| gustavus | (n) the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973), Syn. Gustavus VI |
| gustavus | (n) king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950), Syn. Gustavus V |
| gustavus | (n) king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837), Syn. Gustavus IV |
| gustavus | (n) king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792), Syn. Gustavus III |
| gustavus | (n) king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632), Syn. Gustavus Adolphus, Gustavus II |
| gustavus | (n) king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560), Syn. Gustavus I |
