Biography

His father died a year after his birth. After attending a boarding school and graduating from high school, Carl Gustaf completed two years of military training from 1966 to 1968. He then studied sociology, history, finance and political science at the universities of Uppsala and Stockholm. After his 18th birthday, Carl Gustaf increasingly took over as heir to the throne from his grandfather Gustaf VI. Adolf political representation tasks.

He also chaired the State Council several times. As a result of his grandfather's death on September 15, 1973, he was known as Carl XVI. Gustaf made King of Sweden. In June 1976, the Swedish sovereign married the German industrialist's daughter Silvia Renate Sommerlath, who thereby became Queen of Sweden and with whom he has three children. The reign of Carl XVI. was shaped by two far-reaching constitutional reforms, which in 1975 deprived the king of almost all political participation rights and in 1980 abolished the male right of succession to the throne.

Since then, the Swedish king has primarily carried out representative tasks. In the 1990s he represented his country's interests on several state trips through Europe. He also accompanied the European integration process into the European Union. Carl XVI In addition to the obligations of his high office, Gustaf, King of Sweden, also chairs the Swedish section of the "World Wide Fund for Nature". He continues to be honorary president of the World Scout Foundation.

He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Award. In April and August 2003, the Norwegian court accused the German tabloid press of systematically persecuting the royal family. King Gustaf and Queen Silvia particularly complained about the German false reports in which Crown Princess Victoria was accused of belonging to a sect.

A few months later, the Swedish royal family was able to record a success in the fight against the tabloid press: in November 2003, two German publishers were convicted by German courts for fabricating cover stories about Crown Princess Victoria. Because of the false reports about their daughters, the Swedish royal couple decided to sue German tabloids for damages in March 2005. As the royal family announced, the defamations were too frequent and too serious to be compensated for with the apologies and retractions that have so far been enforced by the courts.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth