Queen Silvia of Sweden


 
 

Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden (Silvia Renate Bernadotte, n?e Sommerlath, born 23 December 1943) is the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden's monarch, and the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria. She is styled Her Majesty the Queen and is in Sweden most often referred to as Queen Silvia.

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Born Silvia Renate Sommerlath, the queen is the only daughter of (Carl August) Walther Sommerlath, a German businessman who became the president of the Brazilian subsidiary of the Swedish steel-parts manufacturer Uddeholm. Her mother was Alice Soares de Toledo, a Brazilian. She was raised in S?o Paulo, Brazil, between 1947 and 1957, at which time her family returned to Germany.


 

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Introduction
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Crown Princess Victoria (1) - S?o Paulo (1) - Brazil (1) - 23 December (1) - 1943 (1) - King Carl XVI Gustaf (1) -
 

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