Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 30, 1946
Place of Birth
Solna, Sweden
Credits
39 titles
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Biography
Carl XVI Gustaf (born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Carl XVI Gustaf is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history, having surpassed King Magnus IV's reign of 44 years and 222 days on 26 April 2018. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, King Gustaf V. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died in January 1947 in an airplane crash in Denmark when Carl Gustaf was nine months old. Carl Gustaf became crown prince and heir apparent to the Swedish throne at the age of four when his grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf acceded to the throne in 1950. Carl Gustaf acceded to the throne upon his grandfather's death on 15 September 1973. Shortly after he became king, the new 1974 Instrument of Government took effect, formally stripping the monarchy of its remaining executive powers. As a result, Carl Gustaf no longer performs many of the duties normally accorded to a head of state in parliamentary regimes, such as the formal appointment of the prime minister, signing legislation into law, and being commander-in-chief of the nation's military. The new instrument explicitly limited the king to ceremonial and representative functions, while he retained the right to be regularly informed of affairs of state. As head of the House of Bernadotte, Carl Gustaf has also been able to make a number of decisions about the titles and positions of its members. In June 1976, Carl Gustaf married Silvia Sommerlath. They have three children: Victoria, Carl Philip, and Madeleine. The King's heir apparent, after passage on 1 January 1980 of a new law establishing absolute primogeniture, is his eldest child, Crown Princess Victoria. Before the passage of that law, Victoria's younger brother, Carl Philip, was briefly the heir apparent, as of his birth in May 1979.
Known For
Filmography
King Harald IV of Norway: The funeral
Fellow monarch
Kungaparets guldbröllop - intervju
Self
Kungaparet - 50 år tillsammans
Self
Kungen 80 år - intervju
Self
Lars Wallin - The Prince of Glamour
Self
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
Self
Året var 1976
Self (archive footage)
H.M. Konungens jultal
Guldvaskaren från Lannavaara
Self (archive footage)
Friidrottsfeber – Hjältarna som tände en nation
Self (archive footage)
Teater är den nya hiphopen
Self
Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
Self (archive footage)
"My World"
Smokeys dröm - när Formel 1 kom till byn
Self (archive footage)
La Camilla - från gata till glamour, tur och retur
Self (archive footage)
Kungen och jag
Self
The Kings Inner Circle
Self
The King
Self
Året var 1973
Self (archive footage)
Schwedens Krone
Dronning i 50 år
Self - Guest
VM-94 - En sportsaga
Self (archive footage)
PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Closing Ceremony: The Next Wave
Self
104 dagar
Self
Stenbeck
Self (archive footage)
Palme
Self (archive footage)
Public Speaking
Self (archive footage)
Görgen with G
Self
Ebbe - The Movie: Mannen, Myten, Affären
Self (archive footage)
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
Self
Conspiracy '58
Self (archive footage)
Huwelijk kroonprins Willem-Alexander en Máxima Zorreguieta
Self
Gå på vatten
Self
Un siècle d'écrivains
När bollen var rund
Self
Kunglig resa i USA
Self
Ett porträtt av John E. Franzén
Self
Portrait: A Film of Stockholm
Self
Till Kungen fram
Self