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 the Swedish language.[2]
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prince, august, duke, dalarna, prince, nikolaus, august, sweden, norway, duke, dalarna, august, 1831, march, 1873, youngest, five, children, king, oscar, sweden, josephine, leuchtenberg, prince, augustduke, dalarnaphotograph, prince, august, 1864born, 1831, au. Prince Nikolaus August of Sweden and Norway Duke of Dalarna 24 August 1831 4 March 1873 was the youngest of the five children of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg Prince AugustDuke of DalarnaPhotograph of Prince August c 1864Born 1831 08 24 24 August 1831Drottningholm Palace Ekero SwedenDied4 March 1873 1873 03 04 aged 41 Stockholm Palace SwedenSpousePrincess Therese of Saxe Altenburg m 1864 wbr NamesNikolaus AugustHouseBernadotteFatherOscar I of SwedenMotherJosephine of Leuchtenberg Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Marriage 2 Honours and arms 2 1 Honours 2 2 Arms 3 Ancestry 4 ReferencesBiography editEarly life edit Born in Drottningholm Palace in Ekero Stockholm County his eldest sibling was King Carl XV of Sweden During parts of 1849 1853 he was a student at Uppsala University On 10 December 1851 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Marriage edit On 16 April 1864 in Altenburg the Duke married Princess Therese Amalie of Saxe Altenburg Ansbach 21 December 1836 Haga Palace Stockholm 9 November 1914 1 Duchess of Saxony 1 eldest daughter of Prince Eduard of Saxe Altenburg and his first wife Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen The marriage did not produce issue In Sweden his wife was styled Princess 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 an taget lit more stupid than the train an expression still in use in the Swedish language 2 Prince August died at the age of 41 of pneumonia at Stockholm Palace Honours and arms editHonours edit He received the following orders and decorations 3 nbsp nbsp Sweden Norway Knight and Commander of the Seraphim 24 August 1831 Knight of the Order of Charles XIII 24 August 1831 Commander Grand Cross of the Sword 24 August 1831 Commander Grand Cross of the Polar Star 24 August 1831 Grand Cross of St Olav with Collar 21 August 1847 4 nbsp Duchy of Anhalt Grand Cross of Albert the Bear 21 April 1864 5 nbsp nbsp Austria Hungary Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St Stephen 1870 6 nbsp Denmark Knight of the Elephant 9 June 1852 7 nbsp nbsp nbsp Ernestine duchies Grand Cross of the Saxe Ernestine House Order April 1861 8 nbsp Kingdom of Hanover Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order 1852 9 nbsp Hohenzollern Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern 1st Class nbsp Nassau Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau July 1858 10 nbsp Netherlands Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion nbsp Russian Empire Knight of St Andrew 1863 Knight of St Alexander Nevsky Knight of the White Eagle Knight of St Anna 1st Class Arms edit nbsp Arms of Prince August from 1831 to 1844 nbsp Arms of Prince August after 1844Ancestry editAncestors of Prince August Duke of Dalarna8 Jean Henri Bernadotte4 Charles XIV John of Sweden9 Jeanne de Saint Jean2 Oscar I of Sweden10 Francois Clary5 Desiree Clary11 Francoise Rose Somis1 Prince August Duke of Dalarna12 Alexandre vicomte de Beauharnais6 Eugene de Beauharnais 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg13 Josephine de Tascher de La Pagerie3 Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg14 Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria7 Princess Augusta of Bavaria15 Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse DarmstadtReferences edit a b Henri van Oene s Royal Genealogies Archived from the original on October 28 2009 Retrieved 2006 12 30 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Grunbaum Catharina 2 March 2006 Nu gar spraktaget Dagens Nyheter in Swedish Retrieved 22 October 2013 Sveriges och Norges Statskalender in Swedish 1872 p 460 retrieved 2018 01 06 via runeberg org Sveriges och Norges Statskalender in Swedish 1864 p 604 retrieved 2018 01 06 via runeberg org Hof und Staats Handbuch fur das Herzogthum Anhalt 1867 Herzoglicher Haus Orden Albrecht des Baren p 18 A Szent Istvan Rend tagjai Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Bille Hansen A C Holck Harald eds 1872 1st pub 1801 Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1872 State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1872 PDF Kongelig Dansk Hof og Statskalender in Danish Copenhagen J H Schultz A S Universitetsbogtrykkeri p 3 Retrieved 3 May 2020 via da DIS Danmark Staatshandbucher fur das Herzogtums Sachsen Altenburg 1869 Herzogliche Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden p 21 Staat Hannover 1858 Hof und Staatshandbuch fur das Konigreich Hannover 1858 Berenberg p 72 Staats und Adress Handbuch des Herzogthums Nassau 1859 Schellenberg 1859 p 8 Prince August Duke of DalarnaHouse of BernadotteBorn 24 August 1831 Died 4 March 1873 Swedish royalty Preceded byNone Duke of Dalarna Succeeded byCarl Johan Bernadotte nbsp This biography of a member of the Swedish royal house is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prince August Duke of Dalarna amp oldid 1191861701, wikipedia, wiki, 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