Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland was a Swedish prince. Through his daughters Märtha and Astrid, for whom he arranged dynastic marriages, he is an ancestor of current members of
Photograph of Prince Carl, c. 1930
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway as a child, 1869
King Oscar II of Sweden and his son Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, 1879
Equestrian portrait of the Duke of Västergötland by Jules David, 1894
Oscar II was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.
Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
…18th-century palace located at Gustav Adolfs Torg in central Stockholm. Born into the House of Bernadotte, he was the third son and child of the then Prince Oscar and Princess Sophia. His father was the younger brother and heir presumptive of the reigning king of Sweden-Norway, the sonless King Charles XV, and…
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