• Gustaf VI Adolf had an enormous private library consisting of 80,000 volumes and – nearly more impressively – he actually had read the main part of the books.
  • WHEELER, Mortimer, “King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, K. G. 1882-1973”, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 20, 1974, p.213-216.
  • Gustaf VI Adolf became the crown prince on 8th December 1907, when his grandfather, King Oscar II, died and his father, Gustaf V, was made the king.
  • Gustav VI Adolf was the king of the Swedes from 1950 to 1973, the last Swedish monarch to hold real political power after constitutional reforms initiated in 1971.
  • Gustaf VI Adolf’s personal qualities made him popular among the Swedish people and, in turn, this popularity led to strong public opinion in favour of the retention of...
  • King Gustaf VI Adolf died on September 15, 1973, just short of his 91st birthday, at Helsingborg Hospital in Helsingborg, Sweden.
  • October 29, 1950 - September 15, 1973 (22 years). Preceded by Gustaf V, King of Sweden. Succeeded by Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
  • King Gustaf VI Adolf was born on 11 November 1882 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.