Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson
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Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, LoK av KMO (Christina Louise Helena, born 3 August 1943) is the a Swedish princess and the youngest sister of Carl XVI Gustaf, the current King of Sweden. She does business as Christina Magnuson.
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Early life
Princess Christina was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. She is the fourth child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.
Marriage and family
She met her future husband at a lunch in Stockholm in 1961; he is Tord Gösta Magnuson (born Stockholm, 7 April 1941), son of Lennart Magnuson and wife Gerda Klemming. Princess Christina's engagement to Tord Magnuson, was announced in 1974.
The couple married on 15 June 1974 in the Palace Church of the Royal Palace of Stockholm. As a result of her unequal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and received the courtesy title of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson.
Tord Magnuson is Managing Director of Devisa AB, a diversified management firm based in Stockholm. He also serves as Consul General of Mauritius in Sweden.[1]
They have three sons:
- Carl Gustaf Victor Magnuson (b. Stockholm, 8 August 1975), an economist.
- Tord Oscar Frederik Magnuson (b. Stockholm, 20 June 1977), an eyewear designer[2] married to Emma Ledent.
- Victor Edmund Lennart Magnuson (b. Stockholm, 10 September 1980)
Royal duties
Princess Christina lives in Stockholm together with her husband who accompanies her on royal family engagements.
She is an active member of the Royal Family and performs official engagements on behalf of the Royal Family, attending events such as the Nobel Prize ceremonies, and receiving foreign heads of state. With her family, she was a guest at the 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. [3]
She was Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross for 9 years.
Honours
See also List of honours of the Swedish Royal Family by country
Swedih honours
- In 1973 she was invested as Knight of the Order of the Elephant.
Foreign honours
Germany : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[4]
Italy : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (05/05/1998) [5]
Health
On December 19, 2010, it was announced that Princess Christina had been diagnosed with breast cancer the previous spring and had already undergone surgery three times to combat it.
Ancestry
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Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson
Born: 3 August 1943 |
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| Preceded by Baroness Hélène Silfverschiöld |
Line of succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Gustaf Magnuson |
External links
- ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=48820524&privcapId=40297788&previousCapId=5015080&previousTitle=BIOLINE%20RX%20LTD
- ^ http://www.oscarmagnuson.com/spectacles/
- ^ http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=5493
- ^ Gallery on www.theroyalforums.com, State visit of President Johannes Rau in Sweden in 2003 : Christina's photo
- ^ Italian Presidency website, Magnuson S.A.R. Christina la Principessa di Svezia, Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italian
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