Charles XV

King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872

Charles XV & IV

Charles in 1865

King of Sweden and Norway
Reign| 8 July 1859 – 18 September 1872
Coronations| 3 May 1860, Stockholm
5 August 1860, Trondheim
Predecessor| Oscar I
Successor| Oscar II

Born| (1826-05-03)3 May 1826
Stockholm, Sweden
Died| 18 September 1872(1872-09-18) (aged 46)
Malmö, Sweden
Burial| 9 October 1872

Riddarholmskyrkan

Spouse|

Louise of the Netherlands

(m. 1850; died 1871)​

Issue|

* Louise, Queen of Denmark
* Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland

| Names

Carl Ludvig Eugen
House| Bernadotte
Father| Oscar I
Mother| Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Religion| Church of Sweden
Education| Uppsala University
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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. He was the first one to be born in Sweden, the first to grow up speaking Swedish as his first language, and the first to be raised from birth in the Lutheran faith.

## Biography

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An equestrian portrait of Charles XV, painted by Carl Fredrik Kiörboe, circa 1860 Statue of Charles XV in Stockholm Adjutant Daniel Nordlander (upper left), with Adjutant Fritz von Dardel, Ordonnance Officer Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin, General Henri-Pierre Castelnau, King Charles XV of Sweden and Prince Oscar, future King Oscar II of Sweden, at the International Exposition (1867) in Paris, France.

### Early life

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He was born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, in 1826 and dubbed Duke of Scania at birth. Born the eldest son of Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden and his wife Crown Princess Josephine, he would be second in line to the throne of his grandfather, the ruling King Charles XIV John of Sweden. During his childhood he was placed in the care of the royal governess, Countess Christina Ulrika Taube.[1] When he was just 15, he was given his first officer's commission in 1841 by his grandfather the king.

### Crown Prince

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The aging King Charles XIV John would suffer a stroke on his 81st birthday in 1844, dying little more than a month later. His successor would be his son, Charles's father Oscar, who ascended the throne as King Oscar I of Sweden. Upon his father's accession to the throne in 1844, the youth Charles was made a chancellor of the universities of Uppsala and Lund, and in 1853 chancellor of Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. On 11 February 1846, he was made an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[2]

The Crown Prince was Viceroy of Norway briefly in 1856 and 1857. He became Regent on 25 September 1857, and king on the death of his father on 8 July 1859.[3] As grandson of Augusta of Bavaria, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden and Charles IX of Sweden, whose Vasa blood returned to the throne after being lost in 1818 when Charles XIII of Sweden died.

On 19 June 1850, he married in Stockholm Louise of the Netherlands, niece of William II of the Netherlands through her father and niece of William I of Prussia, German Emperor, through her mother. The couple was personally quite dissimilar; Louise was a cultured and refined woman, however, she was considered to be quite plain and Charles was disappointed with her appearance. Louise was in love with her husband, whereas he preferred other women, saddening her deeply. His well-known mistresses included the actress Laura Bergnéhr, the countess Josephine Sparre, Wilhelmine Schröder and the actresses Hanna Styrell and Elise Hwasser, and the Crown Prince neglected his shy wife. On the other hand, his relationship to his only daughter, Louise, was warm and close.[4]

### Reign

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Photograph of Charles XV in coronation robes

As Crown Prince, Charles's brusque manner had led many to regard his future accession with some apprehension, yet he proved to be one of the most popular of Scandinavian kings and a constitutional ruler in the best sense of the word. His reign was remarkable for its manifold and far-reaching reforms. Sweden's existing municipal law (1862), ecclesiastical law (1863) and criminal law (1864) were enacted appropriately enough under the direction of a king whose motto was: Land skall med lag byggas – "With law shall the land be built".[3] Charles also helped Louis De Geer to carry through his reform of the Parliament of Sweden in 1866. He also declared the freedom of women by passing the law of legal majority for unmarried women in 1858 – his sister Princess Eugenie became the first woman who was declared mature.[5]

Though known as King Charles XV (15th) in Sweden (and also on contemporary Norwegian coins[6]), he was actually the ninth Swedish king by that name, as his predecessor Charles IX (reigned 1604–1611) had adopted a numeral according to a fictitious history of Sweden.[7]

