution that stripped the monarchy of its remaining political powers. The new document took effect in 1975, two years after Gustaf Adolf's death, leaving his grandson as a ceremonial figurehead.

Personal interests[edit]

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf meets some English footballers (c. 1910–1914).

The King's reputation as a "professional amateur professor" was widely known; nationally and internationally, and among his relatives. Gustaf VI Adolf was a devotedarchaeologist,and was admitted to theBritish Academyfor his work in botany in 1958. Gustaf VI Adolf participated in archaeological expeditions in China, Greece, Korea and Italy, and founded theSwedish Institute in Rome.

Gustaf VI Adolf had an enormous private library consisting of 80,000 volumes and – nearly more impressively – he actuallyhadread the main part of the books. He had an interest in specialist literature on Chinese art and East Asian history. Throughout his life, King Gustaf VI Adolf was particularly interested in the history of civilization, and he participated in several archaeological expeditions. His other great area of interest wasbotany,concentrating in flowers and gardening. He was considered an expert on theRhododendronflower. AtSofiero Castle(the king's summer residence) he created an admired Rhododendron collection.

Like his sonsPrince Gustaf AdolfandPrince Bertil,Gustaf VI Adolf maintained wide, lifelong interests in sports. He enjoyedtennisandgolf,andfly fishingfor charity. He was president of theSwedish Olympic Committeeand theSwedish Sports Confederationfrom their foundations and until 1933, and these positions were then taken over by his sons in succession, Gustaf Adolf until 1947 and then Bertil until 1997.

According to all six books of memoires by his sons Sigvard[4]and Carl Johan,[5]nephewLennart[6]and of wives of the two sons,[7]Gustaf Adolf from the 1930s on took a great and abiding interest in removing their royal titles and privileges (because of marriages that were unconstitutional at the time), persuaded his father Gustaf V to do so and to have the Royal Court call the three family members onlyMr. Bernadotte.

Family and issue[edit]

Gustaf Adolf with his first wife,Margaret,and their children in 1912

Gustaf AdolfmarriedPrincess Margaret of Connaughton 15 June 1905 inSt. George's Chapel,atWindsor Castle.Princess Margaret was the daughter ofPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn,third son ofQueen VictoriaandPrince Albertof theUnited Kingdom.Gustaf Adolf and Margaret had five children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten 22 April 1906 26 January 1947(1947-01-26)(aged 40) Died in aplane crashatCopenhagen Airport;father of KingCarl XVI Gustafof Sweden
Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland 7 June 1907 4 February 2002(2002-02-04)(aged 94) later Prince Sigvard Bernadotte,Count of Wisborg
Queen Ingrid 28 March 1910 7 November 2000(2000-11-07)(aged 90) Queen of Denmark;grandmother of KingFrederik Xof Denmark
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland 28 February 1912 5 January 1997(1997-01-05)(aged 84)
Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna 31 October 1916 5 May 2012(2012-05-05)(aged 95) later Prince Carl Johan Bernadotte,Count of Wisborg

Crown Princess Margaret died suddenly on 1 May 1920 with her cause of death given as an infection following surgery. At the time, she was eight months pregnant and expecting their sixth child.

Gustaf Adolf marriedLady Louise Mountbatten,formerly Princess Louise of Battenberg, on 3 November 1923 atSt. James's Palacewith a celebration atKensington Palace.[8]She was the sister ofLord Mountbattenand aunt ofPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburghand a niece ofEmpress Alexandra of Russia.She was also a first cousin once removed of her husband’s first wife both being descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It was Lady Louise who becameQueen of Sweden.Both Queen Louise and her stepchildren were great-grandchildren ofQueen Victoriaof theUnited Kingdom,Crown Princess Margaret having been a first cousin of Queen Louise's mother,Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.

His second marriage produced only one stillborn daughter on 30 May 1925.

While his first wife visited her native Britain in the early years of their marriage, it was widely rumored in Sweden that Gustaf Adolf had an affair there withoperettastar Rosa Grünberg.[9]Swedish vocalistCarl E. Olivebring(1919–2002) in a press interview claimed to be an extramarital son of Gustaf VI Adolf, a claim taken seriously by the king's biographer Kjell Fridh (1944–1998).[10]

Via his son Gustaf Adolf and his daughter Ingrid, respectively, King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden was the grandfather of his direct successor King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and QueenMargrethe IIof Denmark (who is herself the mother of the current King Frederik X of Denmark).

By his second marriage, Gustaf Adolf was an uncle toPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Honours[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Country Date Appointment
Sweden[11] 11 November 1882 – 19 October 1950 Knight with Collar Royal Order of the Seraphim
11 November 1882 – 19 October 1950 Commander Grand Cross Order of the Sword
11 November 1882 – 19 October 1950 Commander Grand Cross Order of the Polar Star
1 June 1912 – 19 October 1950 Commander Grand Cross Order of Vasa
11 November 1882 – 19 October 1950 Knight with Collar Order of Charles XIII
18 September 1897 King Oscar II's Jubilee Commemorative Medal
20 September 1906 Crown Prince Gustaf's and Crown Princess Victoria's Silver Wedding Medal
6 June 1907 King Oscar II and Queen Sofia's Golden Wedding Medal
16 June 1928 King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal
16 June 1948 King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal
Quasi-Official Orders

Foreign[edit]

Honorary degrees
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf receives his diploma as an honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Chicagofrom its president, ProfessorMax Masonin 1926.

