List of Swedish monarchs

This is a list of Swedish kings, queens, regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union.

History
The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work Germania, c. 100 AD (the king of the Suiones). However, due to scant and unreliable sources before the 11th century, lists of succession traditionally start in the 10th century with king Olof Skötkonung, and his father Eric the Victorious, who also were the first Swedish kings to be baptized. There are, however, lists of Swedish pagan monarchs with far older dates, but in many cases these kings appear in sources of disputed historical reliability. These records notably deal with the legendary House of Yngling, and based on the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, Eric the Victorious and Olof Skötkonung have often been classified as belonging to the Swedish house of Ynglings, tracing them back to Sigurd Hring and Ragnar Lodbrok (whom Saxo considered to belong to the House of Yngling). However, according to Icelandic sources this line of kings was broken (see Ingjald and Ivar Vidfamne). As there is no evidence that Eric and Olof ever used the Yngling name themselves, modern historians instead refer to their family as the House of Munsö, the Old Dynasty or the House of Uppsala.

In the 16th century, Johannes Magnus constructed a mythical line of Swedish kings, beginning with Magog, the son of Japheth, to demonstrate the antiquity of the Swedish throne. On the basis of that list, Eric XIV and Charles IX chose to use high ordinals; previous monarchs with those names are traditionally numbered counting backward from Eric XIV and Charles IX. In contemporary Swedish usage, medieval kings are usually not given any ordinal at all.

A list of Swedish monarchs, represented on the map of the Estates of the Swedish Crown, created by French engraver Jacques Chiquet (1673-1721) and published in Paris in 1719, starts with Canute I and shows Eric XIV and Charles IX as Eric IV and Charles II respectively, while the only Charles who holds his traditional ordinal in the list is Charles XII, being the highest enumerated.

Sweden has been ruled by queens regnant on three separate occasions: by Margaret (1389–1412), Christina (1632–1654) and Ulrika Eleonora (1718–1720) respectively, and earlier, briefly, by a female regent Duchess Ingeborg (1318-1319).

In addition to the list below, the Swedish throne was also claimed by the kings of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1599 to 1660. Following his abdication Sigismund continued to claim the throne from 1599 to his death in 1632. After his death the claim was continued by his sons, Vladislaus IV (from 1632 to 1648) and John II Casimir (from 1648 to 1660).

The Swedish monarchs have been of the House of Bernadotte since 1818, based on the Swedish Act of Succession of 1810. The Constitution of 1809 assumed that the monarch would appoint his Cabinet as he saw fit, but growing calls for democratisation during the end of the 19th century made such an idea impossible to sustain. 1917 marks the end of any real political power for the Swedish monarch. The Constitution of 1974 codifies this development by removing all decision-making powers from the monarch, making it both de facto and de jure a ceremonial position, and today the Government has the chief executive power, not the king.

In 1980, the rule of succession was changed from agnatic to absolute primogeniture, to the benefit of Princess Victoria (born 1977), the current heir apparent.

Monarchs and regents of Sweden
For lists of the prehistoric kings of Sweden see List of legendary kings of Sweden

House of Munsö
c. 970 – c.  995 c. 995 – c.  1022||||c. 980, son of Eric the Victorious||Estrid of the Obotrites||c. 1022, aged about 42 c. 1022–1050 1050–1060|| ||Illegitimate son of Olof Skötkonung||Astrid (?) || 1060
 * width=auto|Eric the Victorious (Erik Segersäll)
 * c. 945, son of Björn Eriksson||Sigrid the Haughty or 'Świętosława' of Poland||Died of illness in Old Uppsala c.  995, aged about 50
 * width=auto|Olof Skötkonung
 * width=auto|Olof Skötkonung
 * width=auto|Anund Jacob (Anund Jakob)
 * width=auto|Anund Jacob (Anund Jakob)
 * Anwynd James of Sweden coin c 1040.jpg||25 July 1008 or 1010 son of Olof Skötkonung and Estrid of the Obotrites||Gunnilda (?) ||c. 1050, aged about 40
 * width=auto|Emund the Old (Emund den gamle)
 * width=auto|Emund the Old (Emund den gamle)
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House of Stenkil and contemporary
House of Stenkil