Charles, like his father Oscar I, was an advocate of Scandinavianism and the political solidarity of the three northern kingdoms, and his friendship with Frederick VII of Denmark, it is said, led him to give half promises of help to Denmark on the eve of the war of 1864, which, in the circumstances, were perhaps misleading and unjustifiable. In view, however, of the unpreparedness of the Swedish army and the difficulties of the situation, Charles was forced to observe a strict neutrality.[3] On behalf of Charles, Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek, Dutch diplomat in Japan, concluded a "Vänskaps-, handels- och sjöfartstraktat" ("Friendship, Trade and Maritime Treaty") between Sweden-Norway and Japan on 11 November 1868 (see the Treaty of Yokohama). The treaty opened Hakodate, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Kobe and Osaka to trade for Swedish and Norwegian traders (Article 3). The treaty also gave Sweden-Norway the opportunity to send consuls to the newly opened ports, where they were given the right to exercise jurisdiction over Swedes and Norwegians (consular jurisdiction).[8]

Plagued by ill-health for the last years of his life, Charles succombed to abdominal tuberculosis in Malmö on 18 September 1872.[9][10]

Coronation medal for Charles and Louise 1860

He was followed on the thrones of both Norway and Sweden by his brother, crowned Oscar II.

### Personal life

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Charles XV attained some eminence as a painter[3] and as a poet. In 1872, Charles XV had controversial plans to enter a non-morganatic marriage with the Polish countess Maria Beatrix Krasińska through the assistance of Ohan Demirgian, plans that aroused opposition both in the Royal house and Government and which were interrupted only by his death.[11]

Charles's popularity often had him referred to colloquially as "Kron-Kalle" (Crown-Charlie).[12]

## Issue

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By his wife, Louise of the Netherlands, Charles had two children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter who married the King of Denmark. The early death of Charles's only legitimate son meant that he was succeeded on the thrones of Sweden and Norway by his younger brother Oscar II.

Name | Birth | Death | Notes

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Louise Josephine Eugenie | 31 October 1851 | 21 March 1926 | married, 1869, Frederik VIII of Denmark; had issue (including Christian X of Denmark and Haakon VII of Norway).
Carl Oscar Vilhelm Frederik | 14 December 1852 | 13 March 1854 | died in infancy of pneumonia.

Charles also sired an illegitimate son, Carl Johan Bolander, (4 February 1854 – 28 July 1903), the father of Bishop Nils Bolander,[13] and daughter, Ellen Svensson Hammar (28 October 1865 – 1931), and it has been widely rumored that Charles had many more extramarital children.[14]

A few weeks before Charles's death, his daughter Louise (then Crown Princess of Denmark) gave birth to her second son, Prince Carl of Denmark. In 1905, Prince Carl ascended to the throne of Norway with the regnal name Haakon VII, thus becoming Charles's successor in that country.[15]

No subsequent king of Sweden to this day is Charles's descendant. However, his descendants are on the thrones of Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium and Norway.

## Honours

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National decorations[16]

* Knight and Commander of the Seraphim, with Collar, 3 May 1826
* Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 3 May 1826
* Commander Grand Cross of the Sword, 3 May 1826
* Commander Grand Cross of the Polar Star, 3 May 1826
* Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 3 May 1826

Foreign decorations[16]

* Denmark:[17]
* Knight of the Elephant, 16 July 1846
* Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 22 September 1856
* Grand Commander of the Dannebrog, 10 June 1860
* Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (civil), 16 September 1849[18]
* Austrian Empire: Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1850[19]
* Spain: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 26 June 1855[20]
* Kingdom of Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 28 July 1861[21]
* Duchy of Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 5 June 1864[22]
* Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1846[23]
* Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, April 1864[24]
* French Empire:
* Grand Cross of the Legion of honour
* Médaille militaire
* Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
* Kingdom of Hanover: Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1849[25]
* Mexican Empire: Grand Cross of the Mexican Eagle, with Collar, 1865[26]
* Nassau: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau, July 1858[27]
* Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
* Luxembourg: Grand Cross of the Oak Crown
* Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders
* Kingdom of Prussia:
* Knight of the Black Eagle, 1 December 1846[28]
* Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
* Russian Empire:
* Knight of St. Andrew
* Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky
* Knight of the White Eagle
* Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class
* Beylik of Tunis: Husainid Family Order

## Arms

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Prince of Sweden and Norway,
Duke of Scania (1826–1844)  |
Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway,
Duke of Scania (1844–1859)  |
King Charles XV of Sweden
and Norway  |
Monogram of King Charles XV
of Sweden

