HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Current sovereign of Sweden

Date & place of birth April 30 1946, Haga Palace, Stockholm
Born as HRH Prince of Sweden
Names Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus

Father Prince Gustaf Adolkf of Sweden
Mother Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha





Royal house Bernadotte
Heir apparent Crown Prince of Sweden October 29, 1950-September 15, 1973
Reign September 15, 1973-present
Predecessor King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (grandfather)
Successor Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (daughter)





Siblings (4)
Youngest of five children (4 sisters)
Princess Margareta of Sweden (Mrs. Ambler)
Princess Birgitta of Sweden (Princess Johann of Hohenzollern)
Princess Desiree of Sweden (Baroness Silfverschiold)
Princess Christina of Sweden (Mrs. Magnuson)





Married June 19, 1967 Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Spouse Siliva Sommerlath





Issue (3)
(1 son, 2 daughters)
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
Princess Madeleine of Sweden





Grandchildren
(1 granddaughter)
Princess Estelle of Sweden





Titles
Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden
Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden
HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden





Paternal grandparents
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Princess Margaret of Connaught (Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Gustaf V Adolf of Sweden
Princess Victoria of Baden (Queen Victoria of Sweden)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn*
Princess Luise of Prussia (Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn)

Carl is a paternal great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*





Maternal grandparents
Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Maternal great-grandparents
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg