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Charles XV of Sweden

1826 - 1872

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Charles XV or Carl (Carl Ludvig Eugen; Swedish and Norwegian officially: Karl; 3 May 1826 – 18 September 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway, there often referred to as Charles IV, from 8 July 1859 until his death in 1872. Charles was the third Swedish monarch from the House of Bernadotte. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles XV of Sweden has received more than 613,963 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Charles XV of Sweden is the 1,093rd most popular politician (down from 886th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 41st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swedish Politician.

Charles XV of Sweden is most famous for being the King of Sweden from 1859 to 1872. He was the son of Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles XV of Sweden ranks 1,093 out of 15,577Before him are Sunjo of Joseon, Klement Gottwald, Hassan Rouhani, Afonso V of Portugal, Constans II, and Jalal Talabani. After him are Isaac II Angelos, Rani of Jhansi, Yu the Great, James Buchanan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Stephen III of Moldavia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Charles XV of Sweden ranks 5Before him are Bernhard Riemann, Carlo Collodi, Eugénie de Montijo, and Gustave Moreau. After him are Ludwig Minkus, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Zénobe Gramme, and Frederic Edwin Church. Among people deceased in 1872, Charles XV of Sweden ranks 5Before him are Ludwig Feuerbach, Samuel Morse, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Princess Sophie of Bavaria. After him are Théophile Gautier, Benito Juárez, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Franz Grillparzer, Kawakami Gensai, N. F. S. Grundtvig, and William Webb Ellis.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Charles XV of Sweden ranks 48 out of 1,612Before him are Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844), Princess Märtha of Sweden (1901), Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), and Astrid of Sweden (1905). After him are Raoul Wallenberg (1912), Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906), Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), and Gunnar Nordahl (1921).

Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Charles XV of Sweden ranks 20Before him are Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844), and Eric XIV of Sweden (1533). After him are Axel Oxenstierna (1583), Olof Skötkonung (980), Eric the Victorious (945), Charles VIII of Sweden (1409), Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700), and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861).