Gustaf V

Sweden King of the Bernadotte dynasty .

1858 June 16th He was born as the first and eldest of four sons of Prince Oscar of Sweden and Princess Zofia of Nassau . He was the last grandchild that his paternal grandfather , King Oscar I , saw during his lifetime, and in fact, he was the eldest grandson.[1] A year after Gustav was born, Oscar I died.

When I was young, I was weak and skinny.[2] 1872 On September 18 , his uncle , Karl​​

Gustav took the university exams in 1876 and in 1877 He entered Uppsala University . And in 1877 he was elected an honorary member of the Swedish Academy. Gustaf received military training and rose through the ranks of the military from the bottom. He enlisted in 1877 and rose through several ranks until 1898 . And Gustav in 1897 He has held international exhibitions in Stockholm.

Appearance in 1881 .

He met Victoria of Baden in 1879 and married her in 1881 . Victoria's ancestors were from the Holstein-Gottorp dynasty, the Swedish royal family before the Bernadotte dynasty to which Gustav belonged . For this reason, the marriage of Gustav and Victoria was a symbol of the union of the old and new Swedish dynasties, and the legitimacy of the Bernadotte dynasty, which was an emerging dynasty with the image of a quick success, was further enhanced. Gustav, Wilhelm , and Erik were born to them , and the eldest son ascended the throne as Gustav VI Adolf . Wife Victoria in 1930 Died on April 4th .

1907 On December 8 , when Oscar II died, Gustav ascended the throne as Gustav V. Sweden during the reign of Gustav V was a time symbolized by widespread social change, technological innovation, and scientific revolution. It was a neutral country in World War I, and during the war, Gustav V underwent surgery for a stomach ulcer. Immediately after World War I, Gustav V implemented reforms to prevent the spread of communism, and the Swedish economy deteriorated in the aftermath of the Great Depression, but the efforts of Gustav V and Swedish intellectuals succeeded in resolving the economic crisis in 1931 .

1939 When World War II broke out, Sweden declared neutrality, but King Gustav V and the Swedes were friendly to Nazi Germany . Moreover, in 1932 , before the war, At the wedding of his grandson , Prince Gustav Adolf , and the former Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, held on October 19, it was revealed that Sibylla's father, Carl Eduard ( 1884-1954 ), had belonged to Nazi Germany after being dethroned as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as a result of World War I, causing great shock and criticism.

His health deteriorated from 1950 , and he was unable to recover after that and died in 1950. He passed away on October 29th . The throne was inherited by the eldest son, Gustav VI Adolf .

Except for the youngest, who died childless due to the Spanish flu, all of them lived long lives like their father. Because of this, the eldest son, Gustav VI Adolf , held the title of crown prince for 43 years , and even experienced the pain of being defeated before ascending to the throne.