Sweden (Sverige)

Capital : Stockholm

Älsborg län, Blekinge län, Gävleborgs län, Hallands län, Jämtlands län, Kristianstads län, Kronobergs län, Malmohus län, Norrbotten, Örebro län, Östergötlands län, Skaraborgs län, Södermanlands län, Västermanlands län, Svealand, Uppsala län, Värmlands län, Västerbottens län, Vasternorrlands län

History

During the Viking period, the Swedes concentrated on the Baltic and Kievan Russia with some becoming masters of Novgorod and Kiev. (They became slavicized but continued to make dynastic alliances with Scandinavia). Sweden was not united until the end of the C11th under the kings of Uppland but the southern coastal areas of Halland, Skane and Blekinge remained under Danish control. Sweden joined Denmark, Norway and Finland in the Union of Kalmar (1397-1523) but broke away to regain independence under Gustavus Vasa. He also broke with Rome, adopted Lutheranism and began to improve the Swedish economy, army and navy. As the only ice-free access to the North Sea was an 11-mile strip between Halland (Denmark) and Bohuslan (Norway) guarded by the fortress of Alvsborg, his position was unstable at first and the fortress fell to Danish invasions several times.

Sweden gained control of Alvsborg for a large ransom after the Seven Years' War of the North (1563-70), under Gustavus' sons, Eric XIV and John III, and was becoming a significant force within and without the Baltic region by 1581. Finland had been under Swedish control since the C14th and John III had married a Polish princess so their son became king of Poland as Sigismund III in 1587. When John died in 1592, he also inherited Sweden. This brought about a constitutional crisis and Sigismund was deposed by his uncle, Charles IX, inaugurating fifty years of open hostility between Poland and Sweden, already divided by conflicting interests in Livonia.

When Charles' son, Gustavus Adolphus, became king aged 17 in 1611, Sweden was surrounded by hostile states. Although his reign began with the setback of the loss of Alvsborg to Denmark, he regained it under the Peace of Knared in 1613. He gained large amounts of territory by his death in 1632 and expansion continued. Peace treaties included those of Stolbovo in 1617 and Westphalia in 1648. Under the Peace of Bromsebro, Sweden gained Gotland and Osel from Denmark and lands from Norway. Under the Peace of Roskilde, Sweden was granted Scania, Halland, Bohuslan, Blekinge and Bornholm from Denmark. By this stage, Sweden's enemies were combining against her and only the alliance with Louis XIV of France prevented territorial losses when Denmark started the Scanian War (1676-9).

As a result, the reign of Charles XI was rather cautious. He was succeeded in 1697 by his 15-year-old son, Charles XII, and in 1700 the Great Northern War began. This was to lead to a more powerful Russia and to destroy the power of Sweden and Poland despite Charles' early victory at Narva in the Gulf of Finland. Tsar Peter the Great recaptured Narva in 1704, defeated the Swedes at Poltava in 1709 and Russia gained Livonia, Estonia, Ingermanland Karelia and south east Finland in peace treaties from 1719-21. Most of the Swedish territories in Germany were divided between Hanover and the new state of Brandenburg-Prussia.

Finland was to gain independence in 1917 without returning to Swedish rule. Modern Sweden joined the European Free Trade Association in 1960 but has never regained the powerful status it enjoyed during the C17th.

Swedish Names

Old Norse personal names are still popular alongside Biblical ones and some borrowings from other European countries.

