Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee Friday, making him the longest-reigning king in the history of the Swedish monarchy.
and Sweden is no exception. Only two queens have reigned over Sweden since the hereditary monarchy was established in the 1500s, and both abdicated. The last was Ulrika Eleonora, who succeeded her childless brother, Karl XII, in 1719 but handed over the crown to her husband the following year.
The only way for a monarch’s daughter to inherit the throne was if she had no brothers, uncles, sons or other male family members who could get in the way. In the future, however, expect more gender balance in the royal palace. The succession rules were changed in 1980, making the monarch’s first-born child, regardless of gender, first in line to the throne. That places Crown Princess Victoria — the eldest of the king’s three children — at the top of the line to succeed Carl Gustaf. Her daughter, Princess Estelle, is next., but perhaps not what they stand for.
The three crowns feature on Sweden’s coat of arms, the logo of the national police and Swedish air force jets. The original royal palace in Stockholm was known as Three Crowns, or Tre Kronor in Swedish. It burned down in a fire in 1697 and was replaced by the current royal palace. Today, the spire with three gilded crowns on top of Stockholm’s City Hall is one of the most recognizable features of the the capital’s skyline.
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