Christina Magnuson
Princess Christina Louise Helena, Mrs. Magnuson (born August 3, 1943 at Haga Castle , Solna municipality ) is a Swedish princess . She is the youngest sister of the Swedish King Carl XVI. Gustaf .
Origin and education
Princess Christina was born as the fourth child of Gustav Adolf Hereditary Prince of Sweden and his wife Sibylla von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha at the royal family seat of Haga Castle outside Stockholm . Her paternal grandparents were Gustav VI. Adolf of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught ; her maternal grandparents were Carl Eduard (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and his wife Viktoria Adelheid from Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . Margaretha was born under the reign of her great-grandfather Gustav V of Sweden . The Danish Queen Margrethe II is her first cousin. As a female descendant, she was not entitled to the throne according to the Swedish constitution then in force .
Christina grew up at Haga Castle together with her three older sisters Margaretha , Birgitta and Désirée . They were known as the "Haga Princesses", led a public life and received a lot of attention from the newspaper media of the time.
Christina initially received private lessons at Haga Castle, later she also attended secondary schools. Christina is the only one of Sweden's four royal princesses who received a secondary education. She attended the École Française in Stockholm , which she graduated from the Baccalauréat in May 1963 . She studied at Radcliffe College in Massachusetts , a women's college at Harvard University , in the United States and at Stockholm University .
Marriage and children
In 1961, at lunch in Stockholm, she met her future husband Tord Gösta Magnuson (* Stockholm, April 7, 1941), the son of Tord Lennart Magnuson and his wife Gerda Ingrid Klemming. Her engagement to Magnuson was announced in 1974. The wedding took place on June 15, 1974 in the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Princess Christina wore the Connaught - Tiara , part of the Swedish crown jewels, and a wedding dress of the Stockholm fashion house "Märtaskolan" where once her sister Margaretha'd been trained as a dressmaker and seamstress.
As a result of their inappropriate marriage, she lost her title of "Royal Highness". However, she received the courtesy title of "Princess Christina, Fru Magnuson" from the king. Your full salutation is "Your Excellency, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson", whereby the salutation "Your Excellency" stems from her award as a Knight of the Danish Elephant Order .
The marriage produced three sons:
- Carl Gustaf Victor Magnuson (born August 8, 1975 in Stockholm), economist and economist; married to Vicky Elisabeth Andrén (* 1983) since 2013. They have two daughters. Desirée Elfrida Christina (* 2014), whose godmother is Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden . Gustaf Magnuson is the godfather of Princess Madeleine of Sweden's younger son Prince Nicolas.
- Tord Oscar Frederik Magnuson (born June 20, 1977 in Stockholm), a glasses designer; married to Emma Emelie Charlotta Ledent (* 1981) since 2011. Oscar Magnuson is the godfather of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden's younger son Oscar of Sweden.
- Victor Edmund Lennart Magnuson (* September 10, 1980 in Stockholm), in a relationship with Frida Louise Bergström (* 1980). Victor Magnuson is the godfather of Prince Carl Philips son Alexander of Sweden.
At the end of 2010, Princess Christina announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2010 . She had to undergo several operations, as well as radiation therapy and chemotherapy . In October 2016 it was announced by the Swedish royal family that Princess Christina had developed blood cancer ; However, it is not known whether and what treatments of the disease are taking place.
Representative tasks
Princess Christina is the one of the four royal princesses who performed the most representative duties and was the most exposed to the public. After the death of her mother Sybilla († 1972), she took over until the marriage of her brother Carl XVI. As the only royal princess in Sweden, Gustaf performed numerous representational tasks and represented the position of first lady on many occasions .
She is an active member of the Swedish royal family and, although she is no longer officially a princess, represents the royal family on official occasions; She and her husband regularly take part in the annual Nobel Prize award ceremony .
From 1993 to 2002 she was President ( Chairman ) of the Swedish Red Cross . In 2005 she was awarded the Henry Dunant Medal for her services as President of the Swedish Red Cross and as a member of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies .
Princess Christina lives in Stockholm with her husband Tord Magnuson. The couple regularly take part in public events in Stockholm and in family celebrations (throne anniversaries, weddings, funerals) of the Swedish royal family. She was u. a. at the celebrations for the 60th birthday of her brother Carl XVI. Gustaf (2006), at the memorial service for the 40th anniversary of the throne of her brother Carl XVI. Gustaf (2013), present at the wedding of her niece Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to Daniel Westling (2010), at the wedding of her niece Madeleine of Sweden (2013) and at the wedding of her nephew Carl Philip of Sweden (2015).
Honors (selection)
National honors:
- Sweden : Member of the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Seraphines (1952) (LoK av KMO)
- Sweden : Member of the Royal Family Order of King Gustaf VI. Adolf
- Sweden : Member of the Royal Family Order of King Carl XVI. Gustaf
- Sweden : Member of the Grand Cross of the Amaranten Order
- Sweden : Member of the Grand Cross of the Innocence Order (Innocence Order )
International honors:
- Denmark : Knight Grand Cross of the Elephant Order (1973)
- Germany : Grand Cross of the Federal Cross of Merit (2003)
- France : Commander of the Legion of Honor (in recognition of her services to the Red Cross) (2004)
- Iceland : Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcons (1985)
- Italy : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1998)
- Japan : Paulownia Ladies Grand Cross of the Order of the Noble Crown (2000)
- Norway : Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav (1992)
- Portugal : Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (1991)
ancestors
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Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden |
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Prince |
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Duke |
Duke Friedrich VIII of Schleswig-Holstein |
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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany |
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| Grandparents |
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Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1954) |
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| parents |
Gustav Adolf Hereditary Prince of Sweden , Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947) |
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Christina Magnuson |
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Web links
- Princess Christina and Mr. Tord Magnuson ; Report and photos (swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson Vita. (engl.). Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ^ Tiara Thursday: The Connaught Tiara The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ a b c d e f g HRH Princess Christina of Sweden and Tord Magnuson The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Swedish royal family: The king's sister has cancer ( memento of the original dated November 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Promipool.de from October 14, 2016. Accessed November 19, 2016.
- ↑ Henry Dunant medals awarded at Red Cross Red Crescent Council of Delegates Official website of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Press release of November 17, 2005. Accessed May 11, 2016
- ↑ Kungen och hans gäster i kyrkan ; in. Aftonbladet, September 15, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Royal wedding guest list published ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; In: Stockholm News of June 17, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Wedding Photo Official wedding picture . Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Europe's royal families unite for official wedding portrait from Swedish prince and his ex-topless model bride's big day Official wedding photo in: Daily Mail from June 15, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Royal Order of Seraphines, photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Royal Order of the Seraphines ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Royal Family Order ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Royal Family Order photo. Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ hetgeheugenvannederland.nl . Retrieved May 11, 2016
- ↑ Magnuson SAR Christina la Principessa di Svezia Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (1998). Retrieved May 11, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Magnuson, Christina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Magnuson, Christina Louise Helena (full name); Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (Courtesy Title) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish princess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haga Castle , Solna municipality |