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## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Charles XV

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| 4\. Charles XIV John of Sweden|

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| 9\. Jeanne de Saint Vincent

| 2\. Oscar I of Sweden|

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| 10\. François Clary

| 5\. Désirée Clary|

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| 11\. Françoise Rose Somis

| 1\. Charles XV of Sweden|
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| 12\. Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais

| 6\. Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg|

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| 13\. Joséphine de Tascher de La Pagerie

| 3\. Princess Joséphine of Leuchtenberg|

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| 14\. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

| 7\. Princess Augusta of Bavaria|

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| 15\. Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

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## References

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3. ^ a b c d This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Charles XV.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). p. 932.
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8. ^ Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War: 1931–1945, by Pascal Lottaz, Ingemar Ottosson
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10. ^ Lindqvist, Herman (2022). Oscar II: den konungsligaste av alla kungar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag AB. p. 128\. ISBN 978-91-0-018884-9. OCLC 1371246021.
11. ^ Ohan Demirgian, urn:sbl:17456, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Carl-Gustaf Thomasson.), hämtad 2014-12-13.
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17. ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1872) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1872 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1872] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 1, 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 1 May 2020 - via da:DIS Danmark.
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21. ^ Cibrario, Luigi (1869). Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri (in Italian). Eredi Botta. p. 118. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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28. ^ Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm IV. ernannte Ritter" p. 23

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles XV of Sweden.

Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article "Charles XV.".

* The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav – Norwegian and Swedish Monarchs Grand Masters of the Order
* Family tree of the Royal Norwegian House
* Kings of Norway (in Norwegian)
* Much material on early kings (in Norwegian)
* "Charles XV." . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.

Karl XV/IV

House of Bernadotte

Born: 3 May 1826 Died: 18 September 1872

Regnal titles
Preceded by

Oscar I

|  King of Sweden and Norway
1859–1872  | Succeeded by

Oscar II

Swedish royalty
New creation |  Duke of Skåne
1826–1859  | Vacant

Title next held by

Gustav Adolf
Political offices
Preceded by

Severin Løvenskiold

|  Prime Minister of Norway
1856  | Succeeded by

Jørgen Herman Vogt

Preceded by

Jørgen Herman Vogt

|  Prime Minister of Norway
1857

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* e

House of Bernadotte

Charles XIV John of Sweden / Charles III John of Norway

| Spouses|

* Queen Désirée

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Children|

* King Oscar I**

Children's spouses|

* Queen Josephine***

Oscar I of Sweden and Norway

| Children|

* King Charles XV & IV**
* Prince Gustaf**
* King Oscar II**
* Princess Eugenie**
* Prince August**

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Children's spouses|

* Queen Louise***
* Queen Sophia***
* Princess Therese***

Charles XV of Sweden / Charles IV of Norway

| Children|

* Princess Louise**
* Prince Carl Oscar**

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Oscar II of Sweden and Norway

| Children|

* King Gustaf V**
* Prince Oscar** ^
* Prince Carl**
* Prince Eugen**

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Children's spouses|

* Queen Victoria***
* Princess Ingeborg***

Grandchildren|

* Princess Margaretha**
* Princess Märtha**
* Princess Astrid
* Prince Carl^

Gustaf V of Sweden

| Children|

* King Gustaf VI Adolf**
* Prince Wilhelm**
* Prince Erik**

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Children's spouses|

* Crown Princess Margaret***
* Queen Louise***
* Princess Maria Pavlovna***

Grandchildren|

* Prince Lennart^

Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

| Children|

* Prince Gustaf Adolf
* Prince Sigvard^
* Princess Ingrid
* Prince Bertil
* Prince Carl Johan^

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Children's spouses|

* Princess Sibylla***
* Princess Lilian***

Grandchildren|

* Princess Margaretha
* Princess Birgitta
* Princess Désirée
* Princess Christina
* King Carl XVI Gustaf

Grandchildren's spouses|

* Queen Silvia

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

| Children|

* Crown Princess Victoria
* Prince Carl Philip
* Princess Madeleine

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Children's spouses|

* Prince Daniel***
* Princess Sofia***

Grandchildren|

* Princess Estelle
* Prince Oscar

**also prince/princess of Norway
^lost his title due to an unequal marriage
***Prince/Princess of Sweden by marriage only

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Swedish princes

The generations indicate descent from Gustav I, of the House of Vasa, and continues through the Houses of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Holstein-Gottorp; and the Bernadotte.

