| Prince August | |||||
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| Duke of Dalarna | |||||
 Photograph of Prince August,c. 1864 | |||||
| Born | (1831-08-24)24 August 1831 Drottningholm Palace,Ekerö, Sweden | ||||
| Died | 4 March 1873(1873-03-04) (aged 41) Stockholm Palace, Sweden | ||||
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| House | Bernadotte | ||||
| Father | Oscar I of Sweden | ||||
| Mother | Josephine of Leuchtenberg | ||||
Prince Nikolaus August of Sweden and Norway, Duke ofDalarna (24 August 1831 – 4 March 1873) was the youngest of the five children of KingOscar I of Sweden andJosephine of Leuchtenberg.
Born inDrottningholm Palace inEkerö,Stockholm County, his eldest sibling was KingCarl XV of Sweden.
During parts of 1849–1853, he was a student atUppsala University. On 10 December 1851, he was made an honorary member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
On 16 April 1864 inAltenburg, the Duke marriedPrincess Therese Amalie of Saxe-Altenburg (Ansbach, 21 December 1836 -Haga Palace,Stockholm, 9 November 1914),[1] Duchess of Saxony,[1] eldest daughter ofPrince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg and his first wifePrincess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The marriage did not produce issue. In Sweden, his wife was styledPrincess Teresia.
The Prince was very interested in trains and locomotives, and a locomotive was named after him. Since it was commonly thought the Prince was not very bright, this led to the expression"dummare än tåget" (lit. "more stupid than the train"), an expression still in use in theSwedish language.[2]
Prince August died at the age of 41 ofpneumonia atStockholm Palace.
He received the following orders and decorations:[3]
Sweden-Norway:
Duchy of Anhalt:Grand Cross of Albert the Bear,21 April 1864[5]
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of theRoyal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen,1870[6]
Denmark:Knight of the Elephant,9 June 1852[7]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of theSaxe-Ernestine House Order,April 1861[8]
Kingdom of Hanover: Grand Cross of theRoyal Guelphic Order,1852[9]
Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of thePrincely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class
Nassau:Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau,July 1858[10]
Netherlands:Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Russian Empire:
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