1966Nominee
Best Performance
Too Near the Sun
King Gustaf V
Actor
Drottningholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
June 16, 1858
Biography
Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 to his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden with the third-longest reign after Magnus IV (1319–1364) and his own great-grandson, Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present). He was also the last Swedish monarch to exercise his royal prerogatives, which largely died with him, although they were formally abolished only with the remaking of the Swedish constitution in 1974. He was the first Swedish king since the High Middle Ages not to have a coronation and so never wore the king's crown, a practice that has continued ever since.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1965Nominee
Best Performance
Triumph Over Violence
2019Nominee
Best Performance
GW berättar - Göring i Sverige
Career Highlights
1907Highlight
Best Performance
Oscar II's Funeral
1908Highlight
Best Performance
English Royal Couple Visits Stockholm
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Triumph Over Violence
Oscar II's Funeral