He was baptised at the Palace church and his real name is Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus. He is also the Duke of Jämtland. Carl became Sweden's King on September 19, 1973 at the age of 27, succeeding his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf. He is son of the Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, who died in a plane crash in Copenhagen in 1947, and Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, who died in Stockholm in 1972. King Carl Gustaf married Miss Silvia Renate Sommerlath on June 19, 1976 in the Stockholm Cathedral. Their children are Victoria, Carl Philip and Madeleine. The King has also four older sisters: Margaretha, Birgitta, Désirée and Christina. Carl Gustaf became the Crown Prince at the age of four, when Gustaf V died. Hewent to the preschool and he was taught privately at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. He went to the military service, where he was two and a half years. He trained in the Army, Navy and Air Force
küsimustega. Samuti pidi ta õppima, kuidas võtta lastelt vastu lilli ning kuidas kuulata pikki ja igavaid kõnesid. Kroonprints pidas oma parimaks sõbraks vana kuningat, kelle surm 15. septembril 1973. aastal tegi 27- aastasest mehest tol hetkel maailma noorima monarhi. 1973. aasta suvel õnnestus ühel fotograafil pildistada kaht uhkes Porsches istuvat noort inimest: kroonprintsi ja täiesti tundmatut tumedapäist kaunitari. See noor naine oli saksa-brasiilia päritolu Silvia Renate Sommerlath. 1971-1973 töötas neiu Müncheni suveolümpiamängude organiseerimiskomitee juures, mille raames leidsid aset kohtumised prominentsete väliskülaliste, sealhulgas ka elurõõmsa Rootsi kroonprintsiga. «See süttis otsekohe,» olevat Carl Gustaf hiljem öelnud. 19. juunil 1973 leidis Stockholmi Storkyrkanis (Suurkirik) aset pompöösne laulatus. Kogu Rootsi juubeldas kuninglikul pidupäeval ning tänaseni on rootslased vaimustuses oma kuningannast - ühest maailma
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