Carl XVI Gustaf, << GUHS tahv >> (1946-…), became king of Sweden in 1973. Carl Gustaf succeeded his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf. His father died in 1947, when Carl Gustaf was less than a year old.
Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus was born near Stockholm. After his great-grandfather, Gustaf V, died in 1950, his grandfather became king, and Carl Gustaf became crown prince. He received his early education from tutors and then entered a private school in Sigtuna. He graduated in 1966. For the next two years, Carl Gustaf served in the Swedish armed forces. He then attended Uppsala University for a year.
Carl Gustaf worked in several Swedish government agencies from 1969 to 1971. In 1976, he married Silvia Renate Sommerlath, the daughter of a West German businessman.
