HRH Prince Carl of Sweden
✶ 26 September 1748 at Wrangel Palace (Wrangelska Palatset), Stockholm
✟ 5 February 1818 at the Royal Palace of Stockholm
knight of the Royal Orders
26 September 1748
Took his seat 29 April 1765
Grand Master 6 June 1809
motto
- Comiter ac firme (Benevolently and steadfastly, 1748)
- Folkets väl min högsta lag (The welfare of the people [is] my highest law) (1809)
shield
- Painted 1774 by Lars Bolander
- Painted 1810 by C G Eckstein
The older shield is in the Royal Armoury.
other awards
Commander of the Order of the Sword 1748
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star 1748
Knight first class of the Order of the Sword with the Grand Cross 1788
Instituted the Order of Carl XIII 1811
Biography
Second son of Hereditary Prince later King Adolf Fredrik. Duke of Södermanland 1772. Regent 1792-96. Chosen as King as Karl XIII 1809. King of Norway 1814.
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