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Gustaf V of Sweden

1858 - 1950

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustaf V of Sweden is the 531st most popular politician (down from 361st in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 16th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Politician.

Gustaf V was King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950. He was born in 1858 and died in 1950. He was most famous for his reign as King of Sweden.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 531 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdulmejid I, Otto of Greece, William R. King, Siad Barre, Justin Trudeau, and Alexander Kerensky. After him are Leopold I of Belgium, Henry II of England, Hongwu Emperor, Charles III of Spain, Miklós Horthy, and Olaf Tryggvason.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 8. Before him are Max Planck, Émile Durkheim, Selma Lagerlöf, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Theodore Roosevelt, and Rudolf Diesel. After him are Georg Simmel, Christiaan Eijkman, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Omar Mukhtar, Giuseppe Peano, and Emmeline Pankhurst. Among people deceased in 1950, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 4. Before him are George Orwell, Vallabhbhai Patel, and George Bernard Shaw. After him are Johannes V. Jensen, Joseph Schumpeter, Norman Haworth, Vaslav Nijinsky, Albert Lebrun, Léon Blum, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Heinrich Mann.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 24 out of 1,879. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Ingrid Bergman (1915), Bridget of Sweden (1303), Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), and Ingvar Kamprad (1926). After him are Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Charles XV of Sweden (1826), Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), Dieterich Buxtehude (1637), and Ingrid of Sweden (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 9. Before him are Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Olof Palme (1927), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), and Sigismund III Vasa (1566). After him are Charles XV of Sweden (1826), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), and Charles IX of Sweden (1550).

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