1858 - 1950
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 and the third-longest rule, after Magnus IV (1319–1364) and Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustaf V of Sweden has received more than 789,242 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Gustaf V of Sweden is the 626th most popular politician (down from 478th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 24th in 2019) and the 10th 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, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 626 out of 15,577. Before him are Chandragupta Maurya, Catiline, Nurhaci, Elena Ceaușescu, George I of Greece, and Umar II. After him are Sennacherib, Sargon II, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Grigory Potemkin, Licinius, and Hideki Tojo.
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 620
109 BC - 62 BC
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 621
1559 - 1626
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 622
1916 - 1989
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 623
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 624
682 - 720
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 625
1858 - 1950
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 626
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 627
750 BC - 705 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 628
942 - 972
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 629
1739 - 1791
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 630
263 - 325
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 631
1884 - 1948
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 632
Among people born in 1858, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 9. Before him are Giacomo Puccini, Selma Lagerlöf, Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Rudolf Diesel, and Georg Simmel. After him are Omar Mukhtar, Emmeline Pankhurst, Giuseppe Peano, Christiaan Eijkman, Charles de Foucauld, and Franz Boas. Among people deceased in 1950, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 4. Before him are George Orwell, George Bernard Shaw, and Joseph Schumpeter. After him are Vaslav Nijinsky, Johannes V. Jensen, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Albert Lebrun, Léon Blum, Marcel Mauss, Willis Carrier, and Vallabhbhai Patel.
1858 - 1924
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 3
1858 - 1940
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 4
1858 - 1919
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 5
1858 - 1889
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 6
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 7
1858 - 1918
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 8
1858 - 1950
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 9
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 10
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 11
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 12
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 13
1858 - 1916
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 14
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 15
1903 - 1950
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 1
1856 - 1950
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 2
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 3
1858 - 1950
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 4
1889 - 1950
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 5
1873 - 1950
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 6
1870 - 1950
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 7
1871 - 1950
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 8
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 9
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 10
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 11
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 12
Among people born in Sweden, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 27 out of 1,612. Before him are Bridget of Sweden (1303), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Agnetha Fältskog (1950), and Oscar II of Sweden (1829). After him are Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622), Dieterich Buxtehude (1637), John III of Sweden (1537), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), and Björn Ulvaeus (1945).
1303 - 1373
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 21
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 22
1496 - 1560
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 23
1905 - 1961
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 24
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 25
1829 - 1907
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 26
1858 - 1950
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 27
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 28
1622 - 1660
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 29
1637 - 1707
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 30
1537 - 1592
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 31
1550 - 1611
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 32
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 33
Among politicians born in Sweden, Gustaf V of Sweden ranks 10. Before him are Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oleg of Novgorod (900), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), and Oscar II of Sweden (1829). After him are John III of Sweden (1537), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), Charles XI of Sweden (1655), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), and Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778).
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
1655 - 1697
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 13
1748 - 1818
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 14
1746 - 1792
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 15
1778 - 1837
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 16