Figure 1.--The two older Swedish royal children are seen here in 1915. Prince Gustav Adolf and Sigvard Oscar Fredrik are seen here in white shirts and long short pants. Sigvard has a tie but not his older brother Gustav. |
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Gustav Adolf was born in 1906, the eldest son of future King Gustav VI and Princess Margaret Victoria Wettin (1882-1920). Her father was Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur (1850- ), Duke of Connaught and Strathern who married Princess Louise Margret of Prussia and was known as the Duchess of Clarence. He married Princess Sibylla (Sibylla Calma Marie Alice Wettin) of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. They were married in Coburg in 1932. They had five children: Margaretha Dérirée (1934- ), Birgitta Ingeborg (1937- ), Désirée Elizabeth (1938- ), Christina Louise Helen (1943- ), and Carl Gustav (1946- ). Gustav Adolf died in 1947 in a tragic airplane crash before his father assumed the throne. His son Carl Gustaf inherited the throne when his grandfather died in 1973. In 1965 the Riksdag raised to 25 the age at which a king could begin his rule, and in 1971 it enacted legislation, effective at Gustav's death in 1973, stripping the monarchy of its most important political functions. The crown prince acceded to the largely ceremonial throne as Carl XVI Gustaf.
Gustaf Adolf was the eldest son of future King Gustav VI and Princess Margaret Victoria Wettin (1882-1920). Her father was Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur (1850- ), Duke of Connaught and Strathern who married Princess Louise Margret of Prussia. The Princess became known as the Duchess of Clarence.
Gustav Adolf was born in 1906. We do not know a great deal about his childhood. He had a younger brother about his age to play with. They must have been very close. He seems to have enjoyed playing soldier. We note one photograph with Prunce Gustaf Adolf wearing an army cap and realistic-looking rifle.
We notice Prince Gustaf Adolf VI wearing a variety of kneepants outfirs, both with and without long stockings.
Gustaf Adolf married Princess Sibylla of Save-Coburg-Gotha in Coburg (1932). Duke Carl Eduard tuned his daughter's wedding into a NAZI event. King Gustavus V was reportedly outraged. He refused to attend the wedding and would not even allow the Crown Prince to attend his son's wedding.
Gustaf Adolf and Sibylla had five children, four girls and a boy. The children were: Margaretha Dérirée (1934- ), Birgitta Ingeborg (1937- ), Désirée Elizabeth (1938- ), Christina Louise Helen (1943- ), and Carl Gustav (1946- ). Gustav Adolf died in 1947 in a tragic airplane crash before his father assumed the throne. His son Carl Gustaf inherited the throne when his grandfather died in 1973.
Prince Carl Gustav was the youngest son of Prince Gudtaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla. As he was the only boy, however, so he became first in line after his grandfather and father to the thrne. Tragically his father was killed in a plane crash the year after his birth. The Riksdag in 1965 raised to 25 the age at which a king could begin his rule, and in 1971 it enacted legislation, effective at Gustav's death in 1973, stripping the monarchy of its most important political functions. The crown prince eventually acceded to the largely ceremonial throne as Carl XVI Gustaf.
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