Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

Gustav VI. Adolf (full name Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustav Adolf Bernadotte, born November 11, 1882 in Stockholm, † September 15, 1973 in Helsingborg ) was King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973 Under his reign, a new constitution was drawn up, which in the state. a democratic monarchy structured, which prevented a conversion to the Republic. Gustav was a respected scholar and archaeologist and an authority on Chinese art.

Life

Gustav VI. Adolf was the eldest son of King Gustav V of Sweden and his wife Princess Victoria of Baden, only daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich I. and Princess Luise Marie Elisabeth of Prussia.

Gustaf VI. Adolf followed in his reign, 1950-1973, strictly the rules that had been maturing for a constitutional monarchy. Through his personal qualities he completed the development and probably contributed more than any other of today's monarchs help to create a new type of the Kingdom - the democratic. During almost the whole reign of Gustaf VI. Adolf was working on a new constitution, in 1975 the government of 1809 superseded. No one expected in the period in which this work was carried out, have more means for the preservation of the monarchy in Sweden Gustaf VI. Adolf. Several factors contributed to the fact that he - despite initial strong demands for a republic - could mobilize public opinion almost unanimously in favor of the preservation of the monarchy. The most important among them were his own personal characteristics. Another factor that played a major role in this context, no doubt, were the extensive knowledge Gustaf VI. Adolf and his interest in areas far beyond its real " profession ." As an archaeologist, he had a respected name. Another factor that contributed to its popularity, was his simple, natural occurrence. For his own person he purposely avoided ceremonies and pomp.

Gustaf VI. Adolf's great importance in the history of Sweden was that he was able to transform the kingdom in time and in the style of Swedish society of today, thereby creating the conditions to ensure that Sweden a monarchy remained with the house of Bernadotte on the throne.

Gustav VI. held from 1950 to 1973, the Office of the Grand Master in the Swedish Freemasonry. The largely practiced in the Scandinavian countries Swedish system of teaching is edited in Germany by the Grand National Lodge of Freemasons of Germany.

Marriage and issue

On June 15, 1905 married Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle Princess Margaret of Connaught ( 1882-1920 ), eldest daughter of Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. His wife he met during his trip to Egypt in Cairo know, they say it was love at first sight. From the joint compound produced five children:

• Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund (1906-1947), Prince and Duke of Västerbotten

• Sigvard Oscar Fredrik (1907-2002), Count of Wisborg

• Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta (1910-2000)

• Bertil Oscar Carl Gustav Eugén (1912-1997), Duke of Halland

• Carl Johann Arthur (1916-2012), Count of Wisborg

Crown Princess Margaret died on 1 May 1920, the effects of blood poisoning, which she contracted after the operation of a displaced middle ear infection ( mastoiditis ). The only 38 -year-old was pregnant at this time in the eighth month, and was buried in the Royal Cemetery Haga. She had previously in his will that she wanted to be buried in any church.

On November 3, 1923, the widowed Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus, the 34 -year-old Lady Louise Mountbatten ( 1889-1965 ), second daughter of Louis Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven and Princess Victoria married in the chapel of St. James 's Palace in London by Hesse -Darmstadt. After a stillbirth in 1925, the marriage remained childless. Queen Louise died on March 7, 1965 after an emergency surgery at St. Göran's Hospital in Stockholm and was buried in the cemetery Haga.

King Gustaf VI. Adolf was also buried in the cemetery Haga. He is the first king of Sweden since the 17th century, which does not rest in the Riddarholmskyrka.

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Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau- Weilburg (1768-1816) ∞ 1788 Countess Isabelle zu Sayn- ​​Hachenburg (1772-1827)

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Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Saxe- Weimar -Eisenach (1783-1853) ∞ 1804 Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Romanova (1786-1859)

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Duke William I of Nassau (1792-1839) ∞ 1813 Princess Louise of Saxe- Hildburghausen (1794-1825)

Grand Duke Leopold of Baden (1790-1852) ∞ 1819 Princess Sophie Wilhelmine von Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp (1801-1865)

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King Oscar II (1829-1907) ∞ 1857 Princess Sophia of Nassau (1836-1913)

Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden (1826-1907) ∞ 1856 Princess Louise of Prussia (1838-1923)

King Gustav V (1858-1950) ∞ 1881 Princess Victoria of Baden (1862-1930)

King Gustav VI. Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973)