GUSTAV V

born June 16, 1858, Stockholm, Sweden died Oct. 29, 1950, Stockholm Swedish in full Oscar Gustaf Adolf king of Sweden from 1907 to 1950. The eldest son of King Oscar II and Sophie of Nassau, he was created duke of Vrmland and from 1872 acted as crown prince. He entered the army, traveled widely, and in 1881 married Victoria, daughter of the grand duke Frederick I of Baden. Succeeding on his father's death (Dec. 8, 1907), he took as his motto With the people for the Fatherland and proved a capable constitutional monarch in a period of expanding democracy within his country. During World Wars I and II he was a firm proponent of Swedish neutrality.