<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen Silvia of Sweden</span>

Queen Silvia of Sweden

<p><b>Silvia</b> (born <b>Silvia Renate Sommerlath</b>; 23 December 1943) is <a href="/en/List_of_Swedish_royal_consorts" title="List of Swedish royal consorts" class="wl">Queen of Sweden</a> as the wife of King <a href="/en/Carl_XVI_Gustaf" title="Carl XVI Gustaf" class="wl">Carl XVI Gustaf</a>. She has held this title since her marriage to Carl Gustaf in 1976. The king and queen have three children: <a href="/en/Crown_Princess_Victoria" title="Crown Princess Victoria" class="mw-redirect wl">Crown Princess Victoria</a>, <a href="/en/Prince_Carl_Philip" title="Prince Carl Philip" class="mw-redirect wl">Prince Carl Philip</a>, and <a href="/en/Princess_Madeleine" title="Princess Madeleine" class="mw-redirect wl">Princess Madeleine</a>.</p>

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</span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Silvia, Queen consort of Sweden, Tenure, , Bo...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn notheme" style="background-color: #cbe; font-size: 125%">Silvia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden,_June_8,_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden,_June_8,_2013_(cropped).jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden%2C_June_8%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden%2C_June_8%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1033" data-file-height="1895" data-file-type="bitmap" height="404" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden%2C_June_8%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden%2C_June_8%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden%2C_June_8%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden%2C_June_8%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" alt="Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden%2C_June_8%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Queen Silvia in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/en/Queen_consort_of_Sweden" title="Queen consort of Sweden" class="mw-redirect wl">Queen consort of Sweden</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tenure</th><td class="infobox-data">19 June 1976 – present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Silvia Renate Sommerlath<br><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-12-23</span>) </span>23 December 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>79)</span><br><a href="/en/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg" class="wl">Heidelberg</a>, <a href="/en/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany" class="wl">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline;white-space:nowrap;"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/en/Carl_XVI_Gustaf_of_Sweden" title="Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden" class="mw-redirect wl">Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden</a></div>
   <div style="line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px;"><span>​</span></div><span> </span><div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"><span>​</span></div><span>(</span><abbr about="#mwt13" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>married</span>&quot;}]]}">m.</abbr><span>&nbsp;</span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip  ">1976</span><span>)</span><wbr><span>​</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Issue</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Crown_Princess_Victoria" title="Crown Princess Victoria" class="mw-redirect wl">Crown Princess Victoria</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Prince_Carl_Philip" title="Prince Carl Philip" class="mw-redirect wl">Prince Carl Philip</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Princess_Madeleine" title="Princess Madeleine" class="mw-redirect wl">Princess Madeleine</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Walther_Sommerlath" title="Walther Sommerlath" class="wl">Walther Sommerlath</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Alice_Sommerlath" title="Alice Sommerlath" class="wl">Alice Soares de Toledo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Church_of_Sweden" title="Church of Sweden" class="wl">Church of Sweden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/en/File:Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Silvia's signature" data-hash="File:Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png"><img loading="lazy"alt="Silvia's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png/125px-Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="259" data-file-type="bitmap" height="42" width="125" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png/188px-Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png/250px-Signature_of_Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden.png 2x"></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
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<ul><li><b><a href="/en/Carl_XVI_Gustaf" title="Carl XVI Gustaf" class="wl">The King</a></b><br><a href="/en/Queen_Silvia_of_Sweden" title="Queen Silvia of Sweden" class="wl">The Queen</a>
<ul><li><a href="/en/Victoria,_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden" title="Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden" class="wl">The Crown Princess</a><br><a href="/en/Prince_Daniel,_Duke_of_Västergötland" title="Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland" class="wl">Prince Daniel</a>
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<ul><li>Prince Alexander</li>
<li>Prince Gabriel</li>
<li>Prince Julian</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/en/Princess_Madeleine,_Duchess_of_Hälsingland_and_Gästrikland" title="Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland" class="wl">Princess Madeleine</a>
<ul><li>Princess Leonore</li>
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<li>Princess Adrienne</li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/en/Princess_Birgitta_of_Sweden" title="Princess Birgitta of Sweden" class="wl">Princess Birgitta</a></li></ul>
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Silvia is Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She has held this title since her marriage to Carl Gustaf in 1976. The king and queen have three children: Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Madeleine. 