Carl Philip of Sweden

This article is about Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, born in 1979. For the prince of the same name from the 17th century see Karl Filip of Sweden .

Prince Carl Philip (2014)

Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (born May 13, 1979 in Stockholm ) is the second child and the only son of King Carl XVI. Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia . Carl Philip was born the Crown Prince of Sweden. After the succession law was changed in 1980, his older sister Victoria became Crown Princess. Prince Carl Philip is now fourth in line to the Swedish throne .

Education and employment

Swedish royal family

HM Konung Carl XVI. Gustaf HM Drottning Silvia HKH Crown Princess Victoria HKH Prins Daniel HKH Prinsessan Estelle HKH Prins Oscar HKH Prins Carl Philip HKH Prinsessan Sofia Prins Alexander Prins Gabriel HKH Prinsessan Madeleine Princess Leonore Prins Nicolas Princess Adrienne HKH Princess Birgitta

After completing his school education in 1999, Prince Carl Philip began his military service . He finished this in 2002 with the rank of lieutenant . From 2003 to May 2006 he studied graphic design at the Forsbergs School of Design in Stockholm. In 2009 he made his debut as a designer with a silver cutlery collection at Svenskt Tenn . In the following year he presented a stove fire protection designed by him. In 2011 he successfully completed his studies in agricultural science at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp with the Lantmästarexamen.

The prince has been an avid amateur photographer since childhood and, among other things, pursued his hobby professionally as an intern at the US magazine National Geographic . In May 2007 he presented 30 detailed views of flowers and other natural motifs from the Uppsala Botanical Garden in the Anatomical Theater of the Gustavianum Museum in Uppsala under the title A Breath of Paradise .

marital status

Carl Philip married Sofia Hellqvist on June 13, 2015 in the Palace Church in Stockholm . The engagement took place on June 27, 2014. The couple have lived in a villa together on Djurgården since June 2011 . Their first son, Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, was born on April 19, 2016 . His second son Gabriel Carl Walther was born on August 31, 2017 .

Carl Philip is the godfather of his niece, Princess Estelle , and his nephew, Prince Nicolas .

Predicate, title, coat of arms, medals and honors

Predicate and title

• HRH Carl Philip, Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (May 13, 1979 - December 31, 1979)

( Swedish : Hans Kunglig Höghet Carl Philip, Sveriges Kronprins, Hertig av Värmland)

• HRH Carl Philip, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (January 1, 1980 - 1981)

(Swedish: Hans Kunglig Höghet Carl Philip, Sveriges Arvfurste, Hertig av Värmland)

• HRH Carl Philip, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (since 1981)

(Swedish: Hans Kunglig Höghet Carl Philip, Prins av Sverige, Hertig av Värmland)

coat of arms

Carl Philips coat of arms

The coat of arms is quartered by a narrow golden paw cross and has a heart shield .

The heart shield is split. Right in blue and red, divided diagonally to the right by a silver sloping bar with a golden wasa streak . At the top left in blue a golden eagle soaring to the right , above which the constellation “Big Dipper” with seven golden stars hovers. Below is a roof-shaped silver bridge with two tinned towers, which stands on a middle, large and two smaller passages, above a silver field cut with silver waves.

In the first and fourth fields in blue three (2: 1) set golden crowns (for the small imperial coat of arms of Sweden ). In the second field is in blue, on three silver obliquely left wave beams a golden rotgezungter and -bewehrter winning gold, Leo ( Folkunger Coat of Arms). In the third field a blue, red-tongued and armored blue eagle on a silver background (Värmland coat of arms).

On the shield rests a golden, five-pointed prince's crown with lace pearls and a blue cap with gold crowns. Between the tips there are black wasagarrows placed vertically.

The actual coat of arms is enclosed by the collar of the Royal Order of Seraphines .

