1946 - Today
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has received more than 3,528,727 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is the 263rd most popular politician (up from 383rd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 4th 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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Among politicians, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 263 out of 15,577. Before him are Antoninus Pius, Empress Dowager Cixi, Louis XVII of France, Björn Ironside, Charles VII of France, and Neville Chamberlain. After him are Tolui, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Philippe Pétain, Rüstem Pasha, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Philip IV of Spain.
86 - 161
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 257
1835 - 1908
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 258
1785 - 1795
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 259
800 - 876
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 260
1403 - 1461
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 261
1869 - 1940
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 262
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 263
1191 - 1232
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 264
1161 - 1185
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 265
1856 - 1951
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 266
1500 - 1561
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 267
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 268
1605 - 1665
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 269
Among people born in 1946, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 8. Before him are Sylvester Stallone, Steven Spielberg, Cher, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton. After him are Ted Bundy, Alan Rickman, Demis Roussos, Gianni Versace, Sonia Gandhi, and David Lynch.
1946 - Present
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 3
1946 - Present
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 4
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 7
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 8
1946 - 1989
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 9
1946 - 2016
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 10
1946 - 2015
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 11
1946 - 1997
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 12
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 14
Among people born in Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 11 out of 1,612. Before him are Ingmar Bergman (1918), Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Astrid Lindgren (1907), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Olof Palme (1927), and Charles XII of Sweden (1682). After him are Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Ingrid Bergman (1915), and August Strindberg (1849).
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 5
1594 - 1632
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 6
1907 - 2002
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 7
1858 - 1940
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 8
1927 - 1986
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 9
1682 - 1718
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 11
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 12
1859 - 1927
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 13
1626 - 1689
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 14
1779 - 1848
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 15
1915 - 1982
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 16
1849 - 1912
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ranks 4. Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Olof Palme (1927), and Charles XII of Sweden (1682). After him are Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oleg of Novgorod (900), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), John III of Sweden (1537), and Charles IX of Sweden (1550).
1594 - 1632
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 1
1927 - 1986
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 2
1682 - 1718
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 3
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 4
1626 - 1689
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 5
900 - 912
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 6
1566 - 1632
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 7
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 8
1829 - 1907
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 9
1858 - 1950
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 10
1537 - 1592
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 11
1550 - 1611
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 12