HRH Prince Oscar, Hereditary Prince of Sweden
✶ 4 July 1799 in Paris, France
✟ 8 July 1859 at The Royal Palace of Stockholm
knight and commander of the royal orders
26 September 1810
Grand Master 8 March 1844
motto
Rätt och sanning (Right and truth) (1844)
shield
Painted 18 11 by C G Eckstein. Changed 1817 and repainted 1818 by the same artist. Renovated and date of death added 1860 by C G Sjöblom.
other awards
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword 1810
Knight of the Order of Carl XIII 1811
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa 1818
Instituted the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav 1847
Biography
The only son of Crown Prince Carl Johan, later King Karl XIV Johan. Heritage Prince of Sweden 1810. Duke of Södermanland 1811. Heritage Prince of Norway 1814. Crown Prince 1818. Succeeded his father as King Oscar I 1844. Under the regency of Crown Prince Karl 1857.
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