Oscar II
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Oscar II was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.
Official portrait, c. 1900–1907
Aides Daniel Nordlander (upper left) and Fritz von Dardel, Ordnance Officer Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin, General Henri-Pierre Castelnau, King Charles XV of Sweden and Prince Oscar, future King Oscar II of Sweden, at the 1867 International Exposition in Paris, France.
Norwegian coronation medal for Oscar and Sophia
Photograph of Oscar II, c. 1870s
Gustaf V
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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
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…to his grandnephew Prince Carl of Denmark under the regnal name Haakon VII. When Oscar died in 1907, he was succeeded in Sweden by his eldest son, Gustaf V. Oscar Fredrik was born at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on 21 January 1829, the third of four sons of Crown Prince Oscar and Josephine of Leuchtenberg…
Formal portrait, 1938
Prince Gustaf (far left) with his parents and brothers in 1865.
Wedding medal for Gustaf and Victoria in 1881
Crown Prince Gustaf wears the Coronet of the Heir Apparent in 1893