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Carl XVI Gustaf

American  

noun

  1. Charles XVI Gustavus, born 1946, king of Sweden since 1973 (grandson of Gustavus VI).


Carl XVI Gustaf British  
/ kɑːrl ˈɡʊstav /

noun

  1. born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973

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Krasznahorkai will receive the award from King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of scientist and prize creator Alfred Nobel.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

In 2019, Carl XVI Gustaf removed five of his grandchildren from the royal house, reflecting a wider view that there is no need to pay so many members of the royal family for official duties.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

She added that King Carl XVI Gustaf was planning to hand out this year’s Nobel awards at ceremonies in Stockholm “as before.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2023

He was also consulting overseas, including in Sweden, where in 2007 he was named a commander of the Order of the Polar Star by King Carl XVI Gustaf.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

In 2019, Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf announced that the children of his younger children, Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip, would lose their royal titles.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022