Gustav Adolf

Gustav Adolf or Gustaf Adolf may refer to:

People:

  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594–1632), or Gustaf II Adolf, King of Sweden 1611–1632
  • Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden (1778–1837), King of Sweden 1792–1809
  • Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882–1973), King of Sweden 1950–1973
  • Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947), son of Gustaf VI Adolf, father of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  • Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt (1619–1656), Swedish soldier and statesman.
  • Gustav Adolf Bergenroth (1813–1869), German historian
  • Gustav Adolf Deissmann (1866–1937), German Protestant theologian
  • Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848–1886), German explorer of Africa
  • Gustav Adolf Michaelis (1798–1848), German obstetrician
  • Gustav Adolf Scheel (1907–1979), German physician and commander of the Sicherheitspolizei in the Third Reich
  • Gustav-Adolf Schur (born 1931), former German cyclist
  • Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland (1902–1969), German diplomat and politician
  • Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866–1910), German explorer and Governor of German East Africa
  • Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892–1964), German general and commander of the German 15th Army
  • Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1633–1695), last ruler of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Places:

  • Gustav Adolf Grammar School, in Tallinn, Estonia
  • Gustav Adolf Stave Church, in Hahnenklee, Harz, Germany
  • Gustav-Adolf-Straße (Nuremberg U-Bahn), metro station in Nuremberg, Germany
  • Gustav Adolfs torg, Stockholm, a public square in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States
  • Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy, in Uppsala, Sweden

Famous quotes containing the word adolf:

    “I thank heaven for a man like Adolf Hitler, who built a front line of defense against the anti-Christ of Communism.”
    —Frank Buchman (1878–1961)