Male

Åbjörn	Agaton	Agnar	Agne	Ahl	Åke
Albert	Albin	Albrekt	Alf	Alf-Inge	Algot
Alrik	Alvar	Alvaster	Alve	Amadeus	Amandus
Ambjörn	Ambrosius	Amund	Anders	Andor	Andreas
Åne	Åner	Anifas	Antall	Anton	Anund
Årad	Arent	Arild	Ärnbjörn	Ärne	Arnfast
Arnfinn	Aron	Artur	Arvast	Arvid	Asbjörn
Asbjørn	Asgärd	Asmund	Assar	Atle	Atte
August	Augustin	Axel	Balder	Baltsar	Bård
Bartold	Bastian	Båtel	Bengt	Benjamin	Berge
Bergren	Beriel	Bernhard	Bernt	Bertil	Bertram
Bielke	Bigge	Birgel	Birger	Birre	Bjarne
Björn	Bjørn	Blasius	Bo	Bonde	Börge
Böril	Börje	Bosse	Botel	Botolf	Botvid
Brage	Brasse	Brodde	Broder	Brolle	Bror
Bruno	Bryngel	Brynjulf	Brynolf	Brynte	Carl-Axel
Christer	Christian	Dag	Dahl	Daniel	David
Detlof	Didrik	Djur	Dominikus	Ebbe	Eberhard
Eckard	Edvard	Edvin	Eemil	Efraim	Eggert
Egil	Egon	Eilif	Einar	Eirik	Eivind
Ejlert	Elef	Elf	Elias	Elis	Elling
Elof	Elov	Elver	Emanuel	Embrikt	Emil
Enar	Enevald	Engelbert	Engelbrekt	Enok	Erengisle
Erhard	Erik	Erland	Erling	Ernfrid	Ernst
Esaias	Esbjörn	Esias	Eskel	Eskil	Espen
Eugen	Evald	Evert	Eyvind	Fabian	Fader
Fajer	Fale	Faltin	Fardhe	Farman	Faste
Filip	Filpus	Finn	Finnur	Finnvid	Folke
Frände	Frank	Frans	Frederik	Fredrik	Frenne
Fridolf	Fritjof	Frits	Frode	Frösten	Gälar
Gammal	Geert	Geir	Georg	Gerhard	Germund
Gert	Gerton	Gertorn	Gilius	Gillis	Gisle
Gissel	Gjohl	Gjöl	Gjord	Gjur	Göran
Gösta	Götar	Göte	Gottfrid	Gotthard	Gottskalk
Greger	Gregers	Grels	Gries	Grim	Gude
Gudhlek	Gudmarr	Gudmund	Gull	Gullbrand	Gulle
Gullik	Gumme	Gunbjörn	Gunnar	Gustaf	Gustav
Guttorm	Habbol	Habor	Habord	Hagbard	Håkan
Håkon	Hakvin	Hälje	Halle	Halsten	Halvar
Halvard	Halvor	Hammen	Hamund	Hans	Harald
Härleif	Hartman	Hartvig	Håvard	Hedin	Helge
Helle	Helmer	Hemming	Hendrik	Henning	Henrik
Herlek	Herlof	Hermod	Herse	Hersten	Hildebrand
Hinder	Hindrik	Hjerton	Holger	Holsten	Humfrid
Ilian	Inge	Ingel	Ingemar	Ingmar	Ingvar
Isak	Ivan	Ivar	Jakob	Jan	Jan-Ove
Jarl	Jarle	Jarmo	Jean	Jehan	Jens
Jeppa	Jerk	Jerker	Jesper	Joakim	Jockum
Joen	Johan	Johannes	Jon	Jonam	Jonas
Jönn	Jooseppi	Joosy	Jöran	Jord	Jörgan
Jörgen	Jørn	Jösse	Jost	Jostein	Jurd
Jurgen	Kaarle	Kai	Kaj	Kalle	Karl
Karsten	Kasper	Kasten	Keijo	Kennet	Kenneth
Kettil	Kim	Kjell	Kjetil	Klas	Klass
Klemens	Knut	Konrad	Krister	Kristian	Kristoffer
Kurt	Lage	Lars	Lasse	Laurens	Lave
Leif	Lek	Lelle	Lennart	Lenne	Linnar
Linus	Ludvig	Lukas	Magne	Magnus	Malkolm
Malte	Manne	Måns	Marius	Markus	Mart
Mårten	Martin	Mats	Mattias	Maurits	Melker
Mikael	Mikkel	Morten	Nanne	Nannulf	Navn
Nels	Niclas	Niklas	Nikodemus	Nikolaus	Nils
Nisse	Njord	Odd	Oddvar	Odert	Ödger
Ola	Olaus	Olav	Ole	Ollë	Olof
Olov	Oluf	Önde	Öne	Önne	Önnert
Ored	Örjan	Orvar	Oskar	Östen	Ove
Øystein	Øyvind	Pall	Pål	Pär	Påske
Patrik	Paul	Pavel	Peder	Per	Per-Ulrik
Peter	Petri	Petter	Pol	Preben	Ragnar
Ragnvald	Ragvald	Ral	Ramund	Ransu	Rasmus
Ravel	Reidar	Renholt	Rikard	Roar	Robban
Rolf	Rune	Rutger	Sakarias	Sakris	Salmund
Sander	Sante	Sasser	Seger	Segol	Seved
Sibbe	Siffer	Sigge	Sigurd	Siver	Sjunne
Sone	Sören	Staffan	Stefan	Stein	Steinar
Sten	Stian	Stig	Sture	Styrbjörn	Svante
Svein	Sven	Sverre	Tage	Teodor	Teofil
Terje	Teus	Thomas	Thommy	Thor	Tiburtius
Tideman	Tidrik	Timoteus	Tobbe	Tobias	Tol
Tolf	Tolle	Tom	Tomas	Tommy	Tor
Torben	Torbjörn	Torbjørn	Tord	Tore	Torger
Torgny	Torolf	Torsten	Torulf	Torvald	Tove
Tron	Trond	Trued	Trygve	Ture	Tuve
Tyke	Tyrgils	Udd	Ulf	Ulrik	Une
Uni	Uno	Urban	Valdemar	Valentin	Valfrid
Valter	Vaste	Velam	Verner	Viar	Vidar
Vidkun	Vidrik	Viggo	Viktor	Vilfred	Vilhelm
Ville	Ygge	Ygger	Yngvar	Yngve	Zachris
Zackris

