Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland

Prince Gustaf Erik Ludwig Albert Bernadotte ( born April 20, 1889 Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm, † September 20, 1918 ibid ), Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västmanland, was the third and youngest son of King Gustav V of Sweden and his wife Victoria of Baden.

Prince Erik suffered from epilepsy and developmental disabilities. Due to his mental and physical condition, he was rarely seen in public. He led a similar retired from his family life as Prince John Charles Francis of Great Britain and Ireland, the youngest son of King George V, and devoted himself to music and geography.

He died at the age of 29, unmarried and without descendants of the Spanish flu, at a total of about 38,000 have died in Sweden between 1918 and 1920.

• Prince (Sweden)
• Prince (Norway )
• House of Bernadotte
• Of the Order of the Norwegian Lion
• Carrier of the elephant - Order
• Swede
• Born in 1889
• Died in 1918
• Man