Royal Profile: 33 Facts About Queen Silvia of Sweden

Queen Silvia of Sweden was born Silvia Renate Sommerlath on 23 December 1943 in Germany {Source}.
She is the only the daughter of Walter & Alice Sommerlath {Source}. '
She has three brothers:

She spent her pre-teen and early teen years in Brazil where her father held various positions with Swedish companies that were based in Brazil{Source}.
When she was 14 years of age, the family returned to West Germany{Source}.
She attended high school in Düsseldorf, Germany, where she graduated in 1963{Source}.
From 1965-1969, she attended the Munich School of Interpreting, with a Spanish major{Source}.
Upon graduation, she began working as an interpreter at the Argentinean Consulate in Munich Germany{Source}.
In the early 1970s, she worked as a hostess trainer for the Organizing Committee for the Munich Olympic Games{Source}.
Then took a position as Deputy Head of Protocol of the Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976{Source}.
She and King Carl XVI Gustaf met at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich{Source}.
They announced their engagement on 12 March 1976, and they were married on 19 June the same year{Source}.
Upon their marriage, they resided in an apartment at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, but with the birth of their youngest child, they moved to Drottningholm Palace{Source}.
Together, they have three children {Source}:

Queen Silvia often attends to official trips in Sweden and abroad with her husband{Source}.
She is a regular visitor to Sweden's authorities, schools, universities, participant in anniversary events, and openings and closings of major events{Source}.
The Queen is fluent in several languages, including: Swedish, German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese{Source}.
The Swedish consort also has some fluency in Swedish Sign Language {Source}
As a newlywed, The Queen quickly grew to love the Swedish mountains{Source}.
She enjoys skiing in the environs of the Royal Family's cottage in Storlien{Source}.
Queen Silvia also has interests in gardening, theatre, horseback ridding, and waterskiing {Source}.
through her husband, she is the sister-in-law of:

Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (m. 1961-2016, legally separated in 1990, his death)

he is an aunt to eight nephews, four nieces, several nieces and nephews in law, and great nieces and nephews{Source}:

She shares a birthday with Emperor Akihito of Japan, who is 10 years her senior.
Queen Silvia also shares a birthday with Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bourbon-Parma, who is 39 years her junior.
She holds honors from Sweden, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maylasia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Solvenia, South Korea, Spain, Tunisa, Thailand & Ukraine.
She is a recipent of the Lady Grand Cross of the Social Order of the Amaranth.
She has also been awared the The National German Sustainability Award
In November 2016, she was a recipient of the Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Motherhood and Childhood Award

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