Early history
Sweden (8th-/Kloc-0th/2nd century) still stays in the ancient clan society in continental Europe, and implements the Presbyterian parliamentary system, but it is essentially primitive tribal democracy. It is said that after the pirates were arrested, everyone said they were leaders. Historians believe that the problems of their collective action may indeed be decided by all members through discussion. Swedes are still proud of their inspiring pirate history.
According to reliable written records, all parts of Sweden have established a three-level citizen assembly system since the 9th century: villagers' assembly, parish assembly and provincial assembly. Citizens' congresses at all levels are held as scheduled to discuss and decide on matters within their respective scope, such as making village rules and regulations, resolving disputes, deciding when to sow, harvest and pirate ships go to sea. An important task of the provincial citizens' assembly is to elect or recall the king.
Erik Segayles Saar ("the ever-victorious king") was probably the first king in Swedish history to be recognized by most regional leaders at that time. It is said that he built a city in Segtuna, which became famous around 985 AD by smashing pirates near Uppsala, and then went south to force Gotham and Denmark to submit. He and his descendants ruled Sweden for more than a hundred years.
The Swedes in the Middle Ages believed in the legendary Odin. They believe that the king is the descendant of Odin and the son of God, so the kingship is sacred and the king can only be held by people in the royal family. But kingship is not absolute and hereditary. After the throne is vacant, it shall be elected by the provincial citizens' assembly among several legal heirs to the throne. The king can't go it alone, but must obey the resolution of parliament. Stuart Rusen, an Icelandic historian, vividly recorded a civic meeting held in Uppsala in 1030.
There was a conflict between Norway and Sweden. King Harold of Norway proposed to settle the dispute through negotiation, while King Eriksson of Sweden wanted to fight it out by force and was ready to wage war. His bellicose attitude was strongly opposed by other families. Tony spoke at the civic meeting and warned the king, "If you don't do as we ask, we will never tolerate you as a lawless troublemaker. We will turn against you and kill you. " . This is what our ancestors did. Five arrogant kings like you were thrown into the well of Mlaping. Well, come on, where are you going? Participants expressed their support for the speaker with warm applause. The king immediately expressed his obedience to the will of the people. He admitted that the king had always ruled with the peasants according to their wishes (the peasants here actually belonged to the local landlord class at that time).
Until the end of the Middle Ages, the territory of Sweden was almost rectangular: from Kalma in the south to the jungle area where Lapps lived in the north, from Le Delserre on the Tai River in the west to Vyborg bordering Russia in the east, the whole country was divided into 20 districts. With forests, hills and lakes as natural boundaries, each region is geographically and economically self-contained. The southern and central regions have fertile land and are the most important agricultural reclamation areas; The north is a forest area. /kloc-before 0/3 century, the king lived in Gotland Island in the south, and his kingship was actually limited to Gotland Island and its vicinity. Only when the king goes on a hunting trip all over the country every year does he show that he is the master of this country. At ordinary times, the leaders of various regions are the actual rulers of the local area. However, the king set up a marquis as his representative in these areas. Marquis holds the military power and commands his army (named Leding, a military organization inherited from the pirate period), so Guo Jin has the right to mobilize a certain number of shipyards to control the Baltic coast.
1 125, the 12 king of Eric's family was murdered, and various governors rose up and stood on their own feet as kings. This chaotic situation lasted for more than 100 years, and it was not until 1245 that Count Berger came to power and became Regent, that the leaderless state came to an end. Berger played an important role in history. When he was in power, he formulated a series of laws and regulations such as peace decrees, church policies and administrative management. He moved the capital from the burnt-out Segtuna to Stockholm, and was the founder of Stockholm. He was also the last Marquis (Jar) in Swedish history, because since then Marquis have been changed to Hentig. His eldest son, Valdemar, was elected king in 1250. 1274, he committed adultery with his sister-in-law Zhu Da. After the incident, he was forced to go to Rome and returned to China the following year, but his younger brother Magnus was defeated and put into prison. Magnus was elected king on 1275.
The descendants of Berger ruled Sweden 140 years, until the conflict between the last king albrecht and nobles and local officials intensified and he was finally deposed. Swedish nobles welcomed Queen Margaret I of Denmark as Queen Christina. Sweden, Denmark and Norway signed the "Kalmar Union" in the southern Swedish city on 1394, and Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Scandinavia were ruled by the Queen of Denmark. The "Kalmar Union" lasted 100 years. Queen Margaret of Denmark is very talented. However, her descendants were far from her talent and prestige, and her ruling style was relatively simple, and the contradiction with Sweden became increasingly acute, which eventually led to war. 16th century became the beginning of Swedish hegemonic era.
