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Swedish Royal Family

The Swedish Royal Family consists of a number of persons in the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, closely related to the King of Sweden, who are entitled to royal titles, and some of which are performing various ceremonial duties. Currently the royal family has these members:

• The King and Queen:
  • Carl XVI Gustaf Folke Hubertus, King of Sweden (since September 15, 1973). Born on April 30, 1946.
  • Silvia Renate Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden (since June 19, 1976). Born on December 23, 1943.

• Their children:
  • Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Westrogothia. Born on July 14, 1977.
  • Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Wermelandia. Born on May 13, 1979.
  • Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Helsingia and Gestricia. Born on June 10, 1982.

• The wife of the King's late uncle Prince Bertil:
  • Lilian May Davies, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Hallandia. Born on August 30, 1915.

• The King's sister:
  • Birgitta Ingeborg Alice, Princess of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern. Born on January 19, 1937.

Also the other sisters of the King are known as Princesses, but styled in a specific manner they are never actually called Princess of Sweden. This is because of their marriage to non-royal persons. (Whereas their male relatives in the same situation had been stripped of all royal titles - see Bernadotte af Wisborg - the case of the Princesses was substantially different, as at the time females were not entitled to succession at all.) They are:

• Margaretha Désirée Victoria, known as Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler. Born on October 31, 1934.
• Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla, known as Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld. Born on June 2, 1938.
• Christina Louise Helena, known as Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnusson. Born on August 3, 1943.

See also

• Dukes of Swedish Provinces
• Swedish nobility