General Swedish Royalty Facts, Discussion and Questions

[Karisma]

Originally Posted by Biri

How "no religion"? Victoria is openly atheist?

Thank You Boris for explaning if I was uncleare. I wrore also in the same post. "The king and the royal children must adhere to the "pure Christianity".

[Meraude]

I think that the SRF is quite religious, queen Silvia have published/given her name to a prayer book and there is a prayer she wrote herself when she was eleven years old in it. It's also said that the children was brought up with a bedtime prayer while they were young.

[Kit]

I was wondering what would happen if Victoria becomes queen and - heaven forbid - dies BEFORE her oldest child is of age. Who would be the legal guardian of the child if Vic and Daniel are no longer alive as well as Silvia and Carl-Gustaf? And who would reign on behalf of the child until he/she is 18 ??? Probably Prince Carl Philip or am I wrong in assuming this ???

[Esmerelda]

Originally Posted by Kit

I was wondering what would happen if Victoria becomes queen and - heaven forbid - dies BEFORE her oldest child is of age. Who would be the legal guardian of the child if Vic and Daniel are no longer alive as well as Silvia and Carl-Gustaf? And who would reign on behalf of the child until he/she is 18 ??? Probably Prince Carl Philip or am I wrong in assuming this ???

I think this was discussed in an older thread but I can't find it. My guess would be that PCP will be Regent until the child is of age and possibly the legal guardian as well if the parents and grandparents are dead. Of course if the child is old enough and decided they want to live with someone else e.g paternal grandparents or Princess Madeleine, I can't imagine the government forbidding that as long as their appropriate education continues, which won't really start till 18 anyway. The scenario is quite morbid, though, and I'm sure it wont arise.

[Karisma]

Originally Posted by Kit

I was wondering what would happen if Victoria becomes queen and - heaven forbid - dies BEFORE her oldest child is of age. Who would be the legal guardian of the child if Vic and Daniel are no longer alive as well as Silvia and Carl-Gustaf? And who would reign on behalf of the child until he/she is 18 ??? Probably Prince Carl Philip or am I wrong in assuming this ???

There is always a little philosophy when thinking about hypotheses. If such a disaster that you write about would occur would probably Carl-Philip become monarch if he still exists as a potential candidate in the succession.

[Nice Nofret]

While there is a living child of Victoria, C-P wouldn't become King - maybe Regent ... or a "kronrat" would take over, till mayoritiy ... the child could be declared grown up with 16.

[rop81]

Originally Posted by Nice Nofret

the child could be declared grown up with 16.

I definatly don´t think so - in Sweden you don´t come of age until 18 years old.

[IloveCP]

Did Silvia ever go to college?

[Charlotte_Aster]

she attended the Sprachen&Dolmetscher Institut in Munich. It's a "fachakademie" for interpreters.

[LadyFinn]

The swedish royal court launched their own Facebook-site today.
Kungahuset | Facebook

[marine2109]

Victoria og Silvia står frem - det har været et hårdt år

Billed-Bladet - Victoria og Silvia står frem - det har været et hårdt år

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[marine2109]

De unges år: Sådan bliver 2012 i det svenske kongehus

Billed-Bladet - De unges år: Sådan bliver 2012 i det svenske kongehus

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[LadyFinn]

The court has put the highlights of the royal family 2011 to the website
Årets höjdpunkter 2011 - Sveriges Kungahus

[LadyFinn]

Jenny Alexandersson, who writes for Aftonbladet and before that she worked for Svensk Damtidning, has answered to the questions of Aftonbladet about the royal family. Alexandersson has followed the royal family for a long time. Here is the first part of her answers:
Svar på de första frågorna! « Hovbloggen
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[LadyFinn]

The owners of the Sweden's leading hair salon chain Bjorn Axén, Johan Hellström and Peter Hägelstam visited in Helsinki yesterday. The pair is also known as the trusted hairdressed of the Swedish royal court. They gave an interview to Iltalehti.

"Princesses create trends"

The hair styles of Silvia, Victoria and Madeleine are created in the capable hands of Johan Hellström and Peter Hägelstam.
- Working for the court is good for our reputation.
They are constantly on alert for the needs from the court.
- The royal ladies use the services of hairdresses every week, but in the morning they comb their own hair, Peter laughs.
Hellström says that the hair style of queen Silvia and Victoria and Madeleine, is carefully thought out, elegant but not ostentatious. They follow trends, but also create trends by their own example.

Peter Hägelstam started working with the royal family in the 1980s, when he began to work for queen Silvia.
- Silvia brought to the traditional look of the monarchy new style with her courage to experiment with different hairstyles. She served as a kind of an example and as a pioneer who inspired royal women in other countries.

To work for the royal house has its own challenges and pressures. Invitation to the service can happen at any time, sometimes at a very short notice.
- It may happen that when we get an invitation we do not know at all what kind of occasion it is and what kind of outfit the royal lady is wearing. Then you have to act fast and rely on your own experience and professionalism. The decision of an appropriate hair style may have to be done in seconds, Johan Hellström says.

A certain elegance is also reflected to the male members of the monarchy. King Carl Gustaf is remembered from some trendy looks from his youth, Daniel maintains his more subdued style.
- Daniel favors the hair style that suits to every occasion.
IL tapasi Ruotsin hovikampaajat: "Prinsessat luovat trendejä" | Kuninkaalliset | Iltalehti.fi

[LadyFinn]

Confidence in the royal family is at it's lowest figure since the polls began in 1995, according SVT.se.
Meanwhile, Victoria is more popular than ever.
- Victoria receives the highest popularity value SOM institute has ever measured, says Lennart Nilsson from University of Gothenburg.
Rekordlågt förtroende för Sveriges kungahus | Nyheter | Expressen
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Lägsta siffran någonsin - rapport | svt.se
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[LadyFinn]

The annual report from the year 2011 of the swedish royal court
http://www.kungahuset.se/download/18...telsen2011.pdf

[principessa]

When Estelle gets a little sibling or when Carl Philip and Madeleine get children, will there be a salute shooting for the babies?