Gustav Vasa, also known as Gustav Vasa (1523- 1560). Vasa (Swedish: vasa, Polish: Waza, Lithuanian: Vazos) was born in Sweden, and was a Swedish aristocratic family. Its history can be traced back to14th century, and it did not die until17th century. The earliest recorded family member is Niels Katilsson, the bodyguard of Sanguan Palace in 1355. The name "Vasa" first appeared at the end of 16 and was named after its family coat of arms-vase (He Qun). 15 17 took part in the struggle against Danish rule. 15 18 was taken hostage in Denmark after the defeat and fled back the following year. 1520, 165438+ 10 In October, the Danes created the Stockholm Massacre in Sweden, killing about 100 Swedish nobles, priests and citizens, which became the fuse of the Swedish independence movement. 152 1 led the people's uprising in Dalana county, 1523 defeated the Danish occupation army, was elected king, and established the Vasa dynasty. In order to consolidate the rule and tide over the financial difficulties, the measures taken include: suppressing big noble's resistance, abolishing their fiefs and sending officials to local areas to directly obey the central authorities; 1527 appointed Lutheran priests to carry out religious reform, confiscated church land and castles, and dissolved church troops; 1544 abolished the monarchy election system and replaced it with hereditary system. Before his death, two-thirds of the country's land was directly owned by the royal family, which laid the foundation for the development of Swedish feudal monarchy and its rule in the Baltic region in the near future.
After Gustav Vasa's death, civil war broke out in the kingdom because of the succession to the throne.
Gustav adolf (1594— 1632) is the king and commander-in-chief of Sweden. Born in Stockholm. The grandson of Gustav Vasa, the founder of Vaasa dynasty in Sweden. 16 10 went out with his father to fight against Denmark. 16 1 1 year inheritance. 1612-1613 defeated the Danish army and was forced to cede territory for peace. 1614-1617 led the army to go to war against Russia, won the victory and obtained the land around the Gulf of Finland. After that, we carried out military reform, implemented a universal conscription system, established a standing army with strong combat effectiveness, streamlined the military establishment, improved weapons and equipment, turned artillery into an independent arm, and made it closely cooperate with infantry, cavalry and logistics, and adopted flexible line tactics. 162 1 launched an eight-year war against Poland, which won in succession and almost completely occupied the Baltic coast. 1630 led the army to participate in the Thirty Years War and went deep into the hinterland of Germany. 163 1 year, defeated the holy Roman imperial army led by Vashi in the battle of Bra debut and won the title of "Northern Lion". The following year, he defeated Tilly again in the Battle of Reykjavik, occupied Nuremberg and advanced to Munich. In the same year 165438+1October16, I defeated the imperial army led by Bohemian general wallenstein in the Battle of Luzon, but I was also killed at the age of 38.
Gustav II Adolf's victory in foreign wars was based on his great achievements in domestic reform. He carried out a series of reforms in organization, training and tactics, and built an agricultural country with a population of only 900,000 into a powerful war machine of the most combative army in Europe. He initiated political reforms and improved government institutions, so when he galloped on the battlefield in Germany, the state management remained orderly. He further clarified the function of the "hierarchical parliament", determined the leadership position of the nobility, founded the Supreme Court, improved the administrative division of the whole country, and made the central and local governments unimpeded. The college preparatory class he founded is still in use today. He himself is regarded as the most outstanding king in Swedish history.
After Gustav II Adolf was killed in the Battle of Luzon in the Thirty Years' War, his only daughter, 6-year-old Kristina Augusta, succeeded to the throne as the presumed heir. At this time, national politics was controlled by the powerful aristocrats in China. 1644, Kristina Augusta officially ascended the throne, but according to the will of Gustav II adolphs, she replaced the queen as king of Sweden. 1654, due to her religious belief (she is a Catholic, while Sweden is a Lutheran country), she ceded the throne to her cousin Karl Gustav von Pfalcz Zvi Brucken of Rhine-Pfalcz under the pressure of domestic aristocrats. He left Sweden, openly converted to Catholicism and spent the rest of his life in Rome. With his abdication, the German Rhine-Pfalcz dynasty began to rule.
