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.
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.
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.
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
…Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sibylla was the daughter of Charles Edward, the last duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She became a Swedish princess when she married Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten in 1932. She thus had the prospect of one day becoming queen, but the prince was killed in an airplane crash in 1947 and did not live to ascend the…
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.