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|name            = Gustav III
|succession      = [[Monarchy of Sweden|King of Sweden]]
|image           = Gustav III by Alexander Roslin - no frame (Nationalmuseum, 15330).png
|caption         = Gustav III painted in 1777 by [[Alexander Roslin]]
|reign           = 12 February 1771 – 29 March 1792
|coronation      = 29 May 1772
|predecessor     = [[Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden|Adolf Frederick]]
|successor       = [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustav IV Adolf]]
|spouse          = [[Sophia Magdalena of Denmark]]
|issue           = [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]]<br />Prince Carl Gustav, Duke of Småland
|issue-link      = #Marriage
|issue-pipe      = More...
|religion        = [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]
|house           = [[Holstein-Gottorp|House of Holstein-Gottorp]]
|father          = [[Adolf Frederick of Sweden]]
|mother          = [[Louisa Ulrika of Prussia]]
|birth_date      = 24 January 1746
|birth_place     = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
|death_date      = {{Death date and age|1792|3|29|1746|1|24|df=y}}
|death_place     = [[Stockholm Palace]], Stockholm
|burial_date     = 13 April 1792
|burial_place    = [[Riddarholmen Church]], Stockholm
}}
'''Gustav III''' ({{OldStyleDate |24 January|1746|13 January}} – 29 March 1792{{ref |Dates| Note on dates}}) was [[List of Swedish monarchs|King of Sweden]] from 1771 until he was shot to death in 1792.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden.html|title=Sweden|publisher=World Statesmen|language=Swedish|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> He was the eldest son of King [[Adolf Frederick of Sweden|Adolph Frederick]] and Queen [[Louisa Ulrika of Prussia|Louise Ulrika]], who was a sister of [[Frederick the Great]], King of [[Prussia]].

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