Prince Gustaf Adolf (1906-1947) - King Carl XVI Gustaf's Father


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Thanx Julia! And you too Emil for providing us with even more photos of the Duke of Västerbotten. If anyone have any photos of the Prince in some magazines or books please post it!

The two Princes Gustaf Adolf and Sigvard (sitting on the sledge) circa 1909
 

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Another one with the Prince's closest brother Sigvard but this one is probably from 1912 or 1913.
 

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And the last one for today: the Royal House 1912 with Prince Gustaf Adolf very easy to locate.
 

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Thank you Devin, Julia and Emil for the wonderful photos of the Duke of Vasterbotten. :)

You have all raised my curiosity,and I was wondering if anyone had any interesting links to sites about him or articles or biographies?
 
Crown Princess Margaret with Prince Gustaf Adolf, Ingrid (Queen Ingrid of Denmark) and Prince Sigvard 1910 without the Corbis watermark!
 

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1911
 

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Crown Princess Margareth with Prince Gustaf Adolf and Sigvard 1914.
 

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Four Princes and one Princess.
1922?
 

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Prince Gustaf Adolf.
 

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Here are some photos of the duke of Västerbotten:
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Let us begin with this picture of the Duke from 1907:
 

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Another one from that year but here togheter with mother Princess Margareth (Margareta)
 

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The Princes Gustaf Adolf and brother Sigvard
 

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Another one presumably 1909
 

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This is one of Crown Princess Maragaret's last groupphotos in probably the year (after corrections) 1916 and was re-issued the same year she died, 1920

From Left: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Carl Johan, Crown Princess Margareth, Prince Sigvard, Princess Ingrid and Prince Bertil.
 

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Prince Gustaf Adolf on Trefaldighetschurch stairs giving some sort of an award.
 

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A lovley picture of the Princefamily together with H.M King Gustaf V.

From Left: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Princess Birgitta,Gustaf V, Princess Désirée, Princess Margareta and Princess Sibylla

1940?
 

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Carl Johan was born in 1916, and that photo shows him as an infant, so it had to be have been taken in 1916-1917.

Do you have any of the old pics of the others as kids? Thanks for all of your hard work, Devin.
 
Thanks Kelly I appreciate that!

Which photo do you mean? Is it the one on the former page that says:

Here are some photos of the duke of Västerbotten:
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Let us begin with this picture of the Duke from 1907:


If so, it is Prince Gustaf Adolf on the picture!


Yes I have a few pictures of the Dukes siblings as kids, I'll post them in the future.
 
The ones with these captions have dates incorrect

"Four Princes and one Princess. circa 1916 " Carl Johan is 3 or 4 yrs old there, so it's got to be 1919 or 1920.

"This is one of (or maybe the last) Crown Princess Maragaret's last groupphoto in 1920 because later that year she died, a great loss.
From Left: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Carl Johan, Crown Princess Margareth, Prince Sigvard, Princess Ingrid and Prince Bertil." Carl Johan is an infant, so it's got to be 1916 or 1917.
 
Originally posted by kelly9480@Jan 24th, 2003 - 1:54 pm
The ones with these captions have dates incorrect

"Four Princes and one Princess. circa 1916 " Carl Johan is 3 or 4 yrs old there, so it's got to be 1919 or 1920.

"This is one of (or maybe the last) Crown Princess Maragaret's last groupphoto in 1920 because later that year she died, a great loss.
From Left: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Carl Johan, Crown Princess Margareth, Prince Sigvard, Princess Ingrid and Prince Bertil." Carl Johan is an infant, so it's got to be 1916 or 1917.
1st of all:
No, actually we're both wrong (let me say I was wrong) because "Four Princes and one Princess. circa 1916 " was captured after the Crown Princess death!

2nd:
Even your remark on the 2nd picture is infact incorrect. If you take a closer look at the photo you might see the actual year of the caption!
 
Devin, there was no baby born after 1916, so if she's with an infant, it has to be Carl Johan, therefore it has to be 1916 or 1917. Who else could the baby have been otherwise?

The photo could have been re-issued after she died, making for the date mix-up. But there is no way that picture was taken after Carl Johan had moved from infancy to toddlerhood.
 
Yes, it's possible,
And yes I've changed it!
 
There's a military march named "The Duke of Västerbotten" (Hertigen av Västerbotten) written by Per Berg in the 1930s, and it's (of course) dedicated to Prince Gustaf Adolf.
Per Berg was the musical director at "Västerbottens regemente" and the march has later been adopted as the cavalery's march past (defileringsmarsch). Why? Well, The Prince was an outstanding hourseman, a member of Sweden's Olympic show-jumping team in 1936 and he also became known as "The Rider Prince". / SULAN
 
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It's time for our favourite duke!
This time I have repaired a few pictures becuase on there were some scratches and paint on them, so I decided to fix them and put my name on the picture.
- Let's start with Crown Princess Margareth and the newborn Gustaf Adolf 1906
 

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The Ducal family of Skåne with their son The Duke of Västerbotten 1906.
 

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The Ducal Family of Skåne with the one year old Prince Gustaf Adolf and the newborn Prince Sigvard The Duke of Uppland.

1907
 

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The Crown Prince family with the duke of Västerbotten.

1909
 

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The Crown Prince Family with their two Princes Gustaf Adolf and Sigvard.

1908
 

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The Crown Princess on a football ground with, From Left: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Prince Sigvard and Princess Ingrid.
 

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