Image of King Gustaf V

King Gustaf V

1858-06-16 Drottningholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Image of King Gustaf V

Biografia

Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 to his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden with the third-longest reign after Magnus IV (1319–1364) and his own great-grandson, Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present). He was also the last Swedish monarch to exercise his royal prerogatives, which largely died with him, although they were formally abolished only with the remaking of the Swedish constitution in 1974. He was the first Swedish king since the High Middle Ages not to have a coronation and so never wore the king's crown, a practice that has continued ever since.

Películas

GW berättar - Göring i Sverige Self (archive footage) 2019-01-03
40 år med kungen Self 1947-12-08
Skådetennis Himself 1945-01-22
Direktörn är upptagen Self 1945-09-29
I gult och blått Self 1942-11-11
En rackarunge 1923-11-26
De tre nordiske Kongers Møde i Malmø Self 1914-12-19