HM King Carl XVI Gustaf

Full Name: Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus

Title: His Majesty The King of Sweden

Reign: September 19, 1973 - present

Born: April 30, 1946 at Haga Palace in Solna, Uppland, Sweden

Parents: Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Married: Silvia Sommerlath on June 19, 1976 at Stockholm Cathedral

Children:
-HRH Crown Princess Victoria born on July 14, 1977
-HRH Prince Carl Philip born May 13, 1979
-HRH Princess Madeleine born June 10, 1982

Education:

• Preschool: taught privately at the Royal Palace of Stockholm
• Primary School: Broms School in Stockholm, Sweden
• Secondary School: Sigtuna Boarding School in Sigtuna, Sweden, graduated in 1966
• 1966-1968: Training in the Army, Navy and Air Force
• 1968-1969: University of Uppsala in Sweden, studied sociology, political science, financial law and economics
• Special Program: studied court system, social organizations and institutions, trade unions, and employers' associations by working at the Swedish Mission to the United Nations, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Hambro Bank in London, the Swedish Embassy in London, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in France, and the Alfa Laval company factory in France

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