Kings & Queens - Sweden

List of Kings and Queens of Sweden since Gustav Vasa (1523), from the Vasa, Palatinate-Zweibrücken and Bernadotte dynasties to Carl XVI Gustaf.

Sovereigns
23
In office
Carl XVI Gustaf
Longest reign
53 years
Carl XVI Gustaf
Houses & dynasties
5

Chronological list

Vasa 1523–1654 · 7 sovereigns

  1. 1523–1560
    Gustav I (Gustav Vasa) 37 years
  2. 1560–1568
    Eric XIV 8 years
  3. 1568–1592
    John III 24 years
  4. 1592–1599
    Sigismund 7 years
  5. 1599–1611
    Charles IX 12 years
  6. 1611–1632
    Gustavus Adolphus 21 years
  7. 1632–1654
    Christina 22 years

Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1654–1718 · 3 sovereigns

  1. 1654–1660
    Charles X Gustav 6 years
  2. 1660–1697
    Charles XI 37 years
  3. 1697–1718
    Charles XII 21 years

Vasa 1718–1720 · 1 sovereign

  1. 1718–1720
    Ulrika Eleonora 2 years

Hesse 1720–1751 · 1 sovereign

  1. 1720–1751
    Frederick I 31 years

Holstein-Gottorp 1751–1818 · 4 sovereigns

  1. 1751–1771
    Adolf Frederick 20 years
  2. 1771–1792
    Gustav III 21 years
  3. 1792–1809
    Gustav IV Adolf 17 years
  4. 1809–1818
    Charles XIII 9 years

Bernadotte 1818–2026 · 7 sovereigns

  1. 1818–1844
    Charles XIV John 26 years
  2. 1844–1859
    Oscar I 15 years
  3. 1859–1872
    Charles XV 13 years
  4. 1872–1907
    Oscar II 35 years
  5. 1907–1950
    Gustaf V 43 years
  6. 1950–1973
    Gustaf VI Adolf 23 years
  7. since 1973
    Carl XVI Gustaf In office 53 years