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It was the first marriage of a reigning Swedish monarch since 1797. The wedding was preceded the evening before by a Royal Variety Performance, where the Swedish musical group ABBA performed "Dancing Queen" for the first time as a tribute to Sweden's future queen. [10] The King and Queen have three children:
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia began a three-day state visit to Estonia Tuesday — their first official visit to the Baltic country in more than 30 years.
Queen of Norway: Margaret Crown Princess of Sweden: Charles Edward Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Victoria Eugenie Queen of Spain: Wilhelm II German Emperor: Sophia Queen of the Hellenes: Marie Queen of Romania [u] George VI King of the United Kingdom [v] Princess Alice of Battenberg: Louise Queen of Sweden: Olav V King of Norway: Ingrid Queen ...
Alice de Toledo Sommerlath (née Alice Soares de Toledo; 25 May 1906 – 9 March 1997) was the mother of Queen Silvia, wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Early life [ edit ]
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The list of articles below is complete (as of July 15, 2009) with every legitimate Swedish queen included. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queens of Sweden . Regarding alphabetical (and chronological) name sorting, note:
The Church of Sweden ceremony was officiated by Olof Sundby, Archbishop of Uppsala, in Storkyrkan, the bride's uncle, theologian The Rev. Dr Ernst Sommerlath, assisted. At approximately 12:45, the marriage was solemnized and Sommerlath automatically became Queen consort of Sweden. [1]
Grave of Walther, Alice and Jörg Sommerlath. Carl August Walther Sommerlath (22 January 1901 – 21 October 1990) was a German businessman and the father of Queen Silvia, consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. After World War II, Sommerlath served as president of a Brazilian subsidiary of the Swedish steel-parts manufacturer Uddeholm Tooling.