What are the discrepancies, if any, between those versions?
If I am understanding the translation correctly, Barbro said that there was one encounter and described it as "a structured meeting."
In her recent comment, Sofia said there were two meetings one at a restaurant and one at a screening. The friend states that there was a meeting at Jeffrey Epstein's office, but her full interview is behind a paywall. IIRC from previous posts the friend may have referenced one or more additional encounters.
To me it is not a big deal if there were 3-4 encounters, versus the two encounters that Sofia mentioned, but it seems like amateurish crisis management on the part of the court and Sofia to (presumably) rely on Sofia's memory only, and not review what the other sources stated, and then jog her memory to see if she could recall other meetings. Although in fairness to the court and Sofia, maybe that did happen, and Sofia only recalls the 2 encounters and is sticking to what she recalls.
@Queen Claude already answered the question well, but here are sources and context for the referenced statements (I've made some corrections to earlier translations):
Email exchange between Barbro Ehnbom and Jeffrey Epstein, December 18, 2005 (
Dagens Nyheter report (
archive);
Nordic Times report;
US House Oversight Committee archives):
Barbro Ehnbom: "This is Sofia, aspiring actress just arrived in NYC who is the girl I mentioned to you before I left who I thought you may want to meet, perhaps we can stop by before you disappear for the holidays...love Barbro"
Jeffrey Epstein: "I am in the Caribbean. Does she want to come for a couple of days? I'll send a ticket."
Email from Barbro Ehnbom to Lesley Groff (Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein), April 21, 2006:
"I think he means Sofia the beautiful little dark haired girl who had her friend Camilla with her? He offered them both to go to film school? They run into problems with their visa and called him, no?? [redacted text]"
Camilla (Sofia Hellqvist's friend), interview with Dagens Nyheter, December 9, 2025 (translated from the Swedish):
"But Sofia's friend Camilla, who is mentioned in the email, tells us they met Jeffrey Epstein in an office in New York – a meeting arranged by Barbro Ehnbom.
It is true that there, Epstein, who called himself “Jeff”, invited her and Sofia to go to “film school,” Camilla told DN.
“He probably mostly wanted to throw out an offer to show that he could and had power and money.”"
Royal Court statement to Dagens Nyheter, December 9, 2025 (translated from the Swedish):
"Princess Sofia was presented to the person in question on a few occasions around 2005," the Royal Court's information department wrote in an email to DN.
The royal court does not answer where, how, or why she met Jeffrey Epstein.
[…] The royal court does not give an answer to whether it is true that Princess Sofia has received the [acting school] offer.
“Princess Sofia has neither applied nor attended any form of acting education,” they wrote.
[…] "The princess has had no contact with the person in question for 20 years."
Barbro Ehnbom, interview with Expressen, December 11, 2025 (translated from the Swedish):
[Asked about arranging a meeting between Jeffrey Epstein and Sofia Hellqvist:]
Barbro Ehnbom: "I see it as a lot of fake news and I don’t know what’s what. But I know what happened and what didn't happen. Like, she's only been involved once."
Interviewer: "Sofia?"
Barbro Ehnbom: "Once, when it was a structured meeting."
Email from Alison Reddington to Jeffrey Epstein of December 8, 2012, regarding a private showing of Les Misérables in New York City, released by the US Justice Department in January 2026:
"Below is the updated yes list for tomorrow evening.
Screening- 142
Party-124
[…] 1c Mr. Hugh Dancy ( Claire Danes ) / ACTOR/ 600/ ELIZABETH/ ENGLISH/ LONDON/ THEATER/ OOT TIL FEB/
1c Ms. Claire Danes ( Hugh Dancy ) / ACD/ A/ 600/ VOGUE 100/ ACTOR/ NY/ THEATER/
4c Mr. Clive Davis / MUSIC/ NY 100/ BEDFORD/ BUSINESS/ MONDADORI GUEST/
1c Ms. Drena De Niro / ACTOR/ 600/ LI/ FILM/ 500/
2c Mr. & Mrs. Ron Delsener ( Ellin ) / MUSIC/ WW/ LI/ BUSINESS/
1 poc Mr. & Mrs. Barry Diller ( Diane von Furstenberg ) / TV/ ACD/ ME/ NY/ IAC/
POLITICS/ BUSINESS/ LI/ 400/ FASHION/ STUDIO/
2c Mr. Jeffrey Epstein ( Sophia Hellqvist ) / BACH/ 600/ BUSINESS/ PB/ 400/
2c Mr. Raul Esparza ( Daryl ) / ACTOR/ THEATER/ ROCKY HORROR/ 600/LEAP OF FAITH/ 800/
2c Mr. Michael Feinstein ( Terrence Flannery ) / MUSIC/ PIANIST/
2c Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Fekkai ( Shirin von Wulffen ) / FASHION/ 600/ WW/ LI/KIDS/ PB/ 400/[...]"
Princess Sofia, press conference of February 10, 2026:
"As we mentioned earlier, I met him a couple of times on social occasions. But now that I've read about all the terrible crimes he committed against young women, I'm so thankful that I haven't had anything to do with him since those few occasions in my 20s. My thoughts go to all the victims. I hope there will be justice in this. We met at a restaurant at a social occasion, where I was introduced, and at a film showing. Thankfully, that was all."
Expressen:
Three versions of Sofia's meeting with Epstein
There are several versions of when and where Princess Sofia and Jeffrey Epstein met.
Her own.
Her friend's who was present.
And Barbro Ehnbom's version.
When Expressen tried to ask Sofia further questions at lunchtime on Tuesday, we were stopped by the court with the explanation that the princess did not have time.
Det finns flera versioner av när och var prinsessan Sofia och Jeffrey Epstein träffades. Hennes egen. Hennes närvarande väninnas. Samt Barbro Ehnboms version.
www.expressen.se
It is surprising that Expressen pointed out the (relatively minor) discrepancies; the mainstream national press never did such in the past when reporting on the (future) princess.