Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (Princessan Sofia hertiginna av Värmland), birth name Sofia Kristina Hellqvist
Date of Birth: December 6, 1984
Place of Birth: Danderyd, Sweden
Professions: Swedish model, wife of Prince Carl Philip, daughter-in-law of the reigning King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
Family status: married, three children
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This year Princess Sofia turns 39. She was born in Danderyd, Sweden on December 6th 1984 of the year. Zodiac sign: Sagittarius. Princess Sofia’s weight is 56 kg and her height is 172 cm.
One of the brightest Cinderellas of our time was born the middle of three sisters in the Danish-Swedish family of a marketing manager. Sofia lived the life of an ordinary girl. She danced, played the piano, took acting lessons and, of course, skied. Who doesn’t love skiing in Scandinavia?
Education and career
After growing from school, the future princess moved to Stockholm, where she continued her studies at the Vansbro educational center, choosing an art program. Without considering it shameful to work as a waitress in the evenings. Considering the girl’s exceptional external data, this could not continue for long. She was noticed, and at the age of twenty, the spectacular blue-eyed brunette began her modeling career.
Without even imagining what turn of fate awaited her ahead, Sofia posed topless for the popular Swedish men’s magazine Slitz, receiving the title “Miss Slitz”, and then took part in a reality show with elements of eroticism, Paradise Hotel. These decisions later came back to haunt the beauty with harsh criticism from society and members of the royal family, a relationship with which a simple girl did not even dream of at that time. After the project ended, she moved to New York, took a yoga course, founded her own yoga center and launched a line of yoga clothing.
Then she dropped everything and went to Ghana as a volunteer, where she helped build an orphanage, and a little later established the children’s charity foundation “Playground”.
Meeting with the Prince
In the same 2009, as they say, there was a non-random meeting with the prince. In the night club. A year later, the young people began dating and began a romantic relationship.
Of course, the appearance of a commoner, and even with such a dubious past, in the life of Karl Philip raised a lot of questions from his parents. But the prince was adamant and insisted on the right to build his personal life at his own discretion. Moreover, the relatives had no right to particularly object. The misalliance has already been repeated twice in the royal family. Father King Carl Gustaf XVI is married to a former translator, now Queen Silvia. Sister Victoria is married to her former personal fitness trainer. But she is the heir to the throne, the crown princess.
Therefore, after the engagement was announced in 2014, on June 13, 2015, a celebration of the couple’s marriage took place in the Church of the Royal Palace. Among the four hundred titled guests were Queen Sonja of Norway, Queen Margrethe of Denmark – the groom’s godmother, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, the princes of Denmark and their spouses, the British Earl of Wessex and his wife and the crown couple of Norway.
The newlyweds, together with their guests and relatives, greeted the Swedish citizens, standing on the balcony of the royal palace. Twenty-one cannon salvoes were fired in honor of the prince and his beautiful Cinderella.
Sofia did not disappoint. She turned out to be a wonderful wife and a wonderful mother, who gave the Swedish crown three sons – Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, Duke of Södermanland, Gabriel Karl Walter, Duke of Dalarna, and Julian Herbert Folke, Duke of Halland. Four years ago, she accepted with great dignity the decision of her father-in-law, the King, that her sons, as well as the children of Princess Madeleine, would not have official “royal status”, but would retain the title of princes and princesses and remain in the line of succession.
Sofia and Carl Philip said at the time of the announcement that they did not care that the boys would no longer receive financial support from the state and would no longer be addressed as “His Royal Highness”. But their children will receive more freedom and fewer restrictions.
The prince and his princess live the ordinary lives of ordinary citizens. They love sports, run in the morning, go to cafes and various cultural events, and do charity work. Although at times Sofia speaks on behalf of the crown, proving with these public appearances that she has complete trust on the part of the king and queen.
Subjects of the Swedish crown treat the princess as an equal and gratefully accept her participation in the life of the country’s citizens. The hearts of Swedes were especially touched by Sofia’s volunteer activities during the Covid epidemic. Then, in a moment of anxiety and danger, she did not hide from the terrible virus, but, on the contrary, took a step towards it – she completed special courses and began working as a medical volunteer.
Journalists sometimes compare this married couple to the couple Meghan Markle and Harry Sussex. But isn’t the difference obvious?
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