700 HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

HRH Prince Carl Gustaf, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Duke of Jämtland

✶ 30 April 1946 at Haga Palace

Knight and Commander of the Royal Orders

30 April 1946
Master of the Orders 15 September 1973
Grand Master of the Orders 1 January 1975

motto

För Sverige i tiden (1973) (For Sweden – with the Times)

shield

Painted 1973 by David Friefeldt.

other awards

Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword 1946
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1946
Knight of the Order of Carl XIII 1946
King Gustaf V’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1948
King Gustav VI Adolf’s Commemorative Medal 1967
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa 1973
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal I 1996

Biography

The only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten. Crown Prince 1950. Succeeded his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf as King Carl XVI Gustaf in 1973.

Placement

On display in the Hall of the Order of the Seraphim at the Royal Palace of Stockholm