Since 1654, the Swedish court has been in charge of the Vitelsbach family, the owner of the title of Elector of the Rhine-Pfalcz in the Holy Roman Empire. Among them, the kings represented by Karl X, XI and XII actively expanded to the outside world, further strengthening the domestic feudal autocracy. Among them, Karl XII, as the representative, was keen on foreign wars during his reign. With the support of Britain, Sweden and Russia launched the famous Northern War in order to compete for hegemony in the Baltic region. 1700, Karl XII personally led the Swiss army to defeat the Russian army in the Battle of Narwa, and defeated the Elector of Saxony and Polish King August II Fryderyk Moncny in the Battle of Riga. He briefly gained hegemony in the Baltic Sea and attempted to go deep into Ukraine and dismember Russia. However, in the Battle of poltava, Ukraine in 1709, the Swiss army suffered heavy losses. (On the eve of the battle, Karl XII tried to personally lead a team to drive away the Cossack scouts of the Russian army, but he was shot down and had to hand over the command to Marshal Eureka Eleanor. ) Karl XII only received 100. This war is not only a symbol of Russia's March towards empire, but also a symbol of Sweden's loss of Baltic hegemony.
During his stay in Istanbul, he encouraged the Ottoman Sultan to declare war on Russia. 17 1 1 In July, Russia failed to attack the Ottoman Empire, and signed an armistice agreement with the Ottoman Empire on the condition of returning the Sea of Azov and allowing Carl XII to cross the border to return home. The devastated Carl XII was able to return to Sweden.
After returning to China, Carl XII reformed and tried to restore his national strength, but Peter I didn't give him time to breathe. In1713-1714, Russian troops launched land and sea attacks on Sweden continuously, forcing Swiss troops to withdraw from Finland. 17 18, Carl XII led an army to attack Norway, and died in 12.
1772, Gustav III of the Oldenburg dynasty staged a bloodless coup and regained imperial power. Gustav III is one of the most praised and criticized kings in Swedish history. He dreamed of reviving the royal family and restoring Sweden's status as a great power, but his untimely birth, declining national strength and empty treasury prevented him from realizing his dream. He tried some reforms in this line, such as currency reform, land reform (farmers can buy and sell land), abolishing harsh laws and advocating freedom of the press. And Voltaire, Rousseau and other great thinkers also cheered for him, but his reforms began endlessly and aborted one by one. He once advocated freedom of the press, but he soon killed it himself. After his assassination, optimates regained real power and adopted the constitution of 1809, which clearly restricted the power of the monarch. Since then, the kingship has plummeted.
After the promulgation of the Constitution, it was the reign of Carl XIII. Since the king had no children, the throne naturally fell into the hands of others. 18 10, French marshal Jean-batiste Berners Dortmund was elected prince and regent in August under the planning of minister Karl Otto Mohlne. 10 June, converted to Lutheranism, landed in Sweden, and commanded the Swedish army. 1/kloc-0 was adopted by Carl XIII in June, 2006, and was renamed Carl John.
He tried his best to keep Sweden neutral (although nominally at war with Britain) and tried his best to oppose Napoleon I's mainland blockade policy. Napoleon of Bernardote sent Marshal Bruni to occupy Pomerania occupied by Sweden in 18 12. Bernardote formally joined the anti-French alliance. 18 12 formed an alliance with Russia in April. He wrote to Napoleon: "There is no friendship or hatred in politics. There is no obligation to the motherland except the command of the god of fate "symbolizes the break between the two." "
1865438+from March to April 2003, it formed an alliance with Britain and Prussia. In the Battle of Leipzig in May 18 13, he led the Swedish Expeditionary Force into northern Germany to participate in the war.
Because of his disagreement with Napoleon, he invited Morrow, a French star in exile in the United States, to serve as the czar's chief military adviser. According to the characteristics of the French army, Moreau suggested that the Coalition forces should attack the troops commanded by the French marshal, and Napoleon would retreat as soon as he arrived. This proposal laid the foundation for the victory of the Battle of Leipzig in 18 13.
On August 23, Bernardote commanded the anti-French Coalition North Road Army (Pu Jun 73,000, Russian 29,000, Swiss 39,000) to defeat the 60,000 French army of Marshal Udinau in Grand Belem and expel it to the south of Berlin; On September 6th, he defeated Marshal Ney in Dunnevitz.
10/0/month 16- 18, Bernardote continued to command the Northern Route Army to participate in the Battle of Leipzig. He persuaded the Saxons to defect, which seriously hit the morale of the French army and caused it to collapse.