1st generation|

* King Eric XIV
* King John III
* Prince Magnus, Duke of Östergötland
* King Charles IX

2nd generation|

* King Sigismund I
* Gustav, Prince of Uglich
* Prince John, Duke of Östergötland
* King Gustav II Adolf
* Prince Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland

3rd generation|

* King Władysław IV of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania[2]
* King John II Casimir of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania[2]
* Prince Alexander Charles[2]
* John Albert, Prince-Bishop of Warmia and Kraków[2]
* Prince Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Opole[2]

4th generation|

* King Charles XI

5th generation|

* King Charles XII
* King Frederick I[4]

6th generation|

* King Adolf Frederick[4]

7th generation|

* King Gustav III
* King Charles XIII
* Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland

8th generation|

* King Gustav IV Adolf
* Prince Carl Gustav, Duke of Småland
* Crown Prince Charles August[4]
* King Charles XIV John[1][4]

9th generation|

* Crown Prince Gustav, Prince of Vasa
* King Oscar I[1][4]

10th generation|

* King Charles XV[1]
* Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland[1]
* King Oscar II[1]
* Prince August, Duke of Dalarna[1]

11th generation|

* Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland[1]
* King Gustaf V[1]
* Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland[1][3]
* Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland[1]
* Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke[1]

12th generation|

* King Gustaf VI Adolf[1]
* Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland[1]
* Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland[1]
* Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland[3]

13th generation|

* Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
* Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland[3]
* Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland
* Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna[3]
* Prince Lennart, Duke of Småland[3]

14th generation|

* King Carl XVI Gustaf

15th generation|

* Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
* Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland[4]

16th generation|

* Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne
* Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland
* Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna
* Prince Julian, Duke of Halland
* Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland

1 Also prince of Norway
2 Also prince of Poland and Lithuania
3 Lost his title due to an unequal marriage
4 Not Swedish prince by birth, but created prince of Sweden

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Monarchs of Norway

I. Independent Norway

Foreign and non-royal
rulers in italics, disputed
monarchs in brackets|

| 872–1387|

* Harald I Fairhair
* Eric I Bloodaxe
* Haakon I the Good
* Harald II Greycloak
* Harald Bluetooth d & Haakon Sigurdsson r
* Olaf I Tryggvason
* Sweyn Forkbeard de & Eiríkr Hákonarson r & Sweyn Haakonsson r
* Olaf II the Saint
* Cnut de & Haakon Ericsson r & Sweyn Knutsson r (Ælfgifu r)
* Magnus I the Good d
* Harald III Hardrada
* Magnus II Haraldsson
* Olaf III Kyrre
* Haakon Toresfostre
* Magnus III Barefoot
* Olav Magnusson
* Eystein I Magnusson
* Sigurd I the Crusader
* Harald IV Gille
* Magnus IV the Blind
* Sigurd II Munn
* Inge I Haraldsson
* Eystein II Haraldsson
* (Magnus Haraldsson)
* Haakon II Broadshoulder
* Magnus V Erlingsson
* Sverre Sigurdsson
* Haakon III Sverresson
* (Guttorm Sigurdsson)
* Inge II Bårdsson
* Haakon IV Haakonsson
* (Haakon the Young)
* Magnus VI the Law-mender
* Eric II Magnusson
* Haakon V Magnusson
* Magnus VII Ericsson s
* Haakon VI Magnusson s
* Olaf IV Haakonsson d

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Kalmar Union|

| 1387–1523|

* Margaret ds
* Eric III ds
* Christopher ds
* Charles I s
* Christian I ds
* John ds
* Christian II ds

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Denmark–Norway|

| 1524–1814|

* Frederick I d
* Christian III d
* Frederick II d
* Christian IV d
* Frederick III d
* Christian V d
* Frederick IV d
* Christian VI d
* Frederick V d
* Christian VII d
* Frederick VI d

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II. Independent Norway|

| 1814|

* Christian Frederick

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Union with Sweden|

| 1814–1905|

* Charles II s
* Charles III John s
* Oscar I s
* Charles IV s
* Oscar II s

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III. Independent Norway|

| Since 1905|

* Haakon VII
* Olav V
* Harald V

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* r Regent
* d Also Danish monarch
* e Also English monarch
* s Also Swedish monarch

