Princess Margaretha of Sweden

Princess Margaretha

Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Denmark
Spouse	Prince Axel of Denmark
Issue
Prince George Valdemar of Denmark Prince Flemming of Denmark
Full name
Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg
House	House of Bernadotte House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father	Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Mother	Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Born	25 June 1899(1899-06-25) Stora Parkudden, Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Died	4 January 1977(1977-01-04) (aged 77) Tranemosegård, Fakse, Zealand Denmark

Swedish Royalty
House of Bernadotte

Charles XIV John

Children
Oscar I
Oscar I
Children
Charles XV
Gustaf, Duke of Upland
Oscar II
Princess Eugenie
August, Duke of Dalarna
Charles XV
Children
Lovisa, Queen of Denmark
Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland
Oscar II
Children
Gustaf V
Oscar, Duke of Gotland
Eugén, Duke of Närke
Carl, Duke of Västergötland
Grandchildren
Princess Margaretha
Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway
Astrid, Queen of Belgium
Carl, Duke of Östergötland
Gustaf V
Children
Gustaf VI Adolf
Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland
Erik, Duke of Västmanland
Gustaf VI Adolf
Children
Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Sigvard, Duke of Uppland
Ingrid, Queen of Denmark
Bertil, Duke of Halland
Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna
Grandchildren
Princess Margaretha
Princess Birgitta
Princess Désirée
Princess Christina
Carl XVI Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustaf
Children
Crown Princess Victoria
Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Norway, later just of Sweden, Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg (Stockholm, 25 June 1899 – Kongsted, near Fakse, Denmark, 3 January/4 January 1977) was a Princess of Sweden by birth and Princess of Denmark by marriage . She was the eldest child of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.

Biography

On the confirmation of Margaretha in 1916, the press gave the event an enthusiastic coverage and remarked that a new age had come to the Swedish royal house, which had lacked princesses for so long.

On 22 May 1919 she married her first cousin once removed, Prince Axel of Denmark, in Stockholm. They had two sons:

Prince George Valdemar Karl Axel of Denmark (1920–1986)
Prince Flemming Valdemar Carl Axel (1922–2002)

The marriage was a love match: her mother remarked that the couple were so much in love that they could not be left alone in a furnished room. Her wedding was celebrated with great festivities in Stockholm. After the death of her sister, the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha in 1954, she became a great support for her sister's children in Norway: she was the god-mother of princess Märtha Louise of Norway. Her spouse died in 1964. As a widow, she was often back in Sweden, where she would join other members of the Swedish royal house in representative duties at official ceremonies, most notably for the Nobel Prize. She died in 1977.