What is Carl XVI Gustaf?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Carl XVI Gustaf | image = Carl XVI Gustaf Tallinnas 2023 (cropped).jpg | caption = Carl Gustaf in 2023 | succession = [[King of Sweden]] | reign = 15 September 1973 – present | coronation = 19 September 1973 | cor-type = Enthronement | predecessor = [[Gustaf VI Adolf]] | suc-type = Heir apparent | successor = [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Victoria]] | reg-type = {{nowrap|[[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime ministers]]}} | regent = {{Collapsible list|title=''See list''|1=[[Olof Palme]]|2=[[Thorbjörn Fälldin]]|3=[[Ola Ullsten]]|4=[[Ingvar Carlsson]]|5=[[Carl Bildt]]|6=[[Göran Persson]]|7=[[Fredrik Reinfeldt]]|8=[[Stefan Löfven]]|9=[[Magdalena Andersson]]|10=[[Ulf Kristersson]]}} | spouse = {{marriage|[[Silvia Sommerlath]] | 19 June 1976}} | issue-link = | issue = * [[Crown Princess Victoria]] * [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland|Prince Carl Philip]] * [[Princess Madeleine of Sweden|Princess Madeleine]] | house = [[House of Bernadotte|Bernadotte]] | full name = Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus | father = [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]] | mother = [[:en:Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|04|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[:en:Haga Palace|Haga Palace]], [[Solna]], Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | signature = Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Signature.svg | religion = [[Church of Sweden]] }} {{Swedish Royal Family}} '''Carl XVI Gustaf''' (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is [[King of Sweden]]. He became the king when his grandfather, [[Gustaf VI Adolf]] died on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]], and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died on 26 January 1947 in an [[airplane]] [[Accident|crash]] in [[Denmark]]. Carl Gustaf was nine months old when his father died. The death of his f