Carl XVI Gustaf, the King of Sweden, was born on 30 April 1946 at Haga
Palace.
He is son of then Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of
Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. He was baptised at the Palace Church on 7 June 1946 and
named Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus.
The King has four older sisters: the Princesses Margaretha, Birgitta,
Désirée and Christina. His father Prince Gustaf Adolf died in a plane crash in
1947 in Copenhagen. Princess Sibylla died in Stockholm in 1972.
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