- Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) (born April 30, 1946) is the current Swedish monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. He is the only son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf (1906-1947) and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1908-1972). He ascended the throne on September 15, 1973, upon the death of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf. - Eric Xiv Of Sweden
Eric XIV (13 December 1533 - 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568. Eric XIV was the son of Gustav I of Sweden and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg. He was also ruler of Estonia, after its conquest by Sweden in 1561. He was intelligent and artistically skilled, as well as politically ambitious. However, early in his reign he showed signs of mental instability, a condition which eventually led to insanity. - Charles Xiv John Of Sweden
Charles XIV John (Swedish: Carl XIV Johan), born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl III Johan) from 1818 until his death. French by birth, he was one of Napoleon’s most controversial marshals. - Adolf Frederick Of Sweden
Adolf Frederick (May 14, 1710 - February 12, 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. His father was Christian Augustus (1673—1726) duke and a younger prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, prince-bishop of Lubeck, and administrator, during the Great Northern War, of the duchies of Holstein-Gottorp for his relative Charles Frederick. His mother was Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. - Christina Of Sweden
Christina ("Kristina") (December 8, 1626 - April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Countess Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. She was the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustav II Adolf (the king had already had two sons, one of whom was stillborn and the other lived only one year). - Bridget Of Sweden
Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St. Bridgid of Sweden and "Birgitta of Vadstena" (1303 - July 23, 1373), was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettine Order. The most celebrated saint of Sweden was the daughter of Birger Persson of the family of Finsta, governor and lawspeaker of Uppland, and one of the richest landowners of the country, and his wife, … - Charles XII of Sweden XII of Sweden
Carl XII, "Karl XII" or "Carolus Rex", (June 17, 1682 - November 30, 1718), the "Alexander of the North", nicknamed in Turkish as "Demirbaş Şarl (Charles the Habitué)", was King of Sweden from 1697 until his death in 1718. He was the third king of the Wittelsbach dynasty in Sweden. - Oscar I of Sweden I of Sweden
Oscar I, born "Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte", was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. He was the only son of Charles XIV John of Sweden and his wife, Queen Desideria. When, in August 1810, Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm (June 1811). - Gustav Vi Adolf Of Sweden
Gustav VI Adolf (11 November 1882 - 15 September, 1973) was King of Sweden from 1950 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden. He was born in Stockholm and at birth created Duke of Skåne. On 29 October 1950, he succeeded his father on the throne. His personal motto was "Plikten framför allt", "The duty before everything else". He married, firstly, Princess Margaret of Connaught on 15 June 1905. - Gustavus Adolphus Of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf (also known as Gustaf Adolf the Great (Swedish "Gustav Adolf den store", Latin "Gustavus Adolphus Magnus"), or Gustavus II Adolphus; December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632 <small>O.S.</small>;), widely known by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and referred to by contemporary Protestants as the Lion of the North, was King of Sweden from 1611 until his death. - Queen Silvia Of Sweden
Queen Silvia of Sweden (born Silvia Renate Sommerlath) (born 23 December 1943) is the Queen consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden's monarch, and the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria. She is styled "Her Majesty The Queen" and is in Sweden most often referred to as "Queen Silvia". - Gustav I of Sweden I of Sweden
Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson and later known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Vasa, an influential noble family which came to be the royal house of Sweden for much of the 16th and 17th centuries. Gustav I was elected regent in 1521 after leading a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark, the leader of the Kalmar Union who controlled most of Sweden at the time. - Charles XV of Sweden XV of Sweden
Karl XV (Karl Ludvig Eugen) (May 3, 1826 - September 18, 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl IV) from 1859 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. On June 19, 1850 he married Louise of the Netherlands, granddaughter of William I of the Netherlands. - Gustav Iv Adolf Of Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778 - February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. He was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and his queen consort Sophie Magdalena, eldest daughter of Frederick V of Denmark and his first wife Louise of Great Britain. He was the last Swedish ruler of Finland. - John III of Sweden III of Sweden
