Gustaf V

==Early life==
[[File:Portrett av arveprins Oscar (senere Oscar II) og prinsesse Sophie med familie (6961203929).jpg|thumb|left|Prince Gustaf (far left) with his parents and brothers in 1865.]]
Gustaf V was born on 16 June 1858 in [[Drottningholm Palace]] in [[Ekerö Municipality|Ekerö]], [[Stockholm County]], the son of [[Oscar II of Sweden|Prince Oscar]] and [[Princess Sofia of Nassau]]. His father was a younger son of the reigning king, [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]], and as the king's eldest son, [[Charles XV of Sweden|Crown Prince Charles]] had no surviving sons, it could be expected that the new-born prince would one day inherit the Swedish throne. At birth Gustaf was created [[Duke]] of [[Värmland]].

On 18 September 1872, his uncle [[Charles XV of Sweden|King Charles XV]] died, and Gustaf's father ascended the throne as King Oscar II. Upon his father's accession to the throne, Gustaf became crown prince of both Sweden and [[Norway]] at the age of 14. 

[[File:Minnesmedalj Gustav V och Victoria, 25567.jpg|thumb|Wedding medal for Gustaf and Victoria in 1881]]
On 20 September 1881 in [[Karlsruhe]], Germany, he married Princess [[Victoria of Baden]], the only daughter of [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden]] and [[Princess Louise of Prussia]].

[[File:Gustav the 5th., Swedish king, the son of Oscar the 2nd, king in1907 No-nb bldsa 1c050.jpg|thumb|left|Photograph of Crown Prince Gustaf, {{circa|1897}}]]
On 8 December 1907, King Oscar II died and the 49-year-old Gustaf succeeded his father as King of Sweden as the fifth monarch from the [[House of Bernadotte]].