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Désirée of Sweden

Princess Désirée of Sweden – A Haga Princess

Friday, 2 June 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Princess Désirée of Sweden was born on 2 June 1938 as the third child and daughter of Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Embed from Getty Images The New York Times wrote upon Désirée’s birth, “Princess Sibylla, wife of Prince Gustaf Adolf, eldest son of the Crown Prince, tonight [read more]
Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden
Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden

Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden – The saintly Grand Princess of Kyiv

Wednesday, 4 January 2023, 6:00 CaraBeth 0
The marriage of Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden to Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv, as well as the marriages of their children, show that the Kyivan Rus was becoming its own powerful state and that connections were forming between the Rurik dynasty and the royal families to the west. Early Years Ingegerd was born [read more]
Princess Birgitta of Sweden
Birgitta of Sweden

Princess Birgitta of Sweden – The second Haga Princess

Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Princess Birgitta of Sweden was born on 19 January 1937 as the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her elder sister is Princess Margaretha (born 1934), and her younger siblings are Princess Désirée (1938-2026), Princess Christina (born 1943) and King Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946). [read more]
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Princess Christina Mrs Magnuson

Sweden’s temporary first lady – Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson

Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 6:00 Brittani Barger 0
Before King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden married Queen Silvia, his youngest older sister, Princess Christina, stepped into the role and served as an unofficial ‘first lady’ for Sweden. So when Carl Gustaf met Silvia at the Olympics, Christina was the first to welcome her and showed her the ropes once she became Queen Silvia. [read more]
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Madeleine of Sweden

A look at Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 14:00 Brittani Barger 0
Born on 10 June 1982 as Princess Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, she is the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. She was born in a makeshift delivery room inside Drottningholm Palace, and her birth was the only one her father was present for of [read more]
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Carola of Vasa

Carola of Vasa – The last Queen of Saxony (Part one)

Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Carola of Vasa was born on 5 August 1833 as the daughter of the former Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, and his wife Princess Louise Amelie of Baden. Her grandfather, King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, had been deposed in 1809. As such, Carola was born in exile at Schönbrunn Palace in [read more]

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