1060–1066|| ||Probably from Västergötland, son of Ragnvald Ulfsson (according to Hervarar saga)||"Ingamoder" House of Munsö||Died of illness in "Svitjod", 1066 1066–1067|| || || ||1067, died in battle against each other for the throne 1067–1070|| ||c. 1050 son of Stenkil|| ||1084, aged about 34 1070–1075|| ||Came from Garðaríki, (Kievan Rus'), probably with ancestral links to Scandinavia|| || 1075–1079||||Levene, Västergötland, c. 1040, son of Stenkil|| || 1079–1084, 1087–1105|| ||Son of Stenkil and "Ingamoder"||Helena, sister of Blot-Sweyn||Died of illness, 1105. First buried in Hånger, but then moved to Varnhem Abbey 1084–1087|| || || ||1087, ambushed by Inge the Elder's troops 1110–1125||||son of King Halsten||Ulvhild Håkansdotter House of Thjotta||Östergötland, 1125, rumored poisoned by his wife with an "evil drink". Assumed to be buried in Vreta Abbey with his brother Philip 1125–1126|| ||Assumed to be related in some way to the House of Stenkil|| ||1126, killed by supporters of Magnus I of Sweden before being accepted in Västergötland
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Stenkil (Stenkil Ragnvaldsson)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Eric and Eric
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Eric and Eric
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Halsten Stenkilsson (Halsten)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Halsten Stenkilsson (Halsten)
 * Anund Gårdske
 * Anund Gårdske
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Håkan the Red (Håkan Röde)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Håkan the Red (Håkan Röde)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Inge the Elder (Inge den äldre)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Inge the Elder (Inge den äldre)
 * Blot-Sweyn (Blot-Sven)
 * Blot-Sweyn (Blot-Sven)
 * align=left colspan=5 bgcolor=#00ffaa|1087–1105, Inge the Elder (Inge den äldre) (second period)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Philip (Filip Halstensson) 1105–1118|| ||Son of King Halsten||Ingegerd daughter of Harald III of Norway House of Hardrada||Assumed to be buried in Vreta Abbey with his brother Inge II
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa| Inge the Younger (Inge den yngre)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa|Philip (Filip Halstensson) 1105–1118|| ||Son of King Halsten||Ingegerd daughter of Harald III of Norway House of Hardrada||Assumed to be buried in Vreta Abbey with his brother Inge II
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa| Inge the Younger (Inge den yngre)
 * bgcolor=#00ffaa| Inge the Younger (Inge den yngre)
 * Ragnvald Knaphövde
 * Ragnvald Knaphövde
 * align=left colspan=5|1126-30 Magnus I of Sweden of the House of Estrid ruled the West Goths, and soon-to-be King Sverker (below) ruled the East Goths.
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Houses of Sverker and Eric
House of Estridsen House of Eric  House of Sverker  House of Bjelbo (see below)

