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Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

1946 - Today

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Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, King Gustaf V. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died in January 1947 in an airplane crash in Denmark when Carl Gustaf was nine months old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has received more than 3,718,388 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is the 189th most popular politician (up from 261st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Politician.

Carl XVI Gustaf is most famous for being the King of Sweden. He is the son of Gustaf VI Adolf and Princess Sibylla.

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  • 89

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 189 out of 19,576. Before him are Titus, Charles X of France, Babur, Ho Chi Minh, Demosthenes, and Maximilien Robespierre. After him are Anwar Sadat, Emperor Meiji, Mark Antony, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Ali Khamenei, and Batu Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 7. Before him are Donald Trump, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Spielberg, Freddie Mercury, Cher, and George W. Bush. After him are Sonia Gandhi, Bill Clinton, Alan Rickman, Demis Roussos, Ted Bundy, and Patti Smith.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 9 out of 1,879. Before him are Ingmar Bergman (1918), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Astrid Lindgren (1907), Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Anders Celsius (1701), and Tycho Brahe (1546). After him are August Strindberg (1849), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), and Sigismund III Vasa (1566).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 2. Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594). After him are Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Olof Palme (1927), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Oleg of Novgorod (900), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), and John III of Sweden (1537).

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