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  Konung Carl XVI Gustaf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Prins Gustaf Adolf omkom 1947 i en flygolycka i Köpenhamn; prinsessan Sibylla avled i Stockholm 1972.
När Gustaf VI Adolf tillträdde tronen 1950 efter Gustaf V:s bortgång blev Carl Gustaf Kronprins.
Kronprinsen representerade också vid olika tillfällen Gustaf VI Adolf i officiella sammanhang.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) (born April 30, 1946), styled HM The King, is the King of Sweden.
Carl Gustaf also spent time at the Swedish Mission to the United Nations and the Swedish International Development Agency, worked at a bank in London, the Swedish Embassy, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in France, and at the Alfa Laval company factory in France.
Worldwide, Carl XVI Gustaf is probably best known as the presenter of the Nobel Prizes each year.
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 Encyclopedia: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden (Silvia Renate Bernadotte, née Sommerlath, born 23 December 1943) is the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Swedens monarch, and the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria.
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil) (born May 13, 1979), Duke of Värmland, is the second child and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Westrobothnia (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund Bernadotte, April 22, 1906 – January 26, 1947) was the eldest son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife Princess Margaret of Connaught.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
King Carl XVI Gustaf married Silvia Sommerlath on June 19, 1976.
To prepare for his role as head of state, Carl Gustaf followed a broad programme of studies around the court system, social organisations- and institutions, trade unions and employers associations.
Carl Gustaf also spent time at the Swedish Mission to the United Nations and the Swedish International Development Agency, worked at a bank in London, the Swedish Embassy and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in France, and at the company Alfa Laval's factory in France as well.
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 King Carl XVI Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustaf Folke Hubertus, King of Sweden, was born on April 30, 1946 at Haga Palace.
Carl Gustaf became Crown Prince, and when Gustaf VI Adolf passed away on September 15, 1973, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, then 27 years old, became Sweden's Head of State.
The engagement of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath was announced on March 12, 1976 and they were married on June 19 the same year in the Stockholm Cathedral.
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 Swedish royalty: Carl XVI Gustaf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustaf was born on 30 April 1946 at Haga Palace, the youngest child and only son of the Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha.
Prins Gustaf Adolf omkom 1947 i en flygolycka och prinsessan Sibylla avled 1972.
Efter Gustaf V:s bortgång 1950 tillträdde Gustaf VI Adolf tronen och Carl Gustaf blev Kronprins.
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 Gustaf Adolf - susning.nu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Gustaf Adolf 1906-47, svensk prins, äldste son till Gustav VI Adolf, hertig av Västerbotten.
Gustaf Adolf var dessutom ordförande i Riksidrottsförbundet och [Sveriges olympiska kommitté]?
Gustaf Adolf omkom endast 40 år gammal i en flygolycka den 26 januari 1947.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus (born April 30 1946) King of Sweden is the son of Prince Gustaf Adolf (1906 - 1947) and Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1908 - 1972) and the grandson of King Gustav VI Adolf.
He acceded to the throne as Swedish monarch on September 19 1973 but the constitutional reform in 1974 stripped him of virtually all formal and the office was reduced to a constitutional head of state.
Prince Carl Philip was born heir apparent 1979 however enacted constitutional reform awaiting promulgation his older sister Victoria heir on January 1 1980 according to the principles of full primogeniture.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafn828 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
King Carl XVI ascended the throne of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends amid much speculation that he would prove to be the last of Sweden's monarchs.
Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland, was born on May 13, 1979 at the Royal Palace, Stockholm.
Prince Carl Philip is the second eldest child of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and Her Majesty Queen Silvia.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf -- de:Karl XVI. Gustaf (Schweden) en:Carl XVI Gustav of Swed...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustaf, Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte, född 30 april 1946, kung av Sverige sedan 1973.
Carl XVI Gustaf innehar den militära graden amiral i den svenska flottan, samt general i armén och flygvapnet.
19 juni - Kung Carl XVI Gustaf och Silvia Sommerlath...
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 Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Biography.com: Hempel, Carl Gustav Brief outline of the life of this German-born thinker.
Carl Gustav Hempel Essay with bibliography on this 20th-century thinker's life and ideas, by Mauro Murzi.
M/S King Carl Gustaf The passenger ship King Carl Gustaf travels between Uppsala and Skokloster castle during the summer, and serves as a restaurant.
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 Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
His Majesty '''King Carl XVI Gustaf''' (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte), styled '''''HM The King''''' (born April 30, 1946), is the reigning Swedish monarch.
He is the only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, an heir apparent to the throne of Sweden (1906-1947), and his wife, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1908-1972).
He was created Duke of Jemtia at birth and acceded to the throne on September 19, 1973, upon the death of his grandfather, King Gustav VI Adolf.
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 HELLO! Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is one of Europe's youngest monarchs, and was just 27 years old when he was proclaimed king.
Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus was born on April 30, 1946, at Haga Palace in Stockholm, the eldest son of Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha.
This meant that when the current king's grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf came to the throne in 1950, four-year-old Carl Gustaf became the crown prince and his education started in earnest.
