Trivia

Son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and Princess Margaret of Connaught.

Grandfather of Kronprinsessan Victoria, Prins Carl Philip, and Prinsessan Madeleine.

Father of King Carl XVI Gustaf.

Gustaf Adolf's wife was the granddaughter of Prince Leopold of Duke of Albany.

Grandson of Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Princess Margaret Louise of Prussia Duchess of Connaught, and King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria of Baden.

Great-grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and King Oscar II and Drottning Sophia.

A passenger on the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight which crashed shortly after take-off from Kastrup Airport (Copenhagen), killing the Prince, Grace Moore, Gerda Neumann, and the 19 others on board.