Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne with the title of Hereditary Prince.
Gustaf Adolf in 1932
Gustaf Adolf wears the Swedish royal christening gown at his christening in 1906. He is held by his great-grandfather with his grandfather and father standing behind.
Gustaf Adolf as painted by Bianca Wallin in 1939
7–8 September 1940, Finland, Sweden and Germany played a triathlon match at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, built for the 1940 Summer Olympics that were cancelled due to World War II. From the left, the chairman of the Finnish Athletics Federation Urho Kekkonen, Marshal Gustav Mannerheim, president of the Swedish Olympic Committee Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prime Minister Risto Ryti and Reich Sports Leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten.
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a member of the Swedish royal family and the mother of the current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
…Veterinary Corps (Centralstyrelsen för Svenska blå stjärnan). On 20 October 1932 at St. Moritz Church in Coburg, Gustaf Adolf married his second cousin, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Charles Edward, former Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The couple had five children…
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at the age of six, in 1914
Sibylla and brother Hubertus in 1917
The bride and groom at their wedding on 20 October 1932 at the St. Moriz Church, Coburg
Civil wedding of Princess Sibylla and Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden in Coburg 19 October 1932. From left: her father Karl Eduard; father of the groom, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden; the bride and groom; Crown Princess Louise of Sweden; the mother of the bride, Duchess Victoria Adelheid.