Gustav V of Sweden

Gustaf V

Reign	December 8 1907-October 29 1950
Coronation	No coronation ceremony
Royal motto	"Med folket för fosterlandet" ("With the people for the motherland")
Queen	Victoria of Baden
Royal House	Bernadotte
Predecessor	Oscar II of Sweden
Successor	Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden
Date of Birth	June 16, 1858
Place of Birth	Drottningholm Palace
Date of Death	October 29, 1950
Place of Death	Drottningholm Palace
Place of Burial	Riddarholmskyrkan, Stockholm

King Gustav V of Sweden, or Gustaf V (1858 - 1950), Swedish monarch from 1907 to 1950. He married Princess Victoria of Baden on September 20, 1881. She was the granddaughter of Sofia of Sweden, and her marriage to Gustav V united the reigning Bernadotte dynasty with the former royal house of Vasa.

During a series of scandals in the 1950s known as the Haijby affair, which was in turn a continuation of the Kejne affair, it came to public knowledge that the king was, and had always been bisexual. This is said to have "made virtually no difference to his marriage."

Children

1. Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973)
2. Wilhelm, Duke of Söndermanland (1884-1965)
3. Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889-1918)