Carl Philip Bernadotte ¹

  General Notes:

Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland, was born on May 13, 1979 at the Royal Palace, Stockholm.

Prince Carl Philip is the second eldest child of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and Her Majesty Queen Silvia. He has two sisters, Crown Princess Victoria, born on July 14, 1977 and Princess Madeleine, born on June 10, 1982. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession which entered into force on January 1, 1980, Prince Carl Philip is second in the line of succession, next to Crown Princess Victoria.

Prince Carl Philip and his family have resided at Drottningholm Palace since 1982.

During the period 1984-86, Prince Carl Philip attended the Västerled parish preschool. In the autumn of 1986, he started school at Smedslättsskolan in Bromma which he attended at junior level. For the intermediate level, the Prince attended Ålstensskolan in Bromma, proceeding from there, in the autumn of 1992, to senior level at Enskilda Gymnasiet in Stockholm. In the autumn of 1994 Prince Carl Philip started at the private school Kent in Connecticut, USA, where he spent two years. In the autumn of 1996 the Prince enrolled at Lundsberg School, where he is following a science programme.

Prince Carl Philip was confirmed in the summer of 1994 at Vadstena Church, after confirmation studies in Medevi.

Prince Carl Philip has been a scout and is fond of outdoor life. He is keen on sport and athletics, has played football and tennis and is also a good swimmer and skier.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Prince of Sweden.