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Revision as of 12:27, 30 November 2002 by Gabbe (talk | contribs) (Spelling/alignment + info on older monarchs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Here is a list of the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden up until the present time. See also lists of incumbents.
Though there are lists of monarchs with dates far older than these, most records are dubious (listing kings still ruling at 150 years old) so lists of succession traditionally start with the first baptized king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung (even though there were several pagan kings succeeding him).
Swedish names are given in parenthesis
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970 - 995 : Erik the Victorious of Sweden (Erik Segersäll) 995 - 1022 : Olaf Skotkonung of Sweden (Olof Skötkonung) 1022 - 1050 : Anund Jakob of Sweden (Anund Jakob) 1050 - 1060 : Emund the Old of Sweden (Emund den gamle) 1060 - 1066 : (Stenkil Ragnvaldsson) - 1070 : (Halsten) 1070 : (Håkan Röde) - 1100 : Inge the Elder of Sweden (Inge d. ä.) 1100 - 1118 : (Filip) 1118 - 1120 : Inge the Younger of Sweden (Inge d. y.) 1120s : various
Houses of Sverker (S) and Erik (E)
1130 - 1156 : Sverker the Elder of Sweden (Sverker d. ä.) (S) 1156 - 1160 : Saint Erik of Sweden (Erik den helige) (E) 1160 - 1167 : Karl Sverkersson of Sweden (Karl Sverkersson) (S) 1167 - 1195 : Knut Eriksson of Sweden (Knut Eriksson) (E) 1196 - 1208 : Sverker the Younger of Sweden (Sverker d. y. Karlsson) (S) 1208 - 1216 : Erik Knutsson of Sweden (Erik Knutsson) (E) 1216 - 1222 : John Sverkersson of Sweden (Johan Sverkersson) (S) 1222 - 1229 : Erik Eriksson of Sweden (Erik Eriksson) (E) 1229 - 1234 : Knut Lange of Sweden (Knut Långe) 1234 - 1250 : Erik Eriksson of Sweden (Erik Eriksson) (E)
House of Folkunga
1250 - 1275 : (Valdemar Birgersson) 1275 - 1290 : Magnus I (Magnus Ladulås) 1290 - 1318 : (Birger Magnusson) 1319 - 1364 : Magnus II (Magnus Eriksson) 1363 - 1389 : Albert Meckenburg (Albrekt av Mecklenburg)
Regents of the Union of Kalmar and vice kings (riksföreståndare)
1389 - 1412 : Margaret I (Margareta, Kung Byxlös) 1396 - 1439 : Eric of Pomerania (Erik av Pommern) 1438 - 1440 : Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson) 1441 - 1448 : (Kristofer av Bayern) 1448 : (Bengt och Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna) 1448 - 1457 : Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde) 1457 : (Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna och Erik Axelsson Tott) 1457 - 1464 : Christian I (Kristian I) 1464 : (Kettil Karlsson Vasa) 1464 - 1465 : Charles VIII 1465 : (Kettil Karlsson Vasa) 1465 - 1466 : (Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna) 1466 - 1467 : (Erik Axelsson Tott) 1467 - 1470 : Charles VIII 1470 - 1497 : (Sten Sture d. ä.) 1497 - 1501 : (Hans) 1501 - 1503 : (Sten Sture d. ä.) 1504 - 1511 : (Svante Nilsson Sture) 1512 : (Erik Trolle) 1512 - 1520 : (Sten Sture d. y.) 1520 - 1523 : Christian II of Sweden (Kristian II, Kristian Tyrann)
House of Vasa
1521 - 1560 : Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa) (King from 1523) 1560 - 1568 : Eric XIV of Sweden (Erik XIV) 1568 - 1592 : John III of Sweden (Johan III, Johann III Vasa) 1592 - 1599 : Sigismund III of Sweden (Sigismund III Vasa) 1599 - 1611 : Charles IX of Sweden (Karl IX) (King from 1604) 1611 - 1632 : Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (Gustaf II Adolf) 1632 - 1654 : Christina of Sweden (Kristina)
Pfalzisks
1654 - 1660 : Charles X Gustav of Sweden = Karl X Gustav 1660 - 1697 : Charles XI of Sweden = Karl XI 1697 - 1718 : Charles XII of Sweden = Karl XII 1719 - 1720 : Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden = Ulrika Eleonora
Hessen
1720 - 1751 : Frederick I of Sweden = Fredrik I
Holstein-Gottorp
1751 - 1771 : Adolf Frederick of Sweden = Adolf Fredrik 1771 - 1792 : Gustav III of Sweden 1792 - 1809 : Gustav IV Adolf 1809 - 1818 : Charles XIII of Sweden = Karl XIII
1818 - 1844 : Charles XIV of Sweden = Karl XIV Johan 1844 - 1859 : Oscar I of Sweden = Oskar I 1859 - 1872 : Charles XV = Karl XV 1872 - 1907 : Oscar II of Sweden = Oskar II 1907 - 1950 : Gustav V of Sweden 1950 - 1973 : Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden 1973 - : Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden
On the spelling of Swedish names: Swedish has been a written language for more than a thousand years, but spelling has not been fixed or stable for more than 70 years.
During the 1920s, several words were spelled with ä (a-umlaut, the same character used in German) that are now spelled with e. In 1907 an official spelling reform was made in Swedish schools, replacing "hv", "fv" and some occurrences of "-f" with "v" and "dt" with "tt". For example, the English word "which" is still spelled "hvilken" in Danish, but "vilken" in Swedish - the "h" is silent anyway.
During the 19th century, older spellings with "w" and "qv" were replaced with "v" and "kv", respectively. Further back, more changes had taken place. This also effects personal names. For example, the Swedish name "Per" might be spelled "Pär". Most often, one person spells his own name in only one of these ways, but in historic times, the spelling variants could change from one year to another.
Swedish king Gustav Vasa in the 16th century spelled his own name Göstaff and various historic documents use Gustaff or Gustaf or Gustave (if in France) or Gustaw. Some Swedish historians have used the convention of spelling kings' names with v and c during their lifetime (Gustav, Carl, Oscar) and with f and k after their lifetime (Gustaf, Karl, Oskar), which is certainly confusing and not in line with any English customs.
Add to this confusion that Karl XII is known throughout Europe as Carolus (the Latin form of his name), that John is the English form and Johann is the German form of Johan, and that king Sigismund was also the king of Poland.