Female

Names with an '-is' ending date from medieval times and may not be in current use in this form.

Aase	Abluna	Ada	Adela	Adelina	Adina
Adolfina	Adriana	Agata	Agda	Agnes	Agneta
Agnetha	Aina	Ajda	Albertina	Alexandra	Alfhild
Alfrid	Alfrida	Alicia	Alida	Alina	Alma
Alva	Amalia	Amanda	Amborg	Andrietta	Anette
Anita	Anja	Ann	Anna	Anne	Anneka
Anne-Lis	Anneli	Annetta	Anni-Frid	Annika	Antoinetta
Antonia	Apollonia	Argun	Arna	Ärnborg	Ärndis
Ärnfrid	Ärngunna	Åsa	Åse	Aslaug	Aslög
Asta	Astrid	Aud	Augusta	Aurora	Barbara
Barbro	Bäret	Batseba	Beata	Beda	Benedikta
Bengta	Benjamina	Bente	Beret	Bereta	Berit
Berita	Bernhardina	Berta	Berthold	Bibi	Birgit
Birgitta	Birgitte	Björg	Bjørg	Bodil	Boel
Bolla	Borghild	Börta	Bothild	Botil	Botilda
Botildis	Botilla	Brigida	Brigitta	Brit	Brita
Britt	Britta	Calla	Camilla	Carina	Carita
Carola	Cathrine	Cecilia	Cecilie	Cesia	Cesya
Charlotta	Chatarina	Christina	Cristina	Dagmar	Dagny
Dammö	Diana	Disa	Dordi	Dorotea	Ebba
Edit	Edla	Eira	Eleonora	Eli	Elin
Elisabet	Elisabeth	Elisif	Eljena	Ella	Ellen
Ellena	Ellika	Ellinor	Elna	Elsa	Else
Elvi	Elvira	Elzaby	Emelia	Emerentia	Emfrid
Emilia	Emma	Engel	Engelborg	Engla	Eriana
Erika	Ernestina	Ester	Estrid	Estridis	Eufemia
Eufrosyna	Eugenia	Eva	Evelina	Evy	Famke
Filippa	Flora	Florentina	Fransiska	Fredrika	Freja
Frid	Frida	Fride	Frøydis	Gabriella	Gala
Gärd	Georgina	Gerborg	Gerd	Gerda	Gertrud
Gertrudis	Gesa	Geska	Gisela	Gislög	Gloria
Göle	Gölig	Gölin	Görel	Görvel	Gösta
Göta	Götilda	Greta	Grete	Grethe	Gro
Gudborg	Gudlög	Gudrun	Gull-Britt	Gull-Lis	Gull-Maj
Gunborg	Gunbrit	Gunhild	Gunilla	Gunla	Gunn
Gunnel	Gunnela	Gunnie	Gunnil	Gunnila	Gunnur
Gunvor	Guru	Gustava	Gydha	Gyrid	Gyridis
Hafridis	Hamfrid	Hanna	Hanne	Hebbla	Hedda
Hedvig	Hedvigis	Hege	Heidi	Helena	Helene
Helga	Helivigis	Helvig	Henrietta	Henrika	Hialmborg
Hilda	Hilde	Hildegard	Hildur	Hilla	Hillevi
Hilma	Hjördis	Holmfrid	Holmfridis	Hulda	Ida
Ilian	Iliana	Ilja	Ilva	Ina	Inga
Ingar	Inge	Ingeborg	Ingefrid	Ingegärd	Ingegerd
Ingel	Ingela	Ingelöv	Ingemo	Inger	Ingerd