1126–1132||||son of Niels, King of Denmark and Margaret Fredkulla (the daughter of Inge the Elder)||Richeza of Poland daughter of Bolesław III Wrymouth House of Piast||Died in a civil war against Sverker I, in the battle of Fotevik, 4 Juny 1134 1156 – 18 May 1160||||c. 1120, some appoint him to have West Geatish roots||bgcolor=#ccddff|Christina of Denmark ||Killed by Magnus II as he came out of the church in Uppsala, 18 May 1160, aged about 40, enshrined in Uppsala Cathedral 1160–1161||||son of Henry and Ingrid Ragvaldsdotter (the granddaughter of Inge the Elder)||Bridget daughter of Harald IV of Norway House of Gille||Died in the battle of Örebro against Charles VII, 1161 1161 – 12 April 1167||||1130, son of Sverker I the Elder and Ulvhild Håkansdotter||1163 Christina House of Hvide||Killed by Canute I Ericson on Visingsö, 12 April 1167, aged about 37, buried at Alvastra Abbey House of Hvide||rowspan="2"|Died in the Battle of Gestilren, 17 July 1210, aged about 45, buried at Alvastra Abbey House of Bjelbo 31 January 1208 – 10 April 1216||||1180 son of Canute I Ericson||bgcolor=#ccddff|Richeza of Denmark (the daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark)||Died suddenly in fever on Näs Castle, Visingsö, 10 April 1216, aged about 36, buried at Varnhem Abbey Summer 1222–28 or 29 November 1229||||1216 son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark||bgcolor=tan|Catherine of Ymseborg||2 February 1250, aged about 34, buried at Varnhem Abbey 28 or 29 November 1229 – 1234||||son of Holmger who was "nepos" (nephew?) of Canute I Ericson||Helen House of Strange||1234, buried at Sko kloster 1234 – 2 February 1250||||1216 son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark||bgcolor=tan|Catherine of Ymseborg||2 February 1250, aged about 34, buried at Varnhem Abbey
 * bgcolor=#ccddff|Magnus I,
 * bgcolor=pink|Sverker I the Elder (also called Clubfoot, Sverker den äldre or Klumpfot; king from 1125 in Östergötland), 1130 – 25 December 1156||Sweartgar I of Sweden relief 2009 Heda Ödeshög (crop).jpg||of East Geatish ancestry, son of Cornube or Kol||(1) Ulvhild Håkansdotter House of Thjotta (2) Richeza of Poland House of Piast||Murdered by his own coachman on Christmas Day 1156 while going to church; some suspect Magnus II of being behind the murder. Buried at Alvastra Abbey
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (IX) the Saint (Erik den helige),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (IX) the Saint (Erik den helige),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (IX) the Saint (Erik den helige),
 * bgcolor=#ccddff|Magnus II,
 * bgcolor=#ccddff|Magnus II,
 * bgcolor=pink|Charles VII (Karl Sverkersson),
 * bgcolor=pink|Charles VII (Karl Sverkersson),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Canute I Ericson (Knut Eriksson) (1167–1173 not in Östergötland; from 1173 also in Östergötland), 1167–1195/1196||Canute I of Sweden c 1290.jpg||before 1150, son of Eric the Saint and Kristina (probably a granddaughter of Inge the Elder)||Cecilia Johansdotter||Died peacefully in 1195 or 1196, buried at Varnhem Abbey
 * bgcolor=pink rowspan="2"|Sverker II the Younger (Sverker den yngre), 1196 – 31 January 1208||rowspan="2"|Sweartgar II of Sweden coin 1725.jpg||rowspan="2"|born before 1167, probably already c. 1164 son of king Charles VII and queen Christine Stigsdatter of Hvide||(1) Benedicta
 * bgcolor=pink rowspan="2"|Sverker II the Younger (Sverker den yngre), 1196 – 31 January 1208||rowspan="2"|Sweartgar II of Sweden coin 1725.jpg||rowspan="2"|born before 1167, probably already c. 1164 son of king Charles VII and queen Christine Stigsdatter of Hvide||(1) Benedicta
 * bgcolor=pink rowspan="2"|Sverker II the Younger (Sverker den yngre), 1196 – 31 January 1208||rowspan="2"|Sweartgar II of Sweden coin 1725.jpg||rowspan="2"|born before 1167, probably already c. 1164 son of king Charles VII and queen Christine Stigsdatter of Hvide||(1) Benedicta
 * bgcolor=tan|(2) Ingegerd
 * bgcolor=tan|(2) Ingegerd
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (X) (Erik Knutsson),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (X) (Erik Knutsson),
 * bgcolor=pink|John I the Child (Johan Sverkersson unge), Spring 1216 – 10 March 1222||John I of Sweden coin 1725.jpg||1201 son of Sverker II||None ||Died on Visingsö, 10 March 1222, aged about 21, buried at Alvastra Abbey
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (XI) the Lisp and Lame (Erik läspe och halte),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (XI) the Lisp and Lame (Erik läspe och halte),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (XI) the Lisp and Lame (Erik läspe och halte),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Canute II the Tall (Knut Långe)
 * bgcolor=yellow|Canute II the Tall (Knut Långe)
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (XI) the Lisp and Lame (Erik läspe och halte),
 * bgcolor=yellow|Eric (XI) the Lisp and Lame (Erik läspe och halte),
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House of Bjelbo
House of Bjelbo House of Estridsen  House of Wittelsbach (see below) The House of Bjelbo is sometimes referred to as the House of Folkung