John III (December 20, 1537 - November 17, 1592) was King of Sweden from 1568 until his death. He was also quite autonomously the ruler of Finland as Duke John (1556-1563). In 1581 he assumed also the title Grand Prince of Finland. He was the second son of Gustav Vasa (1523-1560). His mother was Margareta Leijonhufvud (1514–1551), a Swedish noblewoman. - Gustav V of Sweden V of Sweden
Gustav V (Oscar Gustav Adolf) (June 16, 1858 - October 29, 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and Sophia of Nassau. - Charles X Gustav Of Sweden
Charles X Gustav (November 8, 1622 - February 13, 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Princess Catherine of Sweden, daughter of King Charles IX of Sweden and half-sister of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1611-32). He was married to Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, who bore his son and successor, Charles XI (1660-97). - Ulrika Eleonora Of Sweden
Ulrika Eleonora was Queen regnant of Sweden from November 30, 1718, to February 29, 1720, and then Queen consort until her death. She was the youngest child of King Charles XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder and named after her mother. After the death of her brother, King Charles XII, at Fredrikshald on November 30, 1718, she claimed the throne over the rights of her nephew Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, the only son of her late elder sister, … - Gustav III of Sweden III of Sweden
Gustaf III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. Gustaf was a benefactor of arts and literature. He founded several academies, among them the Swedish Academy, and had the Royal Swedish Opera built. As he opposed the parliamentalistic reforms that had been worked out before him, in the Age of Liberty, … - Valdemar Of Sweden I of Sweden
Valdemar Birgersson (1239 - 1302), King of Sweden 1250 - 1275/1288/1302, was the son of princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden and Birger jarl, Birger Magnusson from the House of Bjelbo, who more or less ruled Sweden from 1248 under king Eric Ericsson the Lame, his father-in-law. When king Eric XI died in 1250, Valdemar was elected king, while Birger jarl was presumably on a campaign in Finland. Even after the coming of age of Valdemar in 1257, … - Frederick I of Sweden I of Sweden
Frederick I ("Fredrik I") (April 23, 1676-March 25, 1751), was King of Sweden from 1720 and (as Friedrich I von Hessen-Kassel) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death. - Oscar II of Sweden II of Sweden
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (January 21, 1829 - December 8, 1907), born Oscar Frederik, ruled Norway from 1872 until 1905 and Sweden from 1872 until his death. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother. - Ingrid Of Sweden
Princess Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta of Sweden was the queen consort of King Frederik IX of Denmark. She was the third child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. She also was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Ingrid's mother died in 1920 while carrying her sixth child. Her father married Princess Lady Louise Mountbatten three years later. Louise was a cousin of Ingrid's. - Albert Of Sweden
Albert of Sweden was born in 1338 and became king of Sweden in 1364. In 1384 he inherited the ducal title of Mecklenburg and united the two countries in a personal union. He was the second son of Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg and Euphemia Eriksdotter, the daughter of duke Erik Magnusson of Södermanland and the sister of king Magnus Eriksson. He married Richardis of Schwerin, daughter of count Otto of Schwerin; she died in 1377 and is today buried in Stockholm. - Charles XI of Sweden XI of Sweden
Charles XI ("Karl XI") (November 24, 1655 - April 5, 1697) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death. He was the only son of Charles X of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. - Charles XIII of Sweden XIII of Sweden
Charles XIII (Swe: "Carl XIII") (7 October, 1748 - 5 February, 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway (where he was known as Carl II) from 1814 until his death. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. - Victoria, Crown Princess Of Sweden
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (full name: Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée), born July 14, 1977, is the heiress apparent to the Swedish throne. She is currently the world's only female heir apparent. - Magnus IV of Sweden IV of Sweden
Magnus Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, the "fourth Magnus" to have been proclaimed king of Sweden (1316 - December 1, 1374), King of Sweden, Norway, and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric Magnusson of Sweden and Ingeborg, daughter of Haakon V of Norway. Also known by his nickname "Magnus Smek" (Eng. "Pet-Magnus"). Magnus was elected king of Sweden on 8 July 1319, … - Charles IX of Sweden IX of Sweden
