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A French soldier named Jean Bernadotte became so popular in Sweden that they elected him king in 1818 when their own royal family was about to die out. The Bernadotte family still
![TIL that the French soldier Jean Bernadotte became so popular in Sweden that they elected him king in 1818 when their own royal family was about to die out. The Bernadotte family TIL that the French soldier Jean Bernadotte became so popular in Sweden that they elected him king in 1818 when their own royal family was about to die out. The Bernadotte family](https://external-preview.redd.it/JWuC1yZsTCxE7pjWSJrBCzakmrzORIsfOW0fk6rAklg.jpg?auto=webp&s=2801a055f9d6c7bd93e8a498f9d12f92ff5b7895)
TIL that the French soldier Jean Bernadotte became so popular in Sweden that they elected him king in 1818 when their own royal family was about to die out. The Bernadotte family
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Day in History – February 5: Jean Baptiste Bernadotte Becomes King of Sweden and Norway | Artemisia's Royal Den
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