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Gustav III of Sweden

1746 - 1792

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Gustav III (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792),note on dates also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw as the abuse of political privileges seized by the nobility since the death of King Charles XII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav III of Sweden has received more than 834,557 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Gustav III of Sweden is the 852nd most popular politician (down from 602nd in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 30th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swedish Politician.

Gustav III of Sweden is most famous for his assassination in 1792. He was the king of Sweden from 1771-1792.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gustav III of Sweden ranks 852 out of 15,577. Before him are Louis I of Spain, William Howard Taft, Frederick VI of Denmark, Manuel II Palaiologos, Ruth, and Modu Chanyu. After him are Wilm Hosenfeld, Islam Karimov, Jozef Tiso, Aurangzeb, Kara Mustafa Pasha, and Qaboos bin Said al Said.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Gustav III of Sweden ranks 5. Before him are Francisco Goya, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Carlo Buonaparte. After him are Gaspard Monge, Giuseppe Piazzi, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Maurice Benyovszky, William Jones, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and Giovanni Battista Venturi. Among people deceased in 1792, Gustav III of Sweden ranks 3. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. After him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Joshua Reynolds, Richard Arkwright, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Joseph Martin Kraus, Nguyễn Huệ, Tiradentes, and Robert Adam.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustav III of Sweden ranks 38 out of 1,612. Before him are Charles IX of Sweden (1550), Björn Ulvaeus (1945), Max von Sydow (1929), Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Charles XI of Sweden (1655), and Charles XIII of Sweden (1748). After him are Benny Andersson (1946), Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Anita Ekberg (1931), Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), and Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Gustav III of Sweden ranks 15. Before him are Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), John III of Sweden (1537), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), Charles XI of Sweden (1655), and Charles XIII of Sweden (1748). After him are Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844), Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), Charles XV of Sweden (1826), and Axel Oxenstierna (1583).

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