Ingerlise	Ingfrid	Inggiäl	Ingiärd	Ingiel	Ingirun
Ingiwara	Ing-Lis	Ingla	Ingrid	Ingunn	Irene
Isa	Isabella	Jakobina	Jana	Janina	Janna
Janne	Janneche	Jannike	Jessika	Johanna	Jorid
Jorunn	Josefina	Judit	Julia	Juliana	Jullan
Justina	Kaja	Kajsa	Karen	Kari	Karin
Karita	Karna	Karolina	Katarina	Katena	Katerina
Kerstin	Kerstina	Kettillög	Kicki	Kirsten	Kjella
Kjellög	Kjersti	Klara	Kolina	Kolyn	Konstantia
Kornelia	Kristensa	Kristin	Kristina	Kristine	Kunigundis
Laura	Laurentia	Lea	Lena	Lene	Lilli
Lillian	Lina	Linda	Line	Linn	Linnéa
Lisa	Lisbet	Lisbeta	Lisbeth	Lise	Liselotte
Lisette	Lisken	Liv	Lotta	Lova	Lovisa
Lucia	Lukretia	Lussi	Lydia	Magdalena	Magnhild
Magnilla	Mahthilt	Mai	Maila	Maj	Maj-Britt
Maja	Majken	Maj-Lis	Malena	Malin	Malla
Märda	Maren	Mareta	Märet	Margareta	Margarte
Margarthe	Margit	Margta	Mari	Maria	Marianne
Marie	Marika	Marina	Marit	Marita	Marna
Märta	Marte	Martina	Maud	Mektild	Merete
Meta	Metta	Mette	Mia	Mikaela	Minna
Minona	Mirjam	Mona	Monica	Monika	Naemi
Naima	Nanna	Nanne	Neta	Nikolina	Nilla
Nilsine	Nina	Nora	Ödgärd	Ödgun	Odila
Olaua	Oleana	Olena	Olga	Öllegård	Olöf
Olu	Oskara	Ottilia	Ottiliana	Paula	Paulina
Pella	Pernilla	Petra	Pia	Priska	Rådgärd
Radhburgis	Rågiähl	Rågierdh	Ragnborg	Ragnfrid	Ragnhelf
Ragnhild	Ragnil	Ragnila	Rakel	Ramborg	Ramfrid
Randi	Rangel	Rangela	Rea	Rebecka	Regina
Reidun	Rigel	Rigmor	Risa	Rita	Rosa
Rosalinda	Rosamunda	Rosaura	Rosina	Rosine	Rosita
Runa	Rut	Sabina	Saga	Sanna	Sara
Sassa	Seborg	Selma	Serafia	Sestrid	Sestridis
Sibylla	Signe	Signild	Sigrid	Sigridis	Silja
Silje	Sina	Siri	Sissa	Sissel	Sissela
Siv	Sixten	Sofia	Solveig	Sonja	Sonje
Stella	Stina	Stine	Sunniva	Susanna	Svea
Svenborg	Sylvia	Synnöve	Synnøve	Tea	Tekla
Teodora	Teolinda	Teresia	Thora	Tilla	Tjörven
Tolla	Tona	Tone	Tonna	Tora	Torborg
Tören	Torfrid	Torill	Torvar	Torvi	Tova
Tove	Trina	Trine	Trude	Truen	Tua
Tullia	Turid	Tutta	Tyra	Tyre	Tyrvi
Ulla	Ulrika	Una	Unni	Ursilla	Valborg
Vanja	Vega	Vendela	Verna	Veronika	Vesta
Vibeke	Vigdis	Viktoria	Vilhelmina	Virginia	Viveka
Viveke	Vivica	Walburgis	Wenche	Ylva

