Gustavus VI Adolphus (Oscar Frederick William Olaf Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish: Oskar Fredrik Vilhelm Olof Gustav Adolf), born on 11 November 1882 in Stockholm, died 15 September 1973 in Helsingborg, Sweden, became King of Sweden upon the death of his mother, Victoria I, on 4 April 1930. Gustavus VI Adolphus was interested in archeology and mostly let his advisors and members of parliament handle the politics. Thus, Sweden turned into a more democratic country during his reign, a development that his successor, his grandson Charles XIII Gustavus successfully has reversed.