181312-1814/invaded Denmark, an ally of France, and signed the Kiel Treaty, ceding Norway, which originally belonged to Denmark, to Sweden. Norway opposes the merger with Sweden. /kloc-in may of 0/7, the constitution was enacted and independence was declared on its own. Carl John invaded Norway on July 26th after failing to persuade him to surrender, and forced Norway to sign the Moss Treaty in August 14, agreeing to establish Sweden-Norway United Kingdom with Sweden. This is Sweden's last battle so far. Although he later participated in the French campaign of 18 14, it had little effect. 18 18, Carl John officially ascended the throne, known as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, and established the Bernardo dynasty that continues to this day. During the reign of Karl XIV, he was politically reactionary and conservative, and liked the iron fist policy to suppress domestic uprisings (especially the Norwegian resistance movement). Ironically, Benado claimed to be a Republican when he was young, and the words "Death of a Tyrant" were tattooed on his arm). However, due to nearly two centuries of war,/kloc-Sweden was poor at the beginning of the 9th century, and it was in urgent need of peace to survive. During the reign of Karl XIV, Sweden, which has always been belligerent, stayed away from war and insisted on neutrality. That is, since then, Sweden has never been involved in any war. 1866 "parliamentary reform" is a watershed in Swedish history. With the disintegration of the "hierarchical parliament" controlled by the aristocratic class and the establishment of the upper and lower houses, the nobility gradually gave way to the emerging bourgeoisie. On the eve of World War I, King Gustaf V made a last-ditch effort to regain his kingship. He chose national defense as the breakthrough point, advocated strengthening military strength, and shouted "my navy … my army ……" at the mass rally. The result was cut off and repelled by the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party. From then on, the king never asked about politics again, and all state affairs were handled by the government. 1975, the parliament adopted a new constitution, which replaced the 1809 constitution which had been used for more than a century and a half, and made it clear that the king was only a symbolic head of state and no longer had any political power. Before 1980' s, the call for Sweden to abolish the monarch was heard from time to time, but it has also been heard in recent years. However, because the traditional political structure is still difficult to shake, it is generally believed that as long as members of the royal family (especially the monarch himself) abide by the rules, the royal family will be safe and sound. Therefore, the biggest threat to the royal family is the royal family itself.
However, during World War II, the Swedish royal family, nobles and government had extensive contacts with the Nazis.
Although on the whole, apart from economic activities, Sweden's neutrality is beyond reproach. It provided convenience for allied intelligence personnel and resistance organizations in Denmark and Norway, and also accepted the vast majority of Danish Jews to take refuge. During the war, the Swedish Red Cross provided a lot of humanitarian assistance to European refugees. On the other hand, Sweden was one of the most important trading partners of Nazi Germany. Its high-quality iron ore (which can produce high-grade alloy steel) is particularly important for Germany's national defense production. Hitler even postponed the invasion of western Europe and occupied Denmark and Norway first to ensure the transportation safety of iron ore. When Sweden was a neutral country in World War II to protect its own security, it sometimes occurred to me that Denmark and Norway were also neutral countries. Hitler can invade Sweden at any time as long as he feels strategically necessary. Swedish Bearing Company (S&; K Bearings) is one of the Swedish companies with the closest collusion with the Nazis, and exported a large number of ball bearings to Germany. Because the United States also relies on S&; K company's bearings, which brings another problem to the United States. If your view of S& is correct; Sanctions imposed by K Company and Sweden are likely to cause S&; Britain retaliated by restricting the export of bearings to the United States and interrupting arms production. The second option is to capture S&; K's factory. But this will only prompt Roosevelt's critics to accuse the increasingly rampant communism and socialism within the current government. The last option left is to let S&; K company continues to operate normally, which is also the final measure decided by the US government. In this way, no matter who wins the war, by providing directions to both sides, S&; K will be the final winner. Many other Swedish companies traded with the Nazis and profited from them. Among them, the "SEB (Stockholm Bank)" owned by the Wallenberg family has the closest relationship with the Nazis. Establishing good relations with foreign banks will be more conducive to Nazi lending or money laundering. According to the archives of the Safe Harbor Project, the United States has been tracking and investigating the activities between the Wallenberg family and the Nazis for many years. 1In February, 945, morgenthau wrote a letter to the new Secretary of State, Edward Stedding, accusing SEB of providing large loans to the Nazis without guarantee and helping German capitalists secretly invest in American industry. But also constantly participate in a large number of black market foreign exchange transactions. Morgenthau identified Jacob Vallenborg, head of the Wallenberg family and chairman of Ryder's Committee for Long-term Cooperation and Trade, as a staunch supporter of the Nazis. 1944, he sold a Swedish factory in Hamburg to the Germans for gold. His younger brother Malcus Vallenborg, as a member of the Anglo-Swiss Trade Cooperation Association, did not really support the Allies. The Wallenberg family plays a dual role between the Axis countries and their allies, just like S&; The same is true of K Company. From 65438 to 0944, Britain and the United States began to include Sweden in the "Safe Harbor Plan". Britain only wants to restrict gold trading in Sweden, while the United States wants to include other asset transactions. In order to enable Sweden to cooperate with it, the United States signed a post-war trade agreement as an attractive condition. The Swedish parliament expressed its support for the plan. From February 1945, Sweden began to liquidate its gold and foreign exchange to find out how much of it was related to the Nazis. 