Karl IX (October 4, 1550 - October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud. By his father's will he got, by way of appanage, the Duchy of Södermanland, which included the provinces of Närke and Värmland; but he did not come into actual possession of them till after the fall of Eric XIV of Sweden in 1569. - Astrid Of Sweden
Astrid, Queen of the Belgians (November 17, 1905 - August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of Léopold III of the Belgians. Princess Astrid of Sweden was born on November 17, 1905. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Astrid's paternal grandfather was King Oscar II of Sweden and her maternal grandfather was King Frederick VIII of Denmark. - Princess Birgitta Of Sweden
On a visit in 1959 to friends and relatives in Germany, the princess met her future husband at a cocktail party. On 15 December 1960, her engagement to Johann Georg Carl Leopold Eitel-Friedrich Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was announced. The civil ceremony took place at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on 25 May 1961, and the religious in the Sankt Johann Church at the bridegroom's family palace Sigmaringen on July 31, 1961. - Catharina Of Sweden
Princess Catherine of Sweden (November 10, 1584 - December 13, 1638) was the daughter of Charles IX of Sweden. Katarina kyrka in Stockholm is named after her. On June 11, 1615, she married count palatine John Casimir of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. Five of their children survived infancy: # Christina Magdalena (1616-1662) # Charles Gustav (1622-1660) #Maria Eufrosyne (1625-1687) #Eleonora Catherine (1626-1692) #Adolf John (1629-1689) - Princess Cecilia Of Sweden
Cecilia of Sweden, also Cecilia Vasa (Stockholm, November 16, 1540 - 1627), was Princess of Sweden and daughter of King Gustav I and Queen Margareta Leijonhufvud. Princess Cecilia is often talked about as the "Black Sheep" of her family; she was an adventurous woman who lived an exciting and often scandalous life. As a child, she was delicate and often sick, but she soon became a ravishing beauty with a great hunger for life. - Birger Of Sweden
Birger Magnusson was hailed king of Sweden when he was four years old. This was done by his father Magnus Barnlock in order to secure the succession. Birger was only ten years old when his father died, the most influential statesman being the Constable of the Realm Torgils Knutsson. When Birger came of age there was a conflict with the Church of Sweden over interpretation of the Privileges of 1280 (the cost of the support of the Church for his father's usurpation). - Princess Sophia Of Sweden
Sofia Vasa, was a Swedish princess, daughter of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden and Queen Margareta Leijonhufvud. Princess Sofia is by many historians called the unhappiest of all the children of Gustav Vasa. She was married to Duke Magnus of Sachsen-Lauenburg in a discreet ceremony in the shadow of her brother Eric XIV's wedding to Karin Månsdotter in 1568. The marriage became extremely unhappy; the duke was an alcoholic known to mistreat his subordinates and his servants, … - Olof Of Sweden
Olof of Sweden or Olof Skötkonung/Skottkonung was the son of Eric the Victorious and Sigrid the Haughty. He was probably born in the latter part of the 960s and he succeeded his father ca 994. One of many explanations to his Swedish name "Skötkonung" is that it means "tributary king" and one scholar speculates about a tributary relationship to the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard, who was his stepfather. - Princess Cecilia Of Sweden
Cecilia of Sweden was princess of Sweden and Grand Duchess of Oldenburg. She was the daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden. - Eric X of Sweden X of Sweden
Erik Knutsson, sometimes anachronistically numbered as Eric X (c 1180 - 1216) was the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216. He was the son of Knut Eriksson and his queen, whose name is unknown, but who very probably was a high-born Swedish noblewoman. He was born around 1180 in Eriksberg royal manor. When his father, King Canute I, died peacefully in 1195, all his sons were only children. Eric apparently was not the eldest of them. - Princess Margaretha Of Sweden
Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Norway, "Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg" was the eldest child of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. On May 22, 1919, she married Prince Axel of Denmark. They had two sons: *Prince George Valdemar Karl Axel of Denmark (1920-1986) *Flemming Valdemar Charles Axel, Count of Rosenborg (b. 1922) - Lovisa Of Sweden
Queen Louise of Denmark (October 31, 1851 - March 20, 1926) was a princess of Sweden and the Queen consort of Frederik VIII of Denmark. Louise Josephine Eugenie of the House of Bernadotte was born Princess Lovisa of Sweden in Stockholm. She was the only daughter of King Charles XV (1826-1872) and Queen Lovisa of Sweden (1828-1871). Lovisa had a happy childhood; after her brother's death in 1854, her father treated her like a boy and let her grow up as one, …
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