Carl XVI Gustaf


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Carl XVI Gus·taf

(kärl go͝os′täf′) also Carl XVI Gus·tav (-täv′) Born 1946.
King of Sweden (since 1973). He succeeded his grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf.
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Carl XVI Gustaf

(Swedish kɑːrl ˈɡʊstav)
n
(Biography) born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
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Carl XVI Gustaf

(kɑrl)
n.
born 1946, king of Sweden since 1973.
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