The Swedish Royal Family has launched a new website with a sleeker design following in the footsteps of their Scandinavian counterparts, the Danish Royal Family, a few months ago.
The website is available in Swedish and English and has a focus on the Royal House, which consists of King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle, Prince Oscar, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia, Princess Madeleine, and Princess Birgitta.
Each member has their own biography page, except for Princess Birgitta. The link for further information on the King’s sister links to a page that currently doesn’t exist. As the website was just launched, the Royal Court is still working on getting the kinks out, and issues will be resolved in the coming days.
Each member of the extended Royal Family has a short biography included on the website.
There are also dedicated sections to the history of the Swedish monarchy, the monarchy’s cultural heritage, palaces, and the Royal Court.
There is also a description of the monarchy and its function in several other languages, including Finnish, German, Arabic, French, Yiddish, and others.
Along with the debut of the new website, the Royal Court released new photos of the Royal Family. A photo of the Royal House, with the exception of Princess Birgitta, was released, as was an image of the King with his two heirs – Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Estelle.
Each member of the Royal House had new portraits released as well.
Princess Birgitta is the only sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf, who remains a member of the Royal House; she retained her Royal Highness status upon marriage to a man of equal rank (Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern) and by law was allowed to keep her title and Royal Highness style.
The King’s other three sisters married commoners and lost their Royal Highness statuses. They were each given the courtesy title of Princess with their husbands’ surnames accompanying their titles (ex. Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson) after their marriage. They remained members of the Royal Family but not the Royal House.
