Editing Gustaf V (section)

==Early life==

===First years===
[[File:Portrett av arveprins Oscar (senere Oscar II) og prinsesse Sophie med familie (6961203929).jpg|thumb|left|Prince Gustaf (far left) with his parents and brothers in 1865.]]
Gustaf V was born on 16 June 1858 in [[Drottningholm Palace]] in [[Ekerö Municipality|Ekerö]], [[Stockholm County]], the son of [[Oscar II of Sweden|Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland]] and [[Princess Sofia of Nassau]]. His father was a younger son of the reigning king, [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]], and as the king's eldest son, [[Charles XV of Sweden|Crown Prince Charles]] had no surviving sons, it could be expected that the new-born prince would one day inherit the Swedish throne. At birth he was created [[Duke of Värmland]], and on 12 July he was baptised ''Oscar Gustaf Adolf'' at the [[Royal Chapel (Sweden)|Royal Chapel]] of the [[Stockholm Palace]] by the [[Archbishop of Uppsala]], [[Henrik Reuterdahl]].

The following year, his brother [[Oscar Bernadotte|Prince Oscar]] was born, followed by [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland|Prince Carl]] in 1861, and [[Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke|Prince Eugen]] in 1865. The family lived in the [[Arvfurstens palats]] (''Palace of the Hereditary Prince''), an 18th-century palace located at [[Gustav Adolfs torg, Stockholm|Gustav Adolfs torg]] in [[central Stockholm]], and the summers were spent at [[Sofiero Castle]] near [[Helsingborg]] in [[Scania]], which the father acquired in 1864. During his early years, the prince was considered to have a weak body constitution, and as a consequence he was treated with [[electrotherapy]] on 10 May 1871.<ref>{{cite book|first=Fritz|last=von Dardel|title=Minnen, Fjärde delen 1871–1872|publisher=P.A. Norstedt & Söners förlag|location=Stockholm|year=1913|page=37|language=sv}}</ref>

The three eldest princes began their schooling at the newly founded Beskowska School in [[Östermalm]] in Stockholm in October 1869. Among the prince's classmates at the school was [[Hjalmar Branting]], who went on to become leader of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] and three times [[Prime Minister of Sweden]].

===Crown Prince===
On 18 September 1872 his uncle [[Charles XV of Sweden|King Charles XV]] died, and Gustaf's father ascended the throne as King Oscar II. Upon his father's accession to the throne, Gustaf became crown prince of both Sweden and Norway at the age of 14. The new king and queen and their children now moved into the large Stockholm Palace, and the crown prince's schooling at the Beskowska School was interrupted, as he was now to receive his education as heir to the throne at the palace.

[[File:Minnesmedalj Gustav V och Victoria, 25567.jpg|thumb|Wedding medal for Gustaf and Victoria in 1881]]
On 20 September 1881 in [[Karlsruhe]], Germany, he married Princess [[Victoria of Baden]], the only daughter of [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden]] and [[Princess Louise of Prussia]].

[[File:Gustaf V of Sweden as Crown Prince 1893.jpg|thumb|left|Crown Prince Gustaf wears the [[Regalia of Sweden#Crown Prince coronet|Coronet of the Heir Apparent]] in 1893]]
[[File:Gustav the 5th., Swedish king, the son of Oscar the 2nd, king in1907 No-nb bldsa 1c050.jpg|thumb|Photograph of Crown Prince Gustaf, {{circa|1897}}]]
On 8 December 1907 King Oscar II died and the 49-year-old Gustaf succeeded his father as King of Sweden as the fifth monarch from the [[House of Bernadotte]].