Reign | December 8 1907-October 29 1950 |
Coronation | No coronation ceremony |
Royal motto |
"Med folket för fosterlandet"
("With the people for the motherland") |
Queen | Victoria of Baden |
Royal House | Bernadotte |
Predecessor | Oscar II of Sweden |
Successor | Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden |
Date of Birth | June 16, 1858 |
Place of Birth | Drottningholm Palace |
Date of Death | October 29, 1950 |
Place of Death | Drottningholm Palace |
Place of Burial | Riddarholmskyrkan, Stockholm |
King Gustav V of Sweden, or Gustaf V (1858 - 1950), Swedish monarch from 1907 to 1950. He married Princess Victoria of Baden on September 20, 1881. She was the granddaughter of Sofia of Sweden, and her marriage to Gustav V united the reigning Bernadotte dynasty with the former royal house of Vasa.
During a series of scandals in the 1950s known as the Haijby affair, which was in turn a continuation of the Kejne affair, it came to public knowledge that the king was, and had always been bisexual. This is said to have "made virtually no difference to his marriage."
Children
Preceded by: Oscar II | List of Swedish monarchs | Succeeded by: Gustav VI Adolf |