Editing Oscar II (section)

===Alleged extramarital children===
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Oscar II is also suspected to have had several extramarital children,<ref>[[:sv:Gustaf von Platen|Gustaf von Platen]] in ''Bakom den gyllene fasaden'' [[Bonniers]] {{ISBN|91-0-058048-1}} p 146</ref> of which at least five are named:
* [[Anna Hofman-Uddgren]] (1868–1947) by Emma Hammarström (1849–1910)<ref>''Anna Hofmann – varietéstjärna och filmregissör'', catalogue of exhibition by that name at [[Stockholms Stadsmuséum]] 1998 with essays by Åke Abrahamsson and Marika Lagercrantz/Lotte Wellton.</ref>
* Elin Esping Smitz (1878–1960) by Paulina Mathilda Esping (1858–1878)<ref>{{cite book | last=Demitz | first=Jacob Truedson | title=Throne of a Thousand Years | publisher=Ristesson Ent | publication-place=Ludvika, Sweden; Los Angeles | date=1996 | isbn=978-91-630-5030-5|title-link=Throne of a Thousand Years|pages=277}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://famsac.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=famsac&view=0&pid=743&ver=10451|title=FamSAC of Stockholm & Blair – Family Tree|website=famsac.tribalpages.com|access-date=8 July 2022|archive-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326094125/https://famsac.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=famsac&view=0&pid=743&ver=10451|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Knut August Ekstam (born 1878, in U.S.A. 1903, death unknown) by [[Marie Friberg]] (1852–1934) 
* [[Florence Stephens]] (1881–1979) by Elisabeth Kreüger Stephens (1858–1911)<ref>{{cite book |last=Norlin |first=Arne |title=Familjen Bernadotte: makten, myterna, människorna |year=2015 |publisher=Fischer & Co |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=9789186597962 |id={{LIBRIS|17803399}} |pages=218–220}}</ref>
* Nils Teodor Ekstam (1889–1954) also by Friberg above<ref>[http://w3.msi.vxu.se/~nivre/sps/king.html Sherlock Holmes and the King of Scandinavia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316181252/http://w3.msi.vxu.se/~nivre/sps/king.html |date=16 March 2012 }} The Swedish Pathological Society</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/brollopet/article7176892.ab |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |title=Jakten på den försvunne sonen |first=Mattias |last=Sandberg |date=24 May 2010 |access-date=4 May 2016 |language=sv |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031124445/http://www.aftonbladet.se/brollopet/article7176892.ab |url-status=live }}</ref>

However, unlike his father, Oscar II never officially recognized any illegitimate children of his.