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3 unusual facts about Louise of the Netherlands


Duchess of Scania

Princess Louise, Duchess of Scania (1850–1859) as consort of Prince Carl, then Queen of Sweden and Norway

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.

Queen Louise of Sweden

Louise of the Netherlands (1828–1871), daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870); wife of Charles XV 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.


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