Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson

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Princess Christina
File:Prinsessan Christina, fru Magnuson.jpg
Christina prior to the wedding of her niece Madeleine in June 2013
Born (1943-08-03) 3 August 1943 (age 80)
Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden
Spouse Tord Magnuson (m. 1974)
Issue Gustaf Magnuson
Oscar Magnuson
Victor Magnuson
Full name
Christina Louise Helena
House Bernadotte
Father Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Mother Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
File:Hagasessorna 1945.jpg
Christina (in front) at play with her sisters in 1945.

Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, LoK av KMO (Christina Louise Helena, born 3 August 1943) is the youngest of four older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. She does business as Christina Magnuson.

Early life

Princess Christina was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. She is the fourth child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

Marriage and family

She met her future husband at a lunch in Stockholm in 1961; he is Tord Gösta Magnuson (born Stockholm, 7 April 1941), son of Lennart Magnuson and wife Gerda Klemming. Princess Christina's engagement to Tord Magnuson, was announced in 1974.

The couple married on 15 June 1974 in the Palace Church of the Royal Palace of Stockholm. Princess Christina wore the Connaught tiara, part of the Swedish royal family jewels [1] and a wedding gown from the Stockholm couture school, Märtaskolan.[2]

Because of her unequal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and from the King received the courtesy title of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, and has the style of Her Excellency as a Knight of the Danish Order of the Elephant 1st Class (16 January 1973). Under the Swedish constitution of that time, she, as a woman, and her descendants were not eligible to inherit the throne. Thus they still are not.

The couple has three sons:

  • (Carl) Gustaf Victor Magnuson (born 8 August 1975 in Stockholm), an economist; married 2013 Vicky Elisabeth Andrén (born 1983). They have one daughter. Gustaf Magnuson is a godfather to his cousin once removed, Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland.
  • Tord Oscar Frederik Magnuson (born 20 June 1977 in Stockholm), an eyewear designer;[3] married 2011 Emma Emelie Charlotta Ledent (born 1981). They have two sons.
  • Victor Edmund Lennart Magnuson (born 10 September 1980 in Stockholm), in a relationship with Frida Louise Bergström (born 1980). They have two sons.

Royal duties

Princess Christina lives in Stockholm together with her husband who accompanies her on royal family engagements. Between the death of her mother in 1972, and her brother's marriage in 1976, she was the only royal princess in Sweden and acted as the country's first lady.

Though no longer royal, she remains an active member of the King's family and occasionally performs engagements of an official nature, attending events such as the Nobel Prize ceremonies.

She was Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross for 9 years.

Honours

File:Armes des Princesses Brigitte, Margaretha et Désirée de Suède.svg
Princess Christina's original coat of arms as a Princess of Sweden

See also List of honours of the Swedish Royal Family by country

National honours

Foreign honours

Awards

Ancestry

Family of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Oscar II of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Gustaf V of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Princess Sophia of Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Princess Victoria of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Princess Louise of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Victoria of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Margaret of Connaught
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Princess Christina of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (= 20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Victoria of the United Kingdom (= 21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Princess Helena of Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Order of Splendor; The Connaught Tiara http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/tiara-thursday-connaught-tiara.html
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  20. ↑ Icelandese Presidency Website, Magnusson, Christina ; prinsessa ; Svíþjóð ; 1998-11-24 ; Stórkross (= Magnusson, Christina, Sweden, 24 November 1998, Grand Cross)
  21. ↑ Italian Presidency website, Magnuson S.A.R. Christina la Principessa di Svezia, Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italian
  22. ↑ Princess Lilian, Princess Désirée and Princess Christina, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
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  25. ↑ Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Service[unreliable source?]
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