Spring 1250 – 22 July 1275||||1239 son of Birger jarl and Ingeborg Eriksdotter (a daughter of Eric X)||bgcolor=#ccddff|Sophia of Denmark daughter of King Eric IV||Died while imprisoned by his brother Magnus at Nyköping Castle, 26 December 1302, aged about 63, buried at Vreta Abbey or Riddarholmen Church 22 July 1275 – 18 December 1290||||1240 son of Birger jarl and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter (a daughter of Eric X)||Helwig of Holstein House of Schauenburg||Visingsö, 18 December 1290, aged about 50, buried in Riddarholmen Church 18 December 1290 – March/April 1318|| || 1280 son of Magnus III and Helwig of Holstein||bgcolor=#ccddff|1298 Martha of Denmark||31 May 1321, in exile in Denmark, after murdering his brothers at Nyköping Banquet, aged about 41, buried at Ringsted, Zealand Regent 1318 – 8 July 1319 House of Sverre||rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| 1301 daughter of Haakon V of Norway||bgcolor=tan|(1) 1312 Eric of Sweden House of Bjelbo||rowspan="2"|17 June 1361 as Duchess of Halland, aged 59 or 60 8 July 1319 – 15 February 1364||||Norway, 1316 son of Erik Magnusson (brother of Birger) and Ingeborg Håkonsdotter||1335 Blanche of Namur House of Dampierre||Drowned in a shipwreck when seeking refuge with his son in Bømlofjord, Norway, 1 December 1374, aged about 58 17 October 1356 – 20 June 1359 (rival king until 1359; joint-rule with father months before death) ||||1339 son of Magnus IV Eriksson and Blanche of Namur||bgcolor=palegreen|Beatrice of Bavaria||Generally believed that he and his wife died in the plague, 20 June 1359, aged about 20 15 February 1362 – 15 February 1364 (joint-rule with father)||||1340 son of Magnus IV Eriksson and Blanche of Namur||bgcolor=#ccddff| 9 April 1363 in Copenhagen Margaret Valdemarsdotter (see below)||Oslo, 11 September 1380, aged about 40, buried in Oslo
 * bgcolor=tan|Valdemar (Valdemar Birgersson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Magnus III (Magnus Ladulås)
 * bgcolor=tan|Magnus III (Magnus Ladulås)
 * bgcolor=tan|Birger (Birger Magnusson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Birger (Birger Magnusson)
 * rowspan="2"|Ingeborg
 * rowspan="2"|Ingeborg
 * (2, after her rule) 1327 Canute, Duke of Halland House of Porse
 * bgcolor=tan|Magnus IV Ericson (Magnus Eriksson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Magnus IV Ericson (Magnus Eriksson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Magnus IV Ericson (Magnus Eriksson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Eric (XII) (Erik Magnusson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Eric (XII) (Erik Magnusson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Hakon (Håkan Magnusson)
 * bgcolor=tan|Hakon (Håkan Magnusson)
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House of Mecklenburg
15 February 1364 – 24 February 1389
 * Albert (Albrekt av Mecklenburg)
 * Albert (Albrekt av Mecklenburg)
 * Albert of Sweden effigy 2010.jpg||Mecklenburg, c. 1338, son of Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg and Euphemia of Sweden||(1) Richardis of Schwerin House of Hagen (2, after his Swedish reign) Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg House of Welf||Mecklenburg, 1 April 1412, aged about 74, buried in Doberan Abbey, Germany
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Monarchs during the Kalmar Union period and Regents (Riksföreståndare)
House of Estridsen House of Wittelsbach  House of Oldenburg  House of Bjelbo

