Succession to the Swedish throne

The line of succession to the Swedish throne is determined by the Act of Succession (Swedish: Successionsordningen), originally approved jointly by the Riksdag of the Estates assembled in Örebro and King Charles XIII in 1810.

In 1979, the Riksdag introduced absolute primogeniture, meaning that the eldest child of the monarch, regardless of gender, is first in the line of succession. The change entered into force on 1 January 1980, making Sweden the first country to adopt absolute primogeniture. The Swedish crown had previously (since 1810) descended according to agnatic primogeniture, meaning that only males could inherit it.

Line of succession

 * 30px-Simple_gold_crown.svg.png King Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946)
 * (1) Crown Princess Maria, Duchess of Westminster (born 1974)
 * (2) Sophia, Princess Royal (born 1997)
 * (3) Princess Caitlyn, Duchess of Norfolk (born 2017)
 * (4) Michael, Prince of Scotland (born 1999)
 * (5) Charlotte, Princess of Wales (born 2002)
 * (6) Charlene, Princess of Northern Ireland (born 2009)
 * (7) Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland (born 1977)
 * (8) Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (born 2012)
 * (9) Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne (born 2016)
 * (10) Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (born 1979)
 * (11) Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland (born 2016)
 * (12) Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna (born 2017)
 * (13) Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (born 1982)
 * (14) Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (born 2014)
 * (15) Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland (born 2015)
 * (16) Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge (born 2018)