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unusual facts about Queen Silvia of Sweden


Södra Sunderbyn

Sunderbyns scouts sells majblommor (may flower) and 2009 they received a diploma from Queen Silvia of Sweden in a ceremony.


Alice Sommerlath

Alice Sommerlath, née Alice Soares de Toledo (15 May 1906 – 9 March 1997) was the mother of Queen Silvia, consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Christine Meltzer

She did impressions for many well known celebrities including Carola Häggkvist, Lena Philipsson, Pernilla Wahlgren, Queen Silvia and Tina Nordström.

MS Normandy

The company wanted to name the ship Drottning Silvia in honour of Queen Silvia of Sweden, but the Royal Household of Sweden declined.

New Sweden Farmstead Museum

The museum was formally opened on April 14, 1988 by Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden accompanied by Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean and his wife Deborah.

Prateep Ungsongtham Hata

In 2004 she received the The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child from Queen Silvia of Sweden.


see also

Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld

Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (b. Göteborg, 20 September 1968), who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden in 1976, and in the same year also for Prince Bertil and Princess Lilian of Sweden, Helene's godmother.