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Gustaf V was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 to his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden, dying at the age of 92. Gustaf also had the third-longest r…
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politics · King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950 · monarch · aristocrat · tennis player · also Gustaf V of Sweden, Gustaf V, Oscar Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Mr G., King Gustaf V, King Gustaf V of Sweden
Born 16 June 1858 · Died 29 October 1950 · Q52890
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The alleged events surrounding the Haijby Affair were adapted into a fictional miniseries for Sveriges Television called En Kunglig Affär (A Royal Secret), directed by Lisa James Larsson and written by Bengt Braskered
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Died 1950-10-29.
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Career landmark: King Gustaf V's funeral.
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Career landmark: Midsummer crisis.
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For instance, he personally summoned the German ambassador to Sweden and told him that if Hitler attacked Czechoslovakia over its refusal to give up the Sudetenland, it would trigger a world war that Germany would almost
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On behalf of his personal trainer and friend Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany, who had been imprisoned by the Nazi Government on the charge of a homosexual relationship with a Jew
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Awarded honorary citizen of Tallinn (1929).
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Won: Restoration (Spain) with Foreign military ranks (1928).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1919).
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Career landmark: Courtyard Speech.
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Career landmark: Courtyard Crisis.
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Career landmark: Peasant armament support march.
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Replacing him with his own figurehead, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, the father of Dag Hammarskjöld, for most of the war
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Gustaf appointed Liberal leader Karl Staaff as Prime Minister
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Gustaf V refused to grant clemency to the convicted murderer Johan Alfred Ander, who thus became the last person to be executed in Sweden
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Won: Denmark with Foreign military ranks (1909).
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Won: Russian Empire with Foreign military ranks (1909).
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Won: German Empire with Foreign military ranks (1909).
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Awarded Royal Victorian Chain (1908).
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Won: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with Foreign military ranks (November 1908).
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Career landmark: Monarch of Sweden (1907–1950).
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To his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden, dying at the age of 92
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And founded Sweden's first tennis club on his return home
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1873).
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Career landmark: crown prince (1872–1907).
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Career landmark: heir apparent (1872–1907).
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Born 1858-06-16.
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