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 | | 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 powers and the office was reduced to a mere constitutional head of state. |
 | | Prince Carl Philip was born heir apparent in 1979, however enacted constitutional reform awaiting promulgation created his older sister, Victoria, heir on January 1, 1980, according to the principles of full cognatic primogeniture. |
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