In its present reading, Article 1 of the Act of Succession limits the potential number of claimants to the throne, so that only the descendants of Carl XVI Gustaf can inherit the Throne.See Act of Succession, Article 1. If the royal house were to be extinct, the Riksdag is not obligated to elect a new royal house, as it once was up until the constitutional reforms of the 1970s.
in its present reading article 1 of the act of succession limits the potential number of claimants to the throne so that only the descendants of carl xvi gustaf can inherit the thronesee act of succession article 1 if the royal house were to be extinct the riksdag is not obligated to elect a new royal house as it once was up until the constitutional reforms of the 1970s