24 February 1389 – 28 October 1412|| ||Vordingborg Castle, 1353 daughter of Valdemar IV and Helvig of Sønderjylland||bgcolor=tan|Haakon VI of Norway (see above)||Flensburg Fjord, 28 October 1412, aged about 55, buried in Roskilde Cathedral 23 July 1396 – 24 September 1439 (deposed 1434–1435 and 1436) House of Griffins ||||Rügenwalde, Pomerania, 1382, son of Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania and Mary of Mecklenburg-Schwerin||(1) Philippa of England House of Lancaster (2, after his Swedish reign) Cecilia||Rügenwalde Castle, 3 May 1459, aged about 77, buried in St. Mary's Church, Darłowo, Poland 20 June 1448 – 24 February 1457, 9 August 1464 – 30 January 1465 and 12 November 1467 – 15 May 1470 House of Bonde||||Ekholmen Castle, 1408 or 1409 son of Knut Tordsson (Bonde) and Margareta Karlsdotter (Sparre av Tofta)||(1, before his reign) Birgitta Turesdotter House of Bielke (2) Catherine of Bjurum House of Gumsehuvud (3) Christina Abrahamsdotter||15 May 1470, aged about 61 or 62, buried at Riddarholmen Church 23 June 1457 – 23 June 1464||||Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, February 1426, son of Dietrich of Oldenburg and Helvig of Schauenburg||Dorothea of Brandenburg House of Hohenzollern||Copenhagen, 21 May 1481, aged 55, buried at Roskilde Cathedral 6 October 1497 – August 1501||||Aalborg Castle, 2 February 1455, son of Christian I and Dorothea of Brandenburg||Christina of Saxony House of Wettin||Aalborg Castle, 20 February 1513, aged 58, buried in St. Canute's Cathedral, Odense
 * bgcolor=#ccddff|Margaret (Margareta Valdemarsdotter)
 * Eric (XIII) (Erik av Pommern)
 * Eric (XIII) (Erik av Pommern)
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 * October 1438 – Autumn 1440 : Regent Karl Knutsson Bonde later King Charles VIII
 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|Christopher (Kristoffer av Bayern) Autumn 1441 – 6 January 1448||Christopher of Bavaria crop.jpg||Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in Bavaria, February 26, 1418 son of Duke John of Pfalz-Neumarkt and Catherine Vratislava||Dorothea of Brandenburg House of Hohenzollern||Helsingborg, 5 January or 6 January 1448, aged 29, buried at Roskilde Cathedral
 * align=left colspan=5|
 * January – 20 June 1448: Regents Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna) and Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna)
 * Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde)
 * align=left colspan=5|
 * January – 20 June 1448: Regents Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna) and Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna)
 * Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde)
 * Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde)
 * align=left colspan=5|
 * March – 23 June 1457: Regents Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna), archbishop of Upsala, and Erik Axelsson (Tott)
 * bgcolor=orange|Christian I (Kristian I)
 * bgcolor=orange|Christian I (Kristian I)
 * bgcolor=orange|Christian I (Kristian I)
 * align=left colspan=5|9 August 1464 – 30 January 1465 Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde) (second period)
 * 26 December 1464 – 11 August 1465 : Regent Kettil Karlsson (Vasa), bishop of Linköping
 * 11 August 1465 – 18 October 1466 : Regent Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna)
 * 18 October 1466 – 12 November 1467 : Regent Erik Axelsson (Tott)
 * align=left colspan=5|12 November 1467 – 15 May 1470 Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde) (third period)
 * 16 May 1470 – 6 October 1497 : Regent Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den äldre)
 * bgcolor=orange|John II ("Hans")
 * 16 May 1470 – 6 October 1497 : Regent Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den äldre)
 * bgcolor=orange|John II ("Hans")
 * bgcolor=orange|John II ("Hans")
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 * 12 November 1501 – 14 December 1503 : Regent Sten Sture the Elder
 * 21 January 1504 – 31 December 1511 or 2 January 1512 : Regent Svante Nilsson (Svante Nilsson, herre till Ekesjö)
 * Middle of January – 23 July 1512 : Regent Erik Arvidsson Trolle
 * 23 July 1512 – 3 February 1520 : Regent Sten Sture the Younger (Sten Sture den yngre)
 * bgcolor=orange|Christian II (Kristian Tyrann) 1 November 1520 – 23 August 1521||ChristianII of denmark.jpg||Nyborg Castle, 1 July 1481 son of Hans and Christina of Saxony||Isabella of Austria House of Habsburg||Kalundborg Castle, 25 January 1559, aged 77, buried in St. Canute's Cathedral, Odense
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 * bgcolor=orange|Christian II (Kristian Tyrann) 1 November 1520 – 23 August 1521||ChristianII of denmark.jpg||Nyborg Castle, 1 July 1481 son of Hans and Christina of Saxony||Isabella of Austria House of Habsburg||Kalundborg Castle, 25 January 1559, aged 77, buried in St. Canute's Cathedral, Odense
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House of Vasa
House of Vasa House of Wittelsbach  House of Oldenburg

