Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Bernadottes: October 20, 2010 & February 5, 2018

[Tatiana Maria]

Originally Posted by Tatiana Maria

How is Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte viewed by the French?

Per an interview with Bertil Bernadotte, he is still viewed as a traitor.

Originally Posted by LadyFinn

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Victoria said at her speech:
Thank you for the beautiful gift. This magnolia plant may still be small. But it holds great significance as a symbol of the shared history of our two countries.
Cut from the tree that King Oscar II planted here 119 years ago, it is a living link between the past, the present and the future.
I look very much forward to bringing this gift home to my daughter, Princess Estelle, and to help her plant it in the garden of our home.
There, at the Haga palace, it will stand to remind her of her family history and of the long-standing friendship between France and Sweden. (...).
I look forward to the day when I will return. I can’t wait to show this beautiful place to our daughter, Princess Estelle, and her younger brother, Prince Oscar.

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It is nice to see that, 200 years later, the link between the royal Bernadottes and their family's place of origin is flourishing. Perhaps the Crown Princess was motivated to study French in honor of her family history.

Originally Posted by LadyFinn

Seventeen French cousins ​​attended at the event.
Kungens och Silvias möte med utländska familjen
Translation

In what way are the French Bernadottes related to the Swedish branch?

Originally Posted by LadyFinn

The royal family attends today at final event of the 200th jubilee of the Bernadotte dynasty, when the king re-dedicates the statue of King Karl XIV Johan on Slottsbacken at 16.00.

At King Karl XIV Johan's death in 1844 King Oskar I decided that a statue was to be made to the Bernadotte ancestor. The assignment went to sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg and the statue was unveiled at Slussen in 1854.
When the King now inaugurates the newly placed statue on Slottsbacken, it has received a new granite base and added inscriptions to mark that the Bernadotte Dynasty has been 200 years on the Swedish throne.
H.M. Konungen inviger Karl XIV Johan-statyn på Slottsbacken - Sveriges Kungahus

Court Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrXhHVPlDyG/

King Karl XIV Johan on Slottsbacken - Kungliga slotten

I wonder whether Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte himself expected his dynasty to remain on the throne for this long ...

[LadyFinn]

The re-dedication of the statue of king Karl XIV Johan on Slottsbacken. The weather was windy, rainy and cold.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdCv-EAMO3/

Galleries
Belga Image
ROYAL: Die schwedische Königsfamilie bei der Enthüllung der Statue von Karl XIV Johan in Stockholm

Photographer Pelle T Nilsson's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdJfiOhRzG/

King Carl Gustaf said in his speech:
This year it is 200 years since Crown Prince Karl Johan, born Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, rose up on the Swedish throne as King Karl XIV Johan.
This has been highlighted in various ways during the past year. And it is a great pleasure for me today to inaugurate his statue in its new location, here on Slottsbacken. After 164 years at Slussen Karl Johan is now back at the castle where he lived and worked.
H.M. Konungens tal vid återinvigning av Karl XIV Johans ryttarstaty, Slottsbacken, söndagen den 16 december 2018 - Sveriges Kungahus
Translation

[Biri]

In what way are the French Bernadottes related to the Swedish branch?

I think they are descendants of brothers of Karl XIV Johan Bernadotte.

[Friedrich Karl II]

Originally Posted by Tatiana Maria

I wonder whether Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte himself expected his dynasty to remain on the throne for this long ...

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte aka Carl XIV John was quiet worried about revolution and he had even done some preparations in cause that him has leave the country quickly. So I guess that he would be quiet surprised that his dynasty is still on throne (altough without any power) and monarchy would be quiet popular.


Another thing is how he would react idea that there would be reigning queen. He lived in France where was quiet strict salic law.

[LadyFinn]

Court website
Invigning av Karl XIV Johan-statyn på Slottssbacken - Sveriges Kungahus

Video and photos at court Instagram. At the video also people visiting the Bernadotte Apartments, which are open during the evening. The entry to the Bernadotte Apartments was free this evening. The king opened the gates and welcomed people to the Palace.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdWGL9lLwM/

Good photos here
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdTY-KHhbF/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdRfgUnJaK/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdRQgdnrja/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdQ417nxmq/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdZEMChqub/

Kungen nyinviger staty av Bernadotte-anfader
IBL Bildbyrå gallery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQI03b_J8sY

[Tarlita]

Jean Baptiste Bernadottes portrait shows him as a dashing, handsome Field Marshall.
Very much an action man in my view.
Wow 200 years already! A very interesting time/200 years for the Bernadotte descendants.

[LadyFinn]

Moving inauguration outside the Royal Palace
Stämningsfull invigning utan för Kungliga slottet

Kungafamiljen samlades för att välkomna släktingen hem! _ Svensk Damtidning

La famille royale de Suède affronte le froid et la neige pour Karl XIV Johan

[LadyFinn]

A lovely photo of queen Silvia and Victoria in Pau on 8th October.
https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...b2&oe=5CC5B889