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Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden · Unknown photographer for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

1882 – 1973 · aged 91

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist

Born
11 Nov 1882 · Stockholm Palace
Died
15 Sept 1973 · Helsingborgs lasarett
Part ofSweden800 CE – todayLutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 105 years
  1. 11 Nov 1882BornBorn in Stockholm Palace
  2. 1882AwardCommanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
  3. 1882AwardOrder of Charles XIII
  4. 1882AwardOrder of the Sword - Commander Grand Cross
  5. 1882AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
  6. 1903AwardOrder of the Elephant
  7. 1904AwardOrder of the Norwegian Lion
  8. 1905AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
  9. 1905AwardKnight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy
  10. 1905AwardKnight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
  11. 1905AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  12. 1905AwardHonorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  13. 1907 – 1950RoleCrown prince
  14. 1910AwardKnight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
  15. 1950 – 1973RoleMonarch of Sweden
  16. 15 Sept 1973DiedDied in Helsingborgs lasarett

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1882 – 1973).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  32. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  33. 1956Suez Crisis
  34. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  36. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  38. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  40. 1968Prague Spring

Biography

Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Adolf acceded to the throne, he was crown prince for nearly 43 years during his father's reign. As king, and shortly before his death, he gave his approval to constitutional changes which removed the Swedish monarchy's last political powers. He was a lifelong amateur archeologist particularly interested in Ancient Italian cultures.

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