6 June 1523 – 29 September 1560 also as regent Gustav Eriksson (Vasa), 1521–1523||||Rydboholm Castle or Lindholmen in Uppland, 12 May 1496 son of Erik Johansson and Cecilia Månsdotter||(1) Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg House of Ascania (2) Margaret House of Leijonhufvud (3) Catherine House of Stenbock||Tre Kronor (castle), 29 September 1560, aged 64, buried in Uppsala Cathedral 29 September 1560 – 29 September 1568||||Tre Kronor (castle), 13 December 1533 son of Gustav I and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg||Karin Månsdotter||Died (Poisoned) while imprisoned in Örbyhus Castle, 26 February 1577. Aged 43, buried at Västerås Cathedral Constance of Austria House of Habsburg||Warsaw, Poland, 30 April 1632, aged 65, buried at Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland 22 March 1604 – 30 October 1611 also as regent Duke Charles, 1599–1604||rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"|Tre Kronor (castle), 4 October 1550 son of Gustav I and Margaret Leijonhufvud||bgcolor=PaleGreen|(1, before his reign) Maria of Palatinate-Simmern House of Wittelsbach||rowspan="2"|Nyköping Castle, 30 October 1611, aged 61, buried at Strängnäs Cathedral 6 November 1632 – 6 June 1654||||Stockholm, 8 December 1626, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg||None||Rome, 19 April 1689, aged 62, buried at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
 * bgcolor=violet|Gustav I (Gustav Vasa)
 * bgcolor=violet|Eric XIV (Erik XIV)
 * bgcolor=violet|Eric XIV (Erik XIV)
 * bgcolor=violet|John III (Johan III) 30 September 1568 – 17 November 1592||[[Image:John III of Sweden.jpg|100px]]||Stegeborg Castle, Östergötland, 20 December 1537 son of Gustav I and Margaret Leijonhufvud||(1) Catherine of Poland House of Jagiello (2) Gunilla House of Bielke||Tre Kronor (castle), 17 November 1592, aged 54, buried at Uppsala Cathedral
 * bgcolor=violet|Sigmund (Sigismund) 17 November 1592 – 24 July 1599||Bacciarelli - Zygmunt III.jpeg||Gripsholm Castle, 20 June 1566, son of John III and Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.||(1) Anne of Austria House of Habsburg (2, after his Swedish reign)
 * bgcolor=violet|Sigmund (Sigismund) 17 November 1592 – 24 July 1599||Bacciarelli - Zygmunt III.jpeg||Gripsholm Castle, 20 June 1566, son of John III and Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.||(1) Anne of Austria House of Habsburg (2, after his Swedish reign)
 * bgcolor=violet|Sigmund (Sigismund) 17 November 1592 – 24 July 1599||Bacciarelli - Zygmunt III.jpeg||Gripsholm Castle, 20 June 1566, son of John III and Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.||(1) Anne of Austria House of Habsburg (2, after his Swedish reign)
 * bgcolor=violet rowspan="2"|Charles IX (Karl IX)
 * bgcolor=violet rowspan="2"|Charles IX (Karl IX)
 * bgcolor=orange|(2) Christina of Holstein-Gottorp House of Oldenburg
 * bgcolor=violet|Gustavus Adolphus the Great (Gustav II Adolph, Gustav II Adolf, "Gustav Adolf den Store", Lion of the North) 30 October 1611 – 6 November 1632||[[Image:Gustav II of Sweden.jpg|100px]]||Tre Kronor (castle), 9 December 1594, son of Charles IX and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp.||Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg House of Hohenzollern||6 November 1632, in the Battle of Lützen, Electorate of Saxony, aged 37, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=violet|Christina (Kristina)
 * bgcolor=violet|Gustavus Adolphus the Great (Gustav II Adolph, Gustav II Adolf, "Gustav Adolf den Store", Lion of the North) 30 October 1611 – 6 November 1632||[[Image:Gustav II of Sweden.jpg|100px]]||Tre Kronor (castle), 9 December 1594, son of Charles IX and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp.||Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg House of Hohenzollern||6 November 1632, in the Battle of Lützen, Electorate of Saxony, aged 37, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=violet|Christina (Kristina)
 * bgcolor=violet|Christina (Kristina)
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House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach
House of Wittelsbach House of Oldenburg  House of Hesse