Orders and honors

year	Country	Orders / decorations
1979	Sweden	Order of Charles XIII
1997	Sweden	Royal Order of Seraphines
2003	Germany	Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2005	Norway	Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
2005	Latvia	Grand Officer of the Three Star Order
2008	Romania	Grand Cross of the Order of Loyalty
2008	Luxembourg	Grand Cross of the Order of Adolph of Nassau
2008	Greece	Grand Cross of the Order of Honor
2011	Estonia	Order of the Marienland Cross 1st class
2012	Finland	Grand Cross of the Finnish Order of the White Rose

ancestors

Pedigree of Carl Philip of Sweden
Great-great-grandparents	King Gustav V (1858–1950) ⚭ 1881 Princess Viktoria of Baden (1862–1930)	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942) ⚭ 1879 Princess Luise Margareta of Prussia (1860–1917)	Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–1884) ⚭ 1882 Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861–1922)	Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1855–1934) ⚭ 1885 Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860–1932)	Carl Louis Sommerlath (1834–1897) ⚭ approx. 1858? Anna Lucie Tille (1830–1898)	Johann Waldau (1828–1896) ⚭ 1856 Sophie Marie Schmidt (1824–1911)	Joaquim Floriano de Toledo (1842-?) ⚭ 1865 Maria Julia de Barros (1849-?)	Emiliano Baptista Soares (1852–1914) ⚭? Joaquina Dias Novaes (1856-?)
Great grandparents	King Gustav VI. Adolf (1882–1973) ⚭ 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882–1920)		Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1954) ⚭ 1905 Princess Viktoria Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1885–1970)		Louis Moritz Sommerlath (1860–1930) ⚭ 1886 Erna Sophie Christine Waldau (1864–1944)		Arthur Floriano de Toledo (1873–1935) ⚭ 1900 Elisa Novaes Soares (1881–1928)
Grandparents	Hereditary Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden , Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947) ⚭ 1932 Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908–1972)				Walther Sommerlath (1901–1990) ⚭ 1925 Alice Soares de Toledo (1906–1997)
parents	King Carl XVI. Gustaf (* 1946) ⚭ 1976 Silvia Renate Sommerlath (* 1943)
Carl Philip of Sweden

Web links

Commons : Carl Philip of Sweden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Prince Carl Philip on the official website of the Swedish royal family (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release of the Swedish royal family: CPB 2091 - ett svenskt silverbestick med internationell karaktär , accessed on April 12, 2017
2. ↑ Press release of the Swedish royal family: Prins Carl Philip lanserar eldskärm , accessed on April 12, 2017
3. ^ Website of the Swedish royal family (Swedish): Prins Carl Philip om sin lantmästarexamen
4. ↑ http://www.kungahuset.se/pressrum/pressmeddelanden/2014pressmeddelanden/vigselmellanprinscarlphilipochfrokensofiahellqvist.5.67e94750148caf4ad274b99.html
5. ^ Communicé från Riksmarskalken , press release by the Reichsmarschall on the official website of the Swedish royal family , accessed on June 30, 2014 (Swedish).
6. ↑ Hovet Erkänner att Carl Philip och Sofia är ett par , article in the online portal svenskdam.se , accessed on June 30, 2014 (Swedish).
7. ↑ svenskdam.se (Swedish): Carl Philip och Sofia - nu också skrivna på samma adress
8. ↑ Swedish court: Princess Sofia gave birth to a child.
9. ^ Announcement by the royal family , September 4, 2017
10. ↑ Sveriges Kungahuset: De officiella dopbilderna. Retrieved May 22, 2012 (s). 
11. ↑ Prince Nicolas: These are his godparents | GALA.DE. Retrieved July 16, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Photo gallery on www.theroyalforums.com
13. ↑ www.kongehuset.no Information page of the Norwegian royal family (Norwegian)
14. ^ Latvian state visit to Sweden (2005), gala dinner, photo by Prince Carl Philip
15. ↑ Excel overview of the bearers of the Loyalty Order (Romanian)
16. ^ State visit of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg to Sweden, gala dinner on April 15, 2008, website of the Swedish royal family (Swedish)
17. ^ State visit of the Greek President Karolos Papoulias to Sweden, gala dinner on May 21, 2008, website of the Swedish royal family (Swedish)
18. ↑ www.president.ee Information page of the Estonian President
19. ^ Blog "Scandinavian Royals" , photo Daniel and Carl-Philipp with the medal

predecessor	Office	successor
Prince Oscar	Swedish succession to the throne	Prince Alexander