GUSTAVUS IV

GUSTAVUS IV. (1778-1837), king of Sweden from 1792 to 1809, son of GUSTAVUS III; his incompetency and stubbornness made him an ill ruler; territory was lost to the French, and Finland to Russia, while an attack on Norway proved a failure; popular indignation rose to a height in 1809; he was deposed, and the crown given to his uncle, Charles XIII.; after this he lived on the Continent.