13 February 1660 – 5 April 1697||||Tre Kronor (castle), 24 November 1655 son of Charles X and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp||bgcolor=orange|Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark||Tre Kronor (castle), 5 April 1697, aged 41, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav) 6 June 1654 – 13 February 1660||[[Image:Sébastien Bourdons-Karl X Gustav.jpg|100px]]||Nyköping Castle, 8 November 1622, son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catharina of Sweden (daughter of Charles IX)||bgcolor=orange|Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp||Gothenburg, 13 February 1660, aged 37, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|Charles XI (Karl XI)
 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|Charles XI (Karl XI)
 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|Charles XII (Karl XII) 5 April 1697 – 30 November 1718||[[Image:Karl XII 1706.jpg|100px]]||Tre Kronor (castle), 17 June 1682 son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark||None||Fredrikshald, Norway, 30 November 1718, aged 36, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|Ulrica Eleanor (Ulrika Eleonora) 5 December 1718 – 29 February 1720||[[Image:UlricaEleanorQRSweden.jpg|100px]]||Tre Kronor (castle), 23 January 1688 daughter of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark||bgcolor=#ffdead|Landgrave Frederick V House of Hesse (see below)||Stockholm, 24 November 1741, aged 53, buried in Riddarholmen Church
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 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|Ulrica Eleanor (Ulrika Eleonora) 5 December 1718 – 29 February 1720||[[Image:UlricaEleanorQRSweden.jpg|100px]]||Tre Kronor (castle), 23 January 1688 daughter of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark||bgcolor=#ffdead|Landgrave Frederick V House of Hesse (see below)||Stockholm, 24 November 1741, aged 53, buried in Riddarholmen Church
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House of Hesse
House of Hesse House of Wittelsbach


 * bgcolor=#ffdead rowspan="2"|Frederick I of Sweden 24 March 1720 – 25 March 1751|| rowspan="2"|[[Image:Frederick I of Sweden.jpg|100px]]|| rowspan="2"|Kassel (in today's Germany), 23 April 1676, son of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Maria Amalia of Courland||(1, before his reign) Louise Dorothea of Prussia House of Hohenzollern|| rowspan="2"|Stockholm, 25 March 1751, aged 74, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=PaleGreen|(2) Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden House of Wittelsbach
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House of Holstein-Gottorp, a branch of the House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
 * bgcolor=orange|Adolf Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) 25 March 1751 – 12 February 1771||[[Image:Adolph Frederick of Sweden c 1751 by Gustaf Lundberg & Jakob Björck.jpg|100px]]||Gottorp, Schleswig (in today's Germany), 14 May 1710, son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach||Louisa Ulrika of Prussia House of Hohenzollern||Stockholm Palace, 12 February 1771, aged 60, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=orange|Gustav III 12 February 1771 – 29 March 1792||[[Image:Gustavo-III,-Rey-de-Suecia 1777-by-Roslin.JPG|100px]]||Stockholm, 24 January 1746 son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia||bgcolor=orange|Sophia Magdalena of Denmark||Assassinated (shot in the back when he was at a masked ball at the opera, 16 March 1792). Died in Stockholm Palace, 29 March 1792, aged 46, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=orange|Gustav IV Adolph 29 March 1792 – 10 May 1809 with Charles, Duke of Södermanland as regent 1792–1796||[[Image:Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.jpg|100px|Gustav IV]]
 * Stockholm Palace, 1 November 1778 son of Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena||Frederica of Baden House of Zähringen||St. Gallen, Switzerland, 7 February 1837, aged 58, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=orange|Charles XIII (Karl XIII) 6 June 1809 – 5 February 1818||[[Image:Charles XIII of Sweden.jpg|100px|Charles XIII of Sweden]]||Stockholm, 7 October 1748, son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia||bgcolor=orange|Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp||Stockholm, 5 February 1818, aged 69, buried in Riddarholmen Church
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 * bgcolor=orange|Charles XIII (Karl XIII) 6 June 1809 – 5 February 1818||[[Image:Charles XIII of Sweden.jpg|100px|Charles XIII of Sweden]]||Stockholm, 7 October 1748, son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia||bgcolor=orange|Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp||Stockholm, 5 February 1818, aged 69, buried in Riddarholmen Church
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House of Bernadotte
House of Bernadotte House of Hesse

