Madeleine Therese Amelie Bernadotte ¹

  General Notes:

Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, was born on June 10, 1982 at Drottningholm Palace.

Princess Madeleine and her family have resided at Drottningholm Palace since 1982.

Princess Madeleine is the youngest child of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and Her Majesty Queen Silvia. She has a sister, Crown Princess Victoria, born on July 14, 1977 and a brother, Prince Carl Philip, born on May 13, 1979. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on January 1, 1980, Princess Madeleine is third in the line of succession, next to Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Carl Philip.

During the period 1985-89, Princess Madeleine attended the Västerled parish pre-school. In the autumn of 1989, she started school at Smedslättsskolan in Bromma, which she attended at junior level. For the intermediate level, the Princess attended Carlssons skola in Stockholm and went on to senior level studies at Enskilda Gymnasiet in Stockholm. Since the autumn of 1998 the Princess follows a social studies programme at Enskilda Gymnasiet upper secondary school.

Princess Madeleine was confirmed in the summer of 1997 at Vadstena Church, after confirmation studies in Medevi.

During her leisure time the Princess enjoys riding, skiing and other forms of outdoor life.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was a Princess of Sweden.