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 Royal Family [King Carl XVI Gustaf]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden was born on April 30 1946 at Haga Palace, Stockholm.
Carl Gustaf is the youngest, and has four older sisters.
In 1950, Carl Gustaf's grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf became King upon the death of Carl Gustaf's great-grandfather Gustaf V, making Carl Gustaf the Crown Prince of Sweden at the age of four.
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 Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden : Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden : Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Carl XVI Gustav, full name Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte, (born April 30, 1946), King of Sweden, is the son of Gustav Adolf of Sweden (1906-1947) and Sybilla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1908-1972), and the grandson of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden.
It uses material from the wikipedia article Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden : Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf --  Encyclopædia Britannica
, third son of King Gustaf VI Adolph of Sweden and uncle of King Carl XVI Gustav, was heir presumptive to the Swedish throne from 1973 until 1979, when a change in the laws of succession enabled King Carl Gustav's daughter, Princess Victoria, to be named heir.
Carl XVI Gustaf came to the throne in 1973.
He is noted for his invention of Dalén light, which is automatically kindled at dusk and extinguished at sunrise and used in unattended lighthouses and other beacons; the automatic flasher and the sun valve, used in Dalén light; and a safe method for bottling acetylene gas.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf - susning.nu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustaf, kung, (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus), sjunde kungen av Bernadotteska ätten, född 30 april 1946 på Haga slott, Solna, Stockholms län, Sverige.
Efterträdde sin farfar, Gustaf VI Adolf, eftersom hans far, arvprins Gustav Adolf, dog i en flygolycka på Kastrup i Köpenhamn år 1947.
Den årliga älgjakten på Halle- och Hunneberg i Västergötland brukar inte Carl Gustaf missa i onödan.
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 Articles - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Gustaf Adolf's expertise and interest in a wide range of fields (architecture and botany being but two) made him respected, as did his informal and modest nature and his purposeful avoidance of pomp.
The affection and respect for which the Swedish people felt for Gustaf VI Adolf led to the retention of the monarchy was as a symbol of continuity, but the monarchy was made subordinate to a democratic state.
He was succeeded on the throne by his 27-year-old grandson Carl XVI Gustaf, son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf.
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 Tessin, Carl Gustaf, Greve --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Carl Tessin was the son of the architect and court superintendent Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.
U.S. politician Carl Albert served as speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977.
Carl Bert Albert was born on May 10, 1908, in McAlester, Okla. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1931 and, after receiving two law degrees, was admitted to the bar in 1935.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Open Encyclopedia
King Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus), styled HM The King (born April 30, 1946), King of Sweden, is the son of Prince Gustaf Adolf (1906-1947) and Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1908-1972), and the grandson of King Gustav VI Adolf.
He is the Honorary Chairman of the World Scout Foundation, and often participates in scout activities both in Sweden and abroad.
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 Pravda.RU:King Of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf To Visit Russia On October 8-12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf is to arrive on a state visit in Russia on Monday, October 8.
He recalled that Carl XVI Gustaf had been on a state visit in Moscow for the last time 23 years ago, in June 1978.
Carl XVI Gustaf, Silvia and Victoria will visit Archangel and Solovlki islands Thursday.
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 ing Carl XVI Gustaf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
His parents, the then heir to the throne Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, already had four daughters: the Princesses Margaretha, Birgitta, Désirée and Christina.
With the accession of Gustaf VI Adolf to the throne in 1950 following the death of Gustaf V, Carl Gustaf became Crown Prince, and when Gustaf VI Adolf passed away on September 15, 1973, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, then 27 years old, became Sweden's Head of State.
The new King took as his motto "For Sweden - With the times", thereby declaring his intention of meeting the demands of society on a modern monarch.
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 Carl Xvi Gustaf Of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Their arrival yesterday was celebrated in the evening with a state dinner hosted by Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.
Last year, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented King with the Royal Swedish Academy of Music's annual Polar Music Prize, but despite such late-in-life...
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 24TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustaf of SWEDEN was born on 30 Apr 1946 in Haga, Sweden - son of Gustavus Adolphus VIII.
Carl XVI Gustaf of SWEDEN and Silvia SOMERLATH had the following children:
Victoria of SWEDEN was born on 14 Jul 1977 in Sweden - dtr of Carl XVI Gustaf.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf - - Carl Gustaf.
I september 2002 invigdes den av kung Carl XVI Gustaf och ett par tusen besökare.
Hemsidan handlar om Gustav Vasa fram till dagens kung Carl XVI Gustaf, deras drottningar, prinsar, prinsessor, frillobarn (oäkta), deras älskare och älskarinnor.
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 Carl XVI Gustaf Of Sweden Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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 Sweden's king gets into fender-bender - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf rear-ended a car with his BMW at a roundabout Thursday, but both the monarch and the other driver were unharmed, the royal court said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden --Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf rear-ended a car with his BMW at a roundabout Thursday, but both the monarch and the other driver were unharmed, the royal court said.
The king was driving through Norrkoping, about 60 miles southwest of Stockholm, when the car in front of him had to stop abruptly because of a cyclist crossing the road, court spokeswoman Ann-Christine Jernberg said.
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