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unusual facts about Louise of Sweden


Nancy Edberg

Louise of the Netherlands, then Queen of Sweden, and her daughter Louise (later Queen of Denmark) were among Edberg's students between 1862 and 1864.


Louise of the Netherlands

Louise and her daughter was a student of Nancy Edberg, the pioneer of swimming for women: the art of swimming was initially not regarded as being entirely proper for females, but when the Queen and her daughter Princess Louise supported it by attending the lessons from 1862, swimming was quickly made fashionable and became accepted for women.

Prince Oscar Bernadotte

They were married 15 March 1888 in St Stephen's Church in Bournemouth in England by the vicar Gustaf Beskow, who was close to the queen, Sofia of Nassau, in the presence of Oscar's mother, Queen Sophia, his brothers, two of his brothers, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke and his cousin, the Danish crown princess Louise of Sweden, as well as the mother and brother of Ebba.


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