May 12 In Swedish History

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  The last Swedish king to actually be crowned was Oscar II. He was crowned in Stockholm’s Storkyrkan on May 12, in 1873. King Oscar was at the time 44 years old.

• May 12 In Swedish History
  1873: Oscar II is crowned in Storkyrkan, Stockholm. King Oscar thus becomes the last Swedish regent to be crowned, as his successor Gustav V refrains from a coronation, thereby creating a new Swedish tradition. Oscar was born in 1829, the third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. Through his mother, he was a descendent of Gustav Vasa. In 1857, he married Princess Sophia Wilhelmina, and the couple had four children: King Gustaf V, Prince Oscar, Prince Carl and Prince Eugèn. The king allegedly also had several extramarital children, among them popular actress Anna Hoffman-Uddgren. King Oscar II died in 1907.