General Swedish Royalty Facts, Discussion and Questions

[User0501]

Regnal Number.

Why is the regnal number in HM The King's name is between Carl and Gustaf instead of being King Carl Gustaf XVI?

 

[GrandDuchess]

Why is the regnal number in HM The King's name is between Carl and Gustaf instead of being King Carl Gustaf XVI?

Because he is the 16th Carl or Karl to rule Sweden.

 

[User0501]

Because he is the 16th Carl or Karl to rule Sweden.

Yes,I know but why is the XVI is in between Carl & Gustaf instead of being after Gustaf such as King Carl Gustaf XVI?

 

[GrandDuchess]

Yes,I know but why is the XVI is in between Carl & Gustaf instead of being after Gustaf such as King Carl Gustaf XVI?

It gives itself. Because he is the 16th Carl or Karl - not the 16th Carl Gustaf.

 

[towzer12]

Hello - I would also like to purchase a catalog of the Queen's Dresses. Does
anyone know where I may buy it?
Thanks
Towzer12

 

[ursulajohanna]

Do you know whether the king and queen was End of May 1997 in Japan?

What are they doing there and some pictures of the visit?

You can buy the catalog of the Queen's Dresses by royalcourt. Please contact it by mail.

 

[GrandDuchess]

Hello - I would also like to purchase a catalog of the Queen's Dresses. Does
anyone know where I may buy it?
Thanks
Towzer12

My suggestion is that you contact them via telephone, you call the switchboard and ask to be directed to the Royal Gift Shop at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. You can find the telephone number here.

 

[cloclo]

hello its my first question and post

Hi all, im new here, i think this site is so cool! I have a question, it might have been answered before, but ill ask it, how old is the swedish monarchy?and how is a babyborn's name chosen in a royal family, s it according to a certain rule or something, or it must be the ganfather, grandmother's name? thank you

 

[Next Star]

Crown Prince Victoria Of Sweden is the world's only female heir -apparent to a throne. Her, Carl and Madeleine all suffer from a disorder called dyslexia and all three of them are former gymnast.

 

[grevinnan]

Gymnasts? When were the royal children gymnasts? I don't think Madeleine suffers from dyslexia.

 

[TheQueen]

They went to gymnasium- which is what they call schools over in Europe (not in every country but in a few). I've included the link.

Crown Prince Victoria Of Sweden is the world's only female heir -apparent to a throne. Her, Carl and Madeleine all suffer from a disorder called dyslexia and all three of them are former gymnast.

She is an heiress apparent- but there are some females who are heiresses apparents of an heir apparent (Amalia of the Netherlands, Ingrid of Norway, Elisabeth of Belgium)
I've don't ever remember reading that Madeleine has dyslexia- I've only heard that Victoria & Carl Philip have it

 

[soCal girl]

I've don't ever remember reading that Madeleine has dyslexia- I've only heard that Victoria & Carl Philip have it

I believe Madeleine is dyslexic but it's not as serious as Victoria or Carl Philip's dyslexia.

 

[Next Star]

I know she is the heiress-apparent and it is true that Madeleine suffers from dyslexia and not only her and her sister and brother but their father The King also suffers from it.I used heir- apparent to make my quote short.

 

[cloclo]

hey, its all about names... lol

HI all, i have a question How old is the Swedish royal family??
and when there is a newborn in the royal family, are there any rules or any ummm lets say measures to follow, i mean does the new baby need to carry the name of one of his ancestors? especially when its in the case of a future king or queen?...for example Victoria, does anybody know why did her parents choose that name for her? thanks

 

[GrandDuchess]

HI all, i have a question How old is the Swedish royal family??

Do you mean how long the House of Bernadotte has held the throne of Sweden, or do you mean the age of the individual members of the Royal Family? The answer to the first question is since 1818, when Karl XVI Johan became king of Sweden and Norway. You can read about the Royal Family and more about history on the Royal Court's website.

when there is a newborn in the royal family, are there any rules or any ummm lets say measures to follow, i mean does the new baby need to carry the name of one of his ancestors? especially when its in the case of a future king or queen?...for example Victoria, does anybody know why did her parents choose that name for her? thanks

No, there no rules for names - but there are traditional names that male members of the Royal Family, from different dynasties, have held that I suppose will be used also in the future. Carl/Karl and Gustav/Gustaf are the two most important names.

I think Crown Princess Victoria was named after Queen Victoria of Sweden (née of Baden), wife of King Gustav V, and the one who created the Royal Family's beloved summer haven Solliden on the island of Öland.

 

[cloclo]

THanks Grand Duchess um well i had another question in mind where can i find the picture of CP Victoria that is on the top of the website's pages, with all the other royal members (the one on the top left, where she is wearing a crown), im searching for it but i cant find it!:s, can anybody post it plz? ty PS: she looks so beautiful in this pic

hey all, i know i ask alot of question hehe lol, but i was wondering does any of the swedish royal family members play any musical instrument? lets say Victoria, Carl phillip, Madeleine?The King, the Queen? any relatives maybe?? ty

 

[Furienna]

Here's the picture you wanted, Cloclo.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7492/victoriage5.jpg

And I agree, that "gymnasist" is the Swedish term for high school student, and that Victoria was named after her great great grandmother.