1in the summer of 945, Sweden adopted many resolutions to control German assets: by restricting their transactions and decentralized transfers; Expand the scope of review to all types of assets. 1946 65438+ 10, at the urging of the allied countries, Sweden extended the scope of legal review to its German subsidiaries. 1945165438+10 In October, Sweden sent a gold transaction report to the US Treasury. The conclusion drawn by the Ministry of Finance from the report is that Sweden accepted the gold worth $22.7 million plundered by the Nazis from Belgium, which was later reduced to170,000 after re-examination. On February 1946, 1 1, the American Embassy in Sweden informed the Swedish government that Sweden should transfer the ownership of German property in its territory to the authorities of the allied occupation forces in Germany, and invited the Swedish delegation to Washington to discuss the matter. Sweden is extremely concerned about this and agreed to participate in the talks. On April 5th, Sweden informed the American Embassy that the request of the Allies must be discussed by the Swedish Parliament, and it is likely that the clause will be rejected because the request of the Allies is not in line with international law and infringes on private property rights. In addition, Sweden also demanded that its assets freeze in the United States be lifted. It also requires that Swedish assets in Germany can be inspected. But the Allies disagreed. On May 29th, formal negotiations were held in Washington. The U.S. delegation was led by Seymour Rubin, Deputy Director of the Economic and Security Bureau of the State Council, and the Swedish delegation was led by Emil Sundstrom. From the very beginning, Sweden admitted that it was illegal to hide Nazi assets for Nazi revival, but the debate was about the legality of the Allies' request to take over Nazi assets. After a heated debate, the two sides finally reached an agreement on July 18. It is estimated that there are 378 million kronor ($90.7 million) German assets in Sweden. Sweden agreed to the following distribution: 65.438+50 million kronor (US$ 654.38+US$ 25 million) German property was handed over to the International Refugee Committee (later the International Refugee Organization); 2. After deducting the compensation shares of Britain, France and the United States, 75 million kronor (US$ 654.38+08 million) will be handed over to the Allied Compensation Commission; 3. Germany's property is 6,543.85 billion kronor (US$ 36 million) to help Germany to prevent diseases and unrest. The rest is used for allies to buy necessities from Sweden and other countries to restore the German economy. In addition, the agreement also allows Sweden to send delegations to the occupied areas of Britain, the United States and France in Germany to receive Swedish assets in Germany, unfreeze Swedish assets worth about 200 million US dollars in the United States, and agree to remove Swedish companies from the trade blacklist. The Allies reserve the right to claim the property of the German government in Sweden. The amount of compensation demanded by Sweden in the agreement is 75,553,2664 kilograms of pure gold (worth about US$ 865,438+million), which is exactly the same as the amount of gold transported by Germany to Sweden by Belgian National Bank. The agreement also agreed that the Swedish government would not be required to pay compensation for third-country gold transferred from Germany to other countries through the Swedish Central Bank. 1946, Sweden formally approved the agreement. But not long after, the Allies demanded compensation from Sweden-638 gold bricks (worth about $6.5438+million) plundered by the Nazis from the Netherlands. Sweden objected to this on the grounds that gold was obtained before the London Declaration 1943. The Allies believed that the agreement should include all the gold plundered in Sweden. The debate about Dutch gold continued until the 1950s. 1April 7, 955, Sweden compensated the Netherlands for 6 tons of gold, about 6.8 million US dollars (1955 price). A US Congress investigation report on the cooperation between Swiss banks and Nazis revealed that Sweden received 59.7 tons of gold from Germany. The newly discovered gold bears the same imprint as the gold plundered by the Nazis from Holland. After the war, Sweden only returned 13.2 tons of gold to the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, there are 6 tons of gold from suspicious sources, which may come from the victims of concentration camps. According to the report, Sweden should morally return gold to Jews, but it has no legal obligation. This report was published in 1997. Carl XVI Gustaf, the contemporary king of Sweden, is the seventh monarch of Bernadotte dynasty. 1946, the birth of Karl Gustav Jr. once cheered the royal family, because he already had four sisters, and the royal family eagerly looked forward to the birth of a boy who could inherit the great cause of the royal family in the future. A year later, Karl Gustav's father died in a plane crash. Karl Gustav, who was still learning English at that time, became the legal heir of his grandfather Gustav VI. In order to cultivate a qualified king, his grandfather and mother gave him strict education from an early age. Karl Gustav went to a public school. 1966 after graduating from high school, he received two years of military training in the navy, and then entered the army and air force for training, and obtained the ranks of navy, guards and air force. Then, Karl Gustav studied national economy, politics, sociology and history at Uppsala University and Stockholm University successively, and did a lot of internships in economic circles, industry, government, development assistance and diplomatic circles-these are, of course, necessary resumes as a member of the European royal family, especially as a king.