Surnames

Many inherited family names were originally patronymics consisting of the father's personal name with the ending '-sson'. Placenames are also quite common.

Aas	Aasen	Aberg	Abrahamsen	Adalsteinn	Adlercreutz
Adlersparre	Adolfson	Adolfsson	Agardh	Ahlquist	Ahlstad
Ake	Åkerstedt	Akraka	Alenius	Alexandersson	Almgren
Almquis	Alsvik	Amdahl	Amundsen	Anckarström	Anderberg
Andersen	Andersson	Andreassen	Andreasson	Andrén	Andresen
Anglert	Angstrom	Antonsen	Apell	Arbman	Armfelt
Arnesen	Arnfeldt	Assar	Asther	Aune	Axelsson
Backstrom	Bakke	Bakken	Barlund	Baryard	Bashe
Bbjornstrand	Bellman	Berg	Berge	Berggren	Berglund
Bergman	Bergquist	Bergstrom	Berntsen	Bielvenstram	Birkeland
Birkl	Bjorklund	Bjorkman	Blomqvist	Bøe	Boman
Bondeson	Borg	Borjeson	Bornholdt	Bosse	Brahe
Branch	Brannstrom	Breinholst	Brekke	Brokholc	Bruun
Cajander	Carlquist	Carlsson	Castren	Cederland	Christensen
Christiansen	Crabo	Creutz	Cronstedt	Cronström	Dagard
Dahl	Dahlbeck	Dahlberg	Dahlin	Dahlquist	Danielsen
Dellenbrant	Edberg	Edlund	Edvardsen	Egerman	Egner
Ehrenström	Eide	Ek	Ekerot	Ekman	Ekstom
Eliassen	Eliasson	Ellingsen	Enckell	Engen	Enquist
Eriksen	Evensen	Ewerlof	Fagerholm	Faltskog	Fasjovik?
Fasth	Feldbaek	Filssunu	Flogard	Flygt	Forsberg
Forsbrand	Forstan	Frank	Franzen	Fredriksen	Freudenthal
Fridell	Friggeberg	Frohlander	Fromberg	Fulke	Funkquist
Gansah	Garde	Gottmo	Graber	Gräslund	Grönberg
Gronhag	Gronhagen	Gronholm	Grotenfelt	Grundvig	Gulbrandsen
Gundersen	Gustavsson	Gylling	Haarland	Hackzell	Haegmann
Hagen	Hageskog	Hägg	Haglund	Hakanson	Hallberg
Hallen	Halvorsen	Hansen	Hanssen	Hansson	Haug
Hauge	Haugen	Haugland	Hedblom	Hedner	Hegstrom
Helland	Henge	Henriksen	Hilberg	Hilden	Hjelm
Hjoch	Hjorth	Hogbarn	Hoglund	Hölderlin	Holm
Holmberg	Holmgren	Holmlund	Hormertz	Horn	Hultgren
Ingberg	Isaksen	Isberg	Iversen	Jacobsen	Jaerbyn
Jägerhon	Jagerskiold	Jakobsen	Jansson	Jarl	Jarrel
Jarryd	Jensen	Jenssen	Johannessen	Johansen	Johnsen
Jonsson	Jónsson	Jørgensen	Jössi	Kalling	Kamark
Kameus	Karlsen	Ketola	Khrohn	Kindahl	Kjellberg
