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Västerbotten, av, Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik

Date of birth:
April 22nd, 1906 (Stockholm/Stockholms län, Sweden)
Date of death:
January 26th, 1947 (Kastrup Airfield/Copenhagen, Denmark)
Buried on:
Royal Cemetery
Nationality:
Swedish

Biography

Prince Gustaf Adolf, formally Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund, Duke of Västerbotten, had good relations with nazi senior officials and expressed his support for the Fins in the war agains the Red Army. The prince served in the Swedish Army during the Second World War. He died in a plane accident.

The Swedish royalty originates from the former French Bernadotte Family.

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Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden
Kungliga Svärdsorden - Grand Cross
Kungliga Serafimerorden
Elefantordenen
Suomen valkoisen ruusun ritarikunta (SVR)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with swords and oak leaf.
Vapaudenristin 1.luokka rintatähtineen (VR 1 rt)
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

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