functions are ceremonial king of Sweden, including the beautiful task of delivering each year the Nobel Prize.
The current monarch succeeded to the throne directly from his grandfather to father to die, without even having declared heir Charles Gustav ten months, Carlos Gustav became heir when he was four years and came to the throne on September 15, 1973, that same day born whom thirty-seven years later to marry his daughter and heir by The suppression of the Salic Law (which allows only give the crown to the boys) Desiré Victoria Ingrid Alice, Duchess of Västergötland in a lavish wedding recently surpassed only by the nuptials of Prince William, heir to the throne of the United Kingdom and his fiancée Catherine.
Carl XVI Gustav is mechanically inclined, industry, technology, agriculture, trade, heads a foundation of environmental screening, collects cars and on one occasion a car accident without many consequences, but generating many news tickers . Gustav
married three years later was proclaimed king by Silvia Renata Somertlath of German origin who he met at the Munich Olympics, in addition to the heir to the throne have two other children.
publicly stated in 1997 that the Swedish king suffers from dislepsia, ignored and are ill treated in childhood for which sometimes make mistakes when writing even his name.
birthday today also the Prime Minister of Canada, where part of the British Commonwealth of nations which have Elizabeth II, Queen of England as head of state; Sthephen Harper meets 52 and took office in February 2006 .
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Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands and third cousin of Carl XVI Gustav today celebrates its thirty-first anniversary of his coronation.