Kjellin	Klinge	Klingspol	Knudsen	Knutsen	Knutson
Koch	Krantz	Kristensen	Kristiansen	Kristoffersen	Kronberg
Krosby	Kullberg	Kulle	Kulti	Kvamme	Laestadius
Lagerroth	Lamm	Landgre	Larsen	Larsson	Lie
Lien	Lillkvist	Lindfors	Lindhom	Lindquist	Linhart
Linnaeus	Ljungdahl	Löfgren	Lohse	Lojdahl	Lonnquist
Lonnqvist	Lönnrot	Lönnroth	Loof	Lovgren	Lund
Lundahl	Lunde	Lundin	Lyngstrad	Malmer	Malmgren
Malmsten	Mannerheim	Martensson	Martinsen	Mathias	Mathisen
Mechelin	Mednick	Melander	Melin	Mikkelsen	Moberg
Moe	Moen	Molander	Möring	Myhre	Myklebust
Næss	Narup	Nasman	Neumann	Newquist	Nielsen
Niklot	Nilsen	Nilsmark	Nordby	Nordenberg	Nordin
Nowen	Nyberg	Nygård	Nyholm	Nykvist	Nylander
Nyman	Nyquist	Nystrom	Ødegård	Odhe	Ohisson
Olander	Olin	Olsen	Olsson	Ortendhal	Ottosson
Oxenstierna	Palander	Palme	Parmander	Parnevik	Passgard
Paulsen	Pedersen	Pernfors	Petersson	Petraeus	Pettersen
Pile?	Pollak	Porthan	Rask	Rasmussen	Renberg
Ringom	Rolf	Ronback	Rønning	Rudbeck	Rudberg
Runeberg	Ruud	Sæther	Saevas	Salchow	Salo
Samuelson	Samuelsson	Sandelin	Sandell	Sandstedt	Sandvik
Sentzke	Silander	Silfverberg	Simonsen	Sivertsen	Sjoberg
Sjodin	Sjögren	Sjoland	Sjöland	Sjostrom	Sjovold
Skaarenor	Skjöldebrand	Skold	Soderberg	Söderholm	Soderqvist
Solberg	Solheim	Solomonsson	Sonderby	Sørensen	Sorenstam
Spekke	Speltke	Sprengporten	Stahlhamdske	Stahrberg	Standlund
Stenberger	Stenmark	Sterner	Stjerna	Strand	Stranga
Strenius	Strindberg	Strøm	Sudesval	Sundberg	Sundell
Sundgren	Sundin	Sundquist	Sundstrom	Suneson	Svan
Svendsen	Svinhufuud	Swanstrom	Swartling	Swedbourg	Swedenhielm
Talman	Tangen	Tanner	Tanquist	Taube	Tegner
Temrin	Tengstrom	Thern	Thomassen	Thoresen	Thorsen
Thorssel	Thullin	Thunberg	Tillstrom	Topelius	Torkelinson
Törre	Tott	Trana	Tveit	Uhlgren	Ulvaeus
Utne	Valberg	Valquist	Vik	Waara	Wahlström
Waleenstedt	Wallen	Walsø	Wedlund	Wegraeus	Weibull
Westergren	Wetterstrom	Wetterstrum	Wiberg	Wideen	Widemark
Widerberg	Wiese	Wifstrand	Wiik	Wikborg	Wiklander
Wikstrom	Wilander	Winnerstrand	Wistrom	Wrede	Zachrisson
Zahrisson	Zettesberg	Zilliacus