1973, Gustav VI died and Carl XVI Gustaf officially ascended the throne. At first, some people doubted whether the 27-year-old young king could be accepted by the Swedish people. This kind of worry proved to be unnecessary. At the grand coronation ceremony, Karl Gustav's words were deeply rooted in people's hearts: "My grandfather is regarded as a model of modern monarch, and he is my role model."
Gustav, who just ascended the throne, is in his prime. Who will be the queen of the young king has become the most concerned topic. 1973 In the summer, in a photo taken on Herun Island, people noticed a dark-haired woman standing beside Carl XVI. This strange beauty is Silvia Somora, a Brazilian-German hybrid. Sylvia was born in Heidelberg and her father was a German businessman. She grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and finished her studies in Dü sseldorf, Germany. 1963 She entered a translation school in Munich, where Sylvia, who is very talented in language, mastered English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, and worked in the Consulate General of Argentina in Munich for two years after graduation. 65438-0972, Sylvia was hired as the head of the foreign affairs reception for the Munich Olympic Games. One of her tasks is to receive celebrities from all walks of life attending the Olympic ceremony. Karl Gustav was among them. Obviously, they fell in love at first sight. The king of Sweden later admitted: "We collided with a spark and it spread endlessly."
However, this relationship between the prince and Cinderella has attracted a lot of criticism and criticism. The royal family thinks that the king's association with civilian women is beneath dignity, and the press even exaggerates it as a scandal. Gustav and Sylvia had to dress up in disguise to meet each other. Over time, this beautiful but heavy love made Sylvia exhausted, and there were also opposition forces in Sweden that forced Gustav to abdicate. Gustav, who was in the balance, did not hesitate. He resolutely proposed to Sylvia. Sylvia was worried that it would be difficult for Swedes to accept a German woman as their queen. Gustav's answer is simple: "If they don't accept you, I will abdicate." Innocent love broke through the fetters of Swedish traditional law prohibiting the royal family from marrying civilians. 1976, Karl Gustav and Sylvia were formally engaged. Three months later, the couple held a grand wedding in Stockholm cathedral. The reporter asked Sylvia, "Is it difficult to make up your mind to marry a king?" The young bride replied slowly, "It has nothing to do with whether to marry the king or not, but to marry someone you really love."
The royal family and Swedes were surprised to find that this commoner-born queen was so elegant and easy-going on any occasion. Because of her profound language skills, Sylvia can communicate with anyone without difficulty. What is commendable is that Sylvia still maintains her simple nature after entering the palace. She is a charming queen in diplomatic occasions. Back home, she is a good wife and mother. With an elegant and mature queen three years older, Gustav, who was flashy and serious when she was young, gradually became solemn and calm after marriage. Swedes have great respect for their queen: "Sylvia is a treasure we got from Germany."
The king and queen like a quiet and free life. Although I am in the palace, I do my best in everything and rarely use people. They often take their children to their farms to farm and work, and go skiing together in winter. These three children, Princess Victoria, Prince karl philip and Princess Madeleine, have been educated as ordinary children since childhood. According to the new Swedish law, the king's first child is the heir to the throne, so Princess Victoria became the crown prince. Growing up in modern Sweden, which advocates equality and freedom, Queen Christina's future will be beautiful and full of the flavor of the times.