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Monarchs of Sweden

Munsö|

| c. 970 – c. 1060|

* Eric "VII"
* Olof Skötkonung
* Anund Jacob
* Emund the Old

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Stenkil|

| c. 1060 – c. 1130
1160–1161|

* Stenkil
* Eric and Eric
* Halsten
* Anund Gårdske
* Håkan the Red
* Halsten / Inge the Elder
* Blot-Sweyn
* Inge the Elder
* Philip / Inge the Younger
* Ragnvald Knaphövde
* Magnus I (House of Estridsen, descendant of Inge the Elder)

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Sverker * Eric|

| c. 1130 – 1250|

* Sverker the Elder
* Eric "IX" the Holy
* Magnus II (House of Estridsen, descendant of Inge the Elder)
* Charles VII
* Kol / Boleslaw
* Knut Eriksson
* Sverker the Younger
* Eric "X"
* John I
* Eric "XI"
* Knut Långe 1
* Eric "XI"

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Bjälbo|

| 1250–1364|

* Valdemar
* Magnus III
* Birger
* Magnus IV2
* Eric "XII"
* Magnus IV / Haakon2

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Mecklenburg|

| 1364–1389|

* Albert

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Kalmar Union

Italics indicate
regents

| 1389–1523|

* Margaret3 (House of Estridsen) / Eric XIII3 (House of Griffins)
* Eric XIII3 (House of Griffins)
* Charles (VIII)
* Eric XIII3 (House of Griffins)
* Charles (VIII)
* Christopher of Bavaria3 (House of Wittelsbach)
* Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna) / Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna)
* Charles VIII2 (House of Bonde)
* Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna / Erik Axelsson Tott
* Christian I3 (House of Oldenburg)
* Kettil Karlsson (Vasa)
* Charles VIII (House of Bonde)
* Kettil Karlsson (Vasa)
* Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna
* Erik Axelsson Tott
* Charles VIII (House of Bonde)
* Sten Sture the Elder
* John II3 (House of Oldenburg)
* Sten Sture the Elder
* Svante Nilsson
* Erik Trolle
* Sten Sture the Younger
* Christian II3 (House of Oldenburg)
* Gustav (I)

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Vasa|

| 1523–1654|

* Gustav I
* Eric XIV
* John III
* Sigismund4
* Charles IX
* Gustav II Adolf
* Christina

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Palatinate-
Zweibrücken (Wittelsbach)
Hesse-Kassel|

| 1654–1751|

* Charles X Gustav
* Charles XI
* Charles XII
* Ulrika Eleonora
* Frederick I

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Holstein-Gottorp (Oldenburg)|

| 1751–1818|

* Adolf Frederick
* Gustav III
* Gustav IV Adolf
* Charles XIII2

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Bernadotte|

| since 1818|

* Charles XIV John2
* Oscar I2
* Charles XV2
* Oscar II2
* Gustaf V
* Gustaf VI Adolf
* Carl XVI Gustaf

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* 1 Lineage uncertain
* 2 Also Norwegian monarch
* 3 Also Norwegian and Danish monarch
* 4 Also king of Poland

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Heirs to the throne of Sweden

* Gustav
* Karl
* Gustav Adolf
* Karl
* Gustav
* Karl August
* Carl Johan
* Oscar
* Carl
* Oscar
* Gustaf
* Gustaf Adolf
* Carl Gustaf
* Bertil
* Carl Philip
* Victoria

Heirs who succeeded are shown in italics

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Grand Masters of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons

* King Charles III John
* King Oscar I
* King Carl IV
* King Oscar II
* Johan Gottfried Conradi
* August Christian Mohr
* Wilhelm Hansen Færden
* Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker
* Hans Johndal Rønneberg
* Jacob Hvinden Haug
* Carl Kaas
* Anton Cathinco Stub Holmboe
* Bernhard Paus
* Ola Knutrud
* Syver Hagen
* Magne Frode Nygaard
* Ivar A. Skar
* Tore Evensen

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Sweden
* Finland
* Catalonia
* Belgium

Artists|

* ULAN
* RKD Artists
* KulturNav
* 2
* Musée d'Orsay

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB

Other|

* IdRef
* Te Papa (New Zealand)
* RISM

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