Military ranks[edit]

Honorary military ranks[edit]

Other Honors[edit]

Arms and monogram[edit]

Upon his creation as Duke of Skåne, Gustaf Adolf was granted a coat of arms with the arms of Skåne in base. These arms can be seen on his stall-plates both as Knight of the Swedish order of the Seraphim in theRiddarholm Churchin Sweden, but also theFrederiksborg Chapelin Copenhagen, Denmark, as a Knight of the DanishOrder of the Elephant.Upon his accession to the throne in 1950, he assumed the Royal Arms of Sweden.


As prince of Sweden and Norway
and Duke of Scania 1882 to 1905
As crown prince of Sweden and
Duke of Scania 1907 to 1950
Greater Coat of Arms of Sweden,also the King's coat of arms
Royal Monogram of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

Ancestry[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^One of seven gold medals awarded in 1941 by Field MarshalCarl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.[12]

References[edit]

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  2. ^url=https://www.svd.se/a/ae07d/darfor-holl-gustaf-vi-adolf-lag-politisk-profil
  3. ^Magnusson, Jane (25 November 2011)."När Martin Luther King träffade kungen".Dagens Nyheter(in Swedish).Retrieved22 March2016.
  4. ^Sigvard Bernadotte's memoires
  5. ^Carl Johan Bernadotte's memoires
  6. ^Lennart Bernadotte's first book&second book
  7. ^Marianne Bernadotte's memoires&Kerstin Bernadotte's
  8. ^"Royal Wedding 1923".British Pathe News.
  9. ^Elgklou, Lars (1978).Bernadotte: historien - och historier - om en familj(in Swedish). Stockholm: Askild & Kärnekull. p. 170.ISBN91-7008-882-9.SELIBR7589807.
  10. ^Fridh, Kjell (1995).Gamle kungen: Gustaf VI Adolf: en biografi(in Swedish). Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.ISBN91-46-16462-6.SELIBR7281986.
  11. ^abcSveriges statskalender för året 1947(in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. 1947. p. 5.
  12. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahPåhlsson, Leif (25 September 1973)."Kung Gustaf Adolfs medaljer och ordnar"[King Gustaf Adolf's medals and orders].Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish). p. 9.Retrieved26 October2022.
  13. ^abNorges Statskalender(in Norwegian), 1890, pp. 589–590,retrieved6 January2018– via runeberg.org
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  25. ^"No. 27807".The London Gazette.16 June 1905. p. 4251.
  26. ^List of Knights of the Garter – 1348 to present– via heraldica.org.
  27. ^ab"Rektors tal vid doktorspromotionen den 25 maj 2018"[Rector's speech at the doctoral promotion on 25 May 2018](PDF)(in Swedish).Lund University.25 May 2018. p. 3.Retrieved26 October2022.
  28. ^"SWEDISH PRINCE TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE FROM YALE".The Harvard Crimson(in Swedish). 14 June 1926.Retrieved26 October2022.
  29. ^"Past Honorary Degree Recipients"(in Swedish).University of Chicago.Retrieved26 October2022.
  30. ^"Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden receives a doctorate at Princeton, 1926"(in Swedish). Bridgeman Images.Retrieved26 October2022.
  31. ^Rudberg, Erik, ed. (1927).Svenska Dagbladets årsbok (Händelserna 1926)[Svenska Dagbladet's yearbook (Events of 1926)] (in Swedish). Vol. 12. Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. p. 46.SELIBR283647.
  32. ^"Kronprinsen promoverad till juris hedersdoktor under akademisk ståt"[The Crown Prince promoted to honorary doctor of law under academic status].Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish). 5 June 1929. p. 1.Retrieved26 October2022.
  33. ^abcd"14 gånger hedersdoktor"[14 times honorary doctorate].Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish). 21 May 1955. p. 10A.Retrieved26 October2022.
  34. ^Sandstedt, Sven (7 July 1938)."Två tal av kronprinsen sista jubileumsfestdagen"[Two speeches by the Crown Prince on the last anniversary celebration day].Svenska Dagbladet(in Swedish). p. 1.Retrieved26 October2022.
  35. ^"HARVARD TO HONOR PRINCE; Plans to Give Degree to Gustaf Adolf at July 11 Reception".The New York Times(in Swedish). 30 June 1938.Retrieved26 October2022.
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  37. ^"Honorary doctors at KTH"(in Swedish).KTH Royal Institute of Technology.28 June 2022.Retrieved26 October2022.
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  39. ^Sveriges statskalender för skottåret 1908(PDF)(in Swedish). Stockholm: P.A. Nordstedt & Söner. 1908. p. 129.
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  43. ^"No. 40851".The London Gazette(Supplement). 7 August 1956. p. 4579.
  44. ^"No. 43174".The London Gazette(Supplement). 29 November 1963. p. 9907.
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  46. ^The Caxton Club Yearbook 1965 104 and The Caxton Club Yearbook 1971 supplement of 1973


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