Oscar II

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Oscar, Os kar, II 1829-1907, King of Sweden and Norway. He studied at various famous universities and then travelled extensively. In 1857 he married Sophia, daughter of the Duke of Nassau, and in 1872 he succeeded his brother Charles XV as King of Sweden and Norway. His prosperous reign was marked by the development in railroad building, manufactures and agriculture in both countries. When Norway and Sweden were separated in 1905, the King's tactful policy prevented war between the two countries. He published an autobiography of Charles XII and translated Goethe's Faust and Tasso.

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