1827–1852
Frans Gus­tav Os­kar, Duke of Uppland

Introduction

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Born: June 18, 1827, Haga Pal­ace, Sol­na, Swe­den.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 24, 1852, Chris­ti­ana Pal­ace, Os­lo, Nor­way, of ty­phoid fev­er.

Buried: Rid­dar­holms­kyrk­an, Rid­dar­holm­en, Stock­holm, Sweden.

Pseudonym: G***** (for his mu­sic­al com­po­si­tions)

Biography

Gustaf, se­cond in line to the Swed­ish and Nor­we­gian thrones, was the son of Os­car I of Swe­den and Jo­se­phine of Leuch­ten­berg, and hus­band of Vic­tor­ia of Ba­den.

Sources

Music

  1. I Ro­sens Doft
  2. Studentsången (The Stu­dent Song), tra­di­tion­al­ly sung at gra­du­ation fes­ti­vi­ties for gym­na­si­um stu­dents.
  3. Vårsång (Spring Song), oft­en per­formed by men’s chor­us­es on Wal­pur­gis night.