Rulers

Name	Reign	Relationship	Spouse
Svein of Denmark	995
Olaf the Tax-king	1000-
Edmund Slemme	1056
Stenkil	1056-79	deposed Edmund
Halstan	c 1090
Inge I	1079-1112
Interregnum	1112-18
Inge II	1118-29
Sverker I	1129-50 elected
Erik the Saint	1150-60		Kristina
Karl VII	1162-8	nephew of Sverker I
Knut	1168-92	son of Erik the Saint
Sverker II	1192-1210	son of Knut
Erik X	1210-20	son of Knut
John I	1220-3	son of Sverker II
Erik XI	1223-50	son of Erik X
Waldemar I	1250-75	(regent Birger -1266)
Magnus I Barnlock	1275-90
Birger II	1290-1319
Magnus II	1319-63 elected	VIII Norway
Albert II	1363-89 elected
Margaret of Norway	1387-1412 Regent
Erik VIII of Pomerania	1412-48?	Norway
Karl VIII	1448-57expelled 1464-70 restored	Knutsen
Kristian I Denmark	1457-64
Regents for Denmark
Sten Sturre the Elder	1471-97	nephew of Karl VIII
Svante Nilsson	1504-12	related to Sten Sturre
Sten Sturre the Younger	1512-20	son of Svante Nilsson
Kristian II Denmark	1520-3?
Gustav I Vasa	1523-60	defeated Denmark	1 Katarina of SL 2 K Stenbock ML
Erik XIV	1560-9	son of Gustav Vasa	Karin Mansdotter
Johan III	1568-92	son of Gustav Vasa	Catherine of Poland
Sigismund III Vasa	1592-1600 + Poland	son of Johan III
Karl IX	1604-11	son of Gustav Vasa	Christina of Holstein Gottorp
Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus)	1611-32	son of Karl IX	Mary Eleanora of Bransdenburg
Kristina	1632-54 d 1689	daughter of Gustav II
Karl X Gustav	1654-60	son of John Casimir of Zweibrucken + Catherine, daughter of Gustav II	Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein Gottorp
Karl XI	1660-97	son of Karl X	Ulrika Eleonar of Denmark
Karl XII	1697-1718	son of Karl XI
Ulrika Eleonora	1718-20	sister of Karl XII
Frederik I	1720-51	Hesse Kassel	Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
Adolf Frederik	1751-71	Holstein Gottorp	Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
Gustav III	1771-92	son of Adolf Frederik	Sofia Magdalena of Denmark
Gustav IV Adolf	1792-1809 exiled d 1837	son of Gustav III	Queen Frederika of Baden
Karl XIII	1809-18 N 1814	brother of Gustav III	Charlotte of Oldenburg
Karl XIV Johan	1818-44	French marshall, Jean Bernadotte	Desideria Clary
Oskar I	1844-59	son of Karl XIV	Josephine of Leuchtenburg
Karl XV	1859-72 + Norway	son of Oskar I	Lovisa of Netherlands
Oskar II	1872-1905 N to D	son of Oskar I	Sophia of Nassau
Gustav V	1907-50	son of Oskar II	Viktoria of Baden (Vasa descendent)
Gustav VI	1950-73	son of Gustav V	Margaret, daughter of Arthur, son of Queen Victoria
Karl XVI Gustav	1973-	grandson of Gustav V + son of Gustav Adolf

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This collection of names compiled by Kate Monk. Copyright January 1997, Kate Monk. Last updated February, 98. Copies may be made for personal use only.