 

[Yennie]

hey all, i know i ask alot of question hehe lol, but i was wondering does any of the swedish royal family members play any musical instrument? lets say Victoria, Carl phillip, Madeleine?The King, the Queen? any relatives maybe?? ty

I think so... I know I´ve read somewhere that Victoria played piano when she was younger...

 

[Hereditary Mapmaker]

I think so... I know I´ve read somewhere that Victoria played piano when she was younger...

Isn't there also a pic floating around somewhere of Victoria playing the violin or viola?

 

[Yennie]

Isn't there also a pic floating around somewhere of Victoria playing the violin or viola?

Yes, but that was during a official visit and she def. couldn´t play... It sounded awful lol

 

[Ms Griffin]

At state visits orders are usually given to the guests. Considering that the rules for the Order of the Seraphim were changed in that since 1995 it is only bestowed upon members of the SRF and foreign head of states otherwise the Polar Star is bestowed upon, my question is the following one: Nowadays Princess Lilian wears the light blue Seraphim, but I have a picture of her at the Nobel I think wearing the dark blue Polar Star. That means she got upgraded before 1995. Does anyone know when exactly and why? Or she didn't get the Seraphim earlier, like, instead of the Polar Star?

 

[xurich]

I think Crown Princess Victoria was named after Queen Victoria of Sweden (née of Baden), wife of King Gustav V, and the one who created the Royal Family's beloved summer haven Solliden on the island of Öland.

I always believed that Princess Victoria was named after her great-great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. I've always assumed that because that's what the Wikipedia page on Princess Victoria mentions (I know, I know, Wikipedia is hardly the greatest source of the most factual information, but it's the only place I've found mention of the origins of her name). It would seem more correct to me for her to be named after Queen Victoria of Sweden, but can anybody validate either possible origin?

This is my first post, by the way, although I've been lurking on these forums for a few months now, so I apologize beforehand if I've done anything incorrectly.

 

[Furienna]

Actually, since both Victoria of Baden and Victoria of the United Kingdom are her ancestors, she could very well have been named after both. Victoria of Baden should have left more impact on the royal family of Sweden though, since she was a member of it. Actually, when Victoria was born, there were still people around, like Prince Bertil and his sister Queen Ingrid of Denmark, who remembered Queen Victoria, who died in 1930. Queen Victoria was, of course, Bertil's and Ingrid's grandmother.

 

[GrandDuchess]

Of course, but I've always taken for granted that she was named after Queen Victoria of Sweden, and that's what I've read. But of course we don't know for sure, unless anyone has a confirmation via a comment from a member of the Royal Family... Victoria of Baden has really left a legacy forever in Sweden, via Solliden, the Royal Family's summer residence which they love, and Princess Madeleine even wrote a paper on Victoria and Solliden at university.

 

[Furienna]

That's cute, writing about her great great grandmother at university. Yes, Solliden is Queen Victoria's most obvious legacy to Sweden, except of course the fact, that she's an ancestor to our royal family of today. She was married to King Gustav V, but she died almost twenty years before her husband. So basically, Sweden didn't have a queen for twenty years between 1930 and 1950.

 

[Josefine]

with sweden having a new goverment were do they stand in the issue of monarchy

 

[Furienna]

Well, traditionally, it should mean, that the monarchy is safer now than with the socialists.

 

[Next Star]

Not The First Queen Regnant Of Sweden

Since Victoria will be the first Queen of Sweden (not through marriage) will the ceremony be any different then that of the King? (probably a stupped question, but I was just wondering )

Sorry but your incorrect robby86 Crown Princess Victoria will be actually the second Queen Regnant in Sweden's history. The first Queen Regnant was Queen Christina who succeed her father King Gustav II Aldolf she ruled (1632-1654) She abicated claiming that she was ill and the burden of ruling was too much. But the real reasons were that she did not want averison to marriage and her secert conversion to roman catholicism which was proscribed in Sweden.

 

[Yennie]

Sorry but your incorrect robby86 Crown Princess Victoria will be actually the second Queen Regnant in Sweden's history. The first Queen Regnant was Queen Christina who succeed her father King Gustav II Aldolf she ruled (1632-1654) She abicated claiming that she was ill and the burden of ruling was too much. But the real reasons were that she did not want averison to marriage and her secert conversion to roman catholicism which was proscribed in Sweden.

actually we´ve had more ruling Queens.
Margareta 1389-1412, Kristina 1632-44 and Ulrika Eleonora 1719-20.

 

[Next Star]

Thanks your the info I known that had to more than one Queen Regnant in Sweden's history. So I had bening it up.