Gustaf VI Adolf | |||||
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King of Sweden | |||||
Reign | 29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973 | ||||
Predecessor | Gustaf V | ||||
Successor | Carl XVI Gustaf | ||||
Prime ministers | See list | ||||
Born | Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden | 11 November 1882||||
Died | 15 September 1973 Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden | (aged 90)||||
Burial | 25 September 1973 Royal Cemetery, Solna | ||||
Spouse | Margaret of Connaught
(m. 1905; died 1920)Louise Mountbatten
(m. 1923; died 1965) | ||||
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House | Bernadotte | ||||
Father | Gustaf V of Sweden | ||||
Mother | Victoria of Baden | ||||
Religion | Church of Sweden |
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death.
Gustaf VI was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden.[1] Before becoming king he had been Crown Prince of Sweden. During this long period of time he became a scholar and an archaeologist.[2] He was also a well regarded expert on Chinese art. At his death he left his large collection of Chinese art to the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet) in Stockholm, Sweden.[2] In World War II Gustaf, as Crown Prince, spoke out publicly against sending Jews to Auschwitz. This was after the public learned of the extermination camps in Germany.[3] He was the last king to rule under a Constitutional Monarchy with any power. Gustaf VI died in 1973.[4] His grandson, Carl XVI Gustaf, succeeded him as king.[a]
Gustaf VI married Margaret of Connaught in 1905.[b] She died in 1920.[5] Together they had four sons and one daughter:
Gustaf VI married as his second wife, Lady Louise Mountbatten, in 1923.[6] She died in 1965.[c]
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**also prince/princess of Norway ^lost his title due to an unequal marriage ***Prince/Princess of Sweden by marriage only |