Margaret of Connaught House of Wettin (Windsor)||rowspan="2"|Helsingborg, 15 September 1973, aged 90, buried at Royal Burial Ground
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Charles XIV John (Karl XIV Johan) (born Jean Bernadotte) 5 February 1818 – 8 March 1844||[[Image:CarlXIVJohnSweden.jpg|100px]]||Pau, France, 26 January 1763 son of Jean Henri Bernadotte and Jeanne de Saint-Vincent||Désirée Clary||Stockholm Palace, 8 March 1844, aged 81, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Oscar I (born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte) 8 March 1844 – 8 July 1859||[[Image:Oscar I of Sweden & Norway c 1855 by Augusta Åkerlöf.jpg|100px]]||Paris, France, 4 July 1799, son of Charles XIV John and Désirée Clary||Josephine of Leuchtenberg House of Beauharnais||Stockholm Palace, 8 July 1859, aged 60, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Charles XV (Karl XV) (Carl Ludvig Eugen) 8 July 1859 – 18 September 1872||[[Image:Karl XV i mitten av 1860-talet.jpg|100px]]||Stockholm Palace, 3 May 1826 son of Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg||Louise of the Netherlands House of Orange-Nassau||Malmö, 18 September 1872, aged 46, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) 18 September 1872 – 8 December 1907||[[Image:King Oscar II of Sweden in uniform.png|100px]]||Stockholm, 21 January 1829 son of Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg||Sofia of Nassau House of Orange-Nassau||Stockholm, 8 December 1907, aged 78, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf) 8 December 1907 – 29 October 1950||[[Image:Gustaf V av Sverige.jpg|100px]]||Drottningholm Palace, 16 June 1858 son of Oscar II and Sofia of Nassau||Victoria of Baden House of Zähringen||Drottningholm Palace, 29 October 1950, aged 92, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=lightgray rowspan="2"|Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) 29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973||rowspan="2"|[[Image:Gustaf VI Adolf av Sverige som kronprins.jpg|100px]]||rowspan="2"|Stockholm, 11 November 1882 son of Gustav V and Victoria of Baden||(1, before his reign)
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) 18 September 1872 – 8 December 1907||[[Image:King Oscar II of Sweden in uniform.png|100px]]||Stockholm, 21 January 1829 son of Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg||Sofia of Nassau House of Orange-Nassau||Stockholm, 8 December 1907, aged 78, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf) 8 December 1907 – 29 October 1950||[[Image:Gustaf V av Sverige.jpg|100px]]||Drottningholm Palace, 16 June 1858 son of Oscar II and Sofia of Nassau||Victoria of Baden House of Zähringen||Drottningholm Palace, 29 October 1950, aged 92, buried in Riddarholmen Church
 * bgcolor=lightgray rowspan="2"|Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) 29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973||rowspan="2"|[[Image:Gustaf VI Adolf av Sverige som kronprins.jpg|100px]]||rowspan="2"|Stockholm, 11 November 1882 son of Gustav V and Victoria of Baden||(1, before his reign)
 * bgcolor=lightgray rowspan="2"|Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) 29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973||rowspan="2"|[[Image:Gustaf VI Adolf av Sverige som kronprins.jpg|100px]]||rowspan="2"|Stockholm, 11 November 1882 son of Gustav V and Victoria of Baden||(1, before his reign)
 * bgcolor=lightgray rowspan="2"|Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) 29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973||rowspan="2"|[[Image:Gustaf VI Adolf av Sverige som kronprins.jpg|100px]]||rowspan="2"|Stockholm, 11 November 1882 son of Gustav V and Victoria of Baden||(1, before his reign)
 * bgcolor=#ffdead|(2) Louise House of Hesse (Battenberg/Mountbatten)
 * bgcolor=lightgray|Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) 15 September 1973 – present||Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 2017-2.jpg||Haga Palace, 30 April 1946 son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha||Silvia Sommerlath||Living
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 * bgcolor=lightgray|Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) 15 September 1973 – present||Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 2017-2.jpg||Haga Palace, 30 April 1946 son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha||Silvia Sommerlath||Living
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