Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf is the youngest of five children born to Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla. All four of his siblings are sisters, and the youngest of these is Princess Christina.
Princess Christina Louise Helena was born on 3 August 1943, three years before Carl Gustaf. Like the King, she was born in Solna’s Haga Palace, which is now home to Christina’s…
Princess Christina of Sweden, Mrs Magnuson is celebrating her 77th birthday today. The Princess will celebrate her birthday privately with her family.
She retired from public duties on her 75th birthday two years ago after many years of service to the crown. She spent 45…
The eldest son of Princess Christina of Sweden and the nephew and godson of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Gustaf Magnuson has separated from his model wife, Vicky Andrén, with whom he shares one child, a daughter, after six years of marriage.
The couple announced to Swedish…
Tuesday of this week was busy. Both the Swedish and the Norwegian royal families attended events related to the Nobel Prize. In Sweden, many prominent members of the Royal Family were present both at the award ceremony and the following grand gala dinner. During the ceremony, King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out 14 Nobel Prizes in five categories.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia were joined by…
Sweden's Princess Christina in search of the grandmother she never knew
22nd November 2019
Princess Christina, sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, has written a book about their paternal grandmother to mark the centenary of her death. And she’s had some very royal help – her cousins, Queen Margrethe II and Princess Benedikte of Denmark have been…
King Carl XVI Gustaf has handed out the Nobel Prizes during a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. The other members of the Swedish Royal Family were also in attendance.
Each year on the 10th of December, King Carl XVI Gustaf hands out the Nobel Prizes, consisting of a…
Princesses who married commoners: Sweden's Princesses Margaretha, Désirée and Christina
11th October 2018
Ahead of Princess Eugenie’s wedding this Friday, we look at other royals who have married commoners.
Despite living mostly private lives these days, the four older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden were famously known in their youth as the Haga Princesses. The name Haga came from their residence, Haga Palace. The palace is now the official residence of Crown Princess Victoria of…
Sweden’s Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson, is to retire from royal duties many years of service to the crown.
She made the announcement in a recent interview with Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) saying she planned to retire on her 75th birthday on 3 August. She…
Princess Christina, the aunt of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, has bone cancer
21st June 2018
The Dutch Government Information Service (RVD) has announced that Princess Christina, 71, has bone cancer. It was discovered in the autumn of 2017, and she is in stable condition.
A statement was released yesterday on her behalf saying, “In the fall of 2017 showed that…
The Swedish Royal Family stepped out in full force to attend the annual Nobel Prize Ceremony. King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out several Nobel Prizes at the Concert Hall in Stockholm.
Each year on 10 December, the Nobel Prizes are awarded. The Nobel Peace Prize is traditionally awarded in Oslo, Norway. In Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf hands out the Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine…
