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unusual facts about King of Sweden


Birger of Sweden

Birger, King of Sweden also called Birger Magnusson (c. 1280–1321), King of Sweden 1290-1318


Bernadotte, Illinois

Bernadotte is named for the French Marshal who later became King of Sweden.

Götene Municipality

The two most notable sights in the municipality are the mountain/ridge Kinnekulle (with 306 meters the highest point in the county) and the village Husaby, with an old church and church well, where the first Christian king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung, is believed to have been baptized.

Henry St George, the younger

As deputy to Sir Edward Walker, Garter Principal King of Arms, he went on a mission to Stockholm and on 29 July 1669 invested the king of Sweden with the Order of the Garter.

Ivan Frankopan

With the support of his good friend and former employer, Eric of Pomerania who became King of Sweden, he triumphed over King Sigismund.

Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona

Oscar Carl Gustav Ankarcrona (born 10 June 1857), was a Huntsman-Major of the Court of the King of Sweden, Major of the Swedish Army, etc., son of Conrad Victor Ankarcrona (1823–1912), Grand Master of the Court of the King of Sweden, etc., and wife and cousin (m. 1851) Ebba Charlotta, Grefvinnan Bielke (1828–1911).

Richardis Catherine of Mecklenburg

She was the daughter of Albert of Mecklenburg, King of Sweden and Duke of Mecklenburg, and Richardis of Schwerin.


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Ban de la Roche

One of the most important lords of Le Ban de la Roche was Georges-Jean de Veldenz (Georg Hans von Veldenz) (1543–1592), son-in-law of the King of Sweden, founder of the city of Phalsbourg.

Carl II

Charles VIII of Sweden or Carl II, King of Sweden (and of Norway as Carl I) (1409–1470)

Carl John of Sweden

Charles XIV John of Sweden (1760-1844), King of Sweden and of Norway as Carl III John

Carl of Nericia

Carl IX, King of Sweden 1604-1611, also Duke of Sudermania

Carl of Sudermania

Charles XIII of Sweden, King of Sweden 1809-1818 (and of Norway as Carl II)

Charles Didelot

The son of Charles Didelot, the dance master of the King of Sweden, he studied dance with his father, who was an instructor in dance at the Swedish Opera, and debuted as dancer in the theatre of Bollhuset in Stockholm 1786.

Duchies in Sweden

Such modern ducal titles are handled by the King of Sweden personally, are unregulated by law and not registered as names in the Swedish Tax Agency's population census.

Eric Magnusson

Eric XII of Sweden (1339–1359), rival king of Sweden of his father Magnus IV

Gonzalo Soriano

In 1955 he made his first tour of the Far East and in December 1959 visited the Scandinavian countries, which included a concert given before the King of Sweden on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine to Dr. Severo Ochoa.

King of the Goths

Sveriges, Götes och Vendes Konung was used again from 1905 up to the accession of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 1973, who was the first monarch officially proclaimed Sveriges Konung ("King of Sweden") and nothing else.

King Oscar Fjord

It was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition as Konung Oscars Fjord for Oscar II, King of Sweden from 1872–1907.

Orm Eriksson

The war between Denmark and Sweden ended in March 1520 when, as one of the conditions of the settlement, the Swedes accepted Christian II as the King of Sweden.

Queen Louise of Sweden

Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720-1782), daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover; wife of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden

Ragnhild Hatton

Francoise-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, The History of Charles XII, King of Sweden, translated by Antonia White with an introduction by Ragnhild Hatton.

Sörla saga sterka

Sörli the Strong is a son of the king of Oppland, and is at feud with Halfdan Brana's Foster Son (now king of Sweden).

Stanisław Leszczyński

During this time the King of Sweden sent Peter Estenberg to King Stanislaw to act as an ambassador and correspondence secretary.

Stenkilsson

Halsten Stenkilsson, became king of Sweden after his father Stenkil's death in 1066