Editing Carl XVI Gustaf (section)

== Marriage and family ==
{{main|Wedding of Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath}}
[[File:King and Queen of Sweden.jpg|thumb|King Carl XVI Gustaf with Queen Silvia at the royal wedding of their daughter Victoria]]
The King married [[Silvia Sommerlath]], whose father was German and whose mother was Brazilian, and who had grown up in both countries. They met at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in Munich, where she was an interpreter and host. The wedding was held on 19 June 1976, at [[Stockholm Cathedral]], the ceremony performed by the [[Archbishop of Uppsala]], Olof Sundby.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/20/archives/swedish-monarch-marries-german-as-150000-turn-out.html |title=Swedish Monarch Marries German as 150,000 Turn Out |last=Kilborn |first=Peter |date=20 June 1976 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=26 April 2017 |page=3 |archive-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314105040/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/20/archives/swedish-monarch-marries-german-as-150000-turn-out.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The wedding was preceded the previous evening by a Royal Variety Performance, at which, among other performances, the Swedish musical group [[ABBA]] gave one of the first performances of "[[Dancing Queen]]", as a tribute to Sweden's future queen.<ref>{{cite web |title=IN FOCUS: DANCING QUEEN |url=https://abbasite.com/articles/dancing-queen/ |website=www.abbasite.com |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=9 July 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803034346/https://abbasite.com/articles/dancing-queen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The King and his family moved to [[Drottningholm Palace]] west of Stockholm in 1980. He and the Queen have maintained their business offices at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.

King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia have three children and nine grandchildren:
*[[Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland]] (born 14 July 1977), who is married to [[Daniel Westling]] and has two children
*[[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland]] (born 13 May 1979), who is married to [[Sofia Hellqvist]] and has four children
*[[Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland]] (born 10 June 1982), who is married to [[Christopher O'Neill]] and has three children

Prince Carl Philip was born the [[heir apparent]]. However, a constitutional reform, which was already under way at the time of his birth, made his elder sister, Victoria, the heir apparent and Crown Princess of Sweden on 1 January 1980, according to the principles of [[absolute primogeniture]], which Sweden was the first recognised monarchy to adopt.<ref>[[Statens offentliga utredningar|SOU]] 1977:5 ''Kvinnlig tronföljd'', p.16.</ref> King Carl Gustaf objected after the reform, not to the succession by females but to the fact that his son lost the position and title which he had had since birth.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10414639.ab |title=Kungen: Grundlagen är lustig |trans-title=The King: The Constitution is funny |last=Peterson |first=Claes |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=24 November 2003 |access-date=19 August 2012 |archive-date=29 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029041230/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10414639.ab |url-status=live }}</ref>