Swedish royals attend Swedish Academy meeting in Stockholm  (2024)

FAQs

How did the king and queen of Sweden meet? ›

In 1972, the then Crown Prince Carl Gustaf met his German–Brazilian future wife, Silvia Sommerlath, who was born in 1943 in Germany. They met in Munich during the Olympic Games, where Silvia was chief hostess. A trained interpreter, Silvia is the first Swedish queen to have had a professional career.

Who is Queen Silvia? Queen Silvia was born to Alice and Walther Sommerlath in Heidelberg Germany in the year 1943 on December 23. She graduated from language school with a Spanish degree in 1969 and could speak Spanish, English, German, Swedish, and Portuguese fluently.

In the Swedish Royal Family, Princess Victoria has the highest global media presence. Between January and April 2021, Princess Victoria was mentioned in 629 online articles. Princess Sofia and Queen Silvia were mentioned in more than 200 articles each over the same time period.

How does one address the Royal Family? The king is addressed as His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. The queen is styled Her Majesty The Queen and is most often referred to as Queen Silvia. The children of the monarch are styled His/Her Royal Highness.

The Swedish Royals, the House of Bernadotte, are distant relatives of Queen Elizabeth, by two routes: The current King of Sweden, Karl VI Gustaf, is a great great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

The current king of Sweden is Carl XVI Gustaf, while his heir is Crown Princess Victoria. The Swedish monarch has numerous residences, primarily state-owned but some privately owned; their official residence and workplace is Stockholm Palace, while Drottningholm Palace serves as the monarchy's private residence.

Charles Edward was the father of Princess Sibylla – King Carl XVI Gustaf's mother. Thus, Elizabeth and Carl Gustaf were third cousins, and Sweden's royals are in the British line of succession.

The Swedish royal family is Protestant Christian, and are members of the Church of Sweden, an Evangelical Lutheran church. The Act of Succession of 1810 actually requires that the royal family be “of the pure evangelical faith.”

Drottningholm Palace on Lovön in Ekerö Municipality

In 1981, the current Royal Family moved from the Royal Palace in Stockholm to Drottningholm Palace, which has been The King and Queen's private residence ever since.

The finance department of The Royal Court takes care of the finances of the Court Administration, the Palace Administration, the Royal Djurgården Administration and the private finances of the Royal Family. Several royal foundations are also managed by the department.

Who is the most respected royal family in the world? ›

Probably the most recognised royal family in the world, the British royal family can be seen making headlines with their every move or outing. Queen Elizabeth II was a very revered monarch of the House of Windsor and remained on the throne for over 70 years till she passed away at the age of 96.

CARL GUSTAF Folke Hubertus, King of Sweden, born on 30 April, 1946, ascended the throne on 15 September 1973. Carl XVI Gustaf is the seventh king of the House of Bernadotte and the longest reigning monarch in Swedish history.

Royal motto of Carl XVI Gustaf: For Sweden – with the Times (Swedish: För Sverige – i tiden). Switzerland: No official motto.

The King and his children and grandchildren belong to the House of Bernadotte, but that is very different from actually having a family name. Then again, princes who chose love over titles did end up with Bernadotte as their surname, for example the King's uncles Sigvard and Carl Johan .

The predominant type of surname in Sweden is patronymic. These surames are based on the father's given name and changed with each generation. For example, Lars Pettersson was the son of Petter. If Lars had a son named Hans, the son would be known as Hans Larsson (son of Lars).

His Majesty King XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II are third cousins. The Swedish and British royal families are connected through Queen Victoria, who is the great great-grandmother of both Queen Elizabeth II and King Carl XVI Gustav.

Queen Margrethe is also first cousins with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

House of Bernadotte, royal dynasty of Sweden, from 1818. The name derives from a family of old lineage of Béarn, France, whose earliest known member (17th century) owned an estate in Pau known as “Bernadotte.”

The House of Bernadotte is the royal family of Sweden, founded there in 1818 by King Charles XIV John of Sweden. It was also the royal family of Norway between 1818 and 1905. Its founder was born in Pau in southern France as Jean Bernadotte.