Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson

Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, LoK av KMO (Christina Louise Helena, born 3 August 1943) is the youngest of four older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. She generally uses the name Christina Magnuson.

Princess Christina
Mrs. Magnuson
Magnuson prior to the wedding of her niece Madeleine in June 2013
Born	Princess Christina of Sweden (1943-08-03) 3 August 1943 Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden
Spouse	Tord Magnuson ( m. 1974)
Issue	Gustaf Magnuson Oscar Magnuson Victor Magnuson
Full name Christina Louise Helena Magnuson
House	Bernadotte
Father	Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Mother	Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Christina (in front) at play with her sisters in 1945.

Early life

Christina was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm as the fourth child and youngest daughter of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She is the granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

Family and career

She met her future husband, Tord Magnuson, at a lunch in Stockholm in 1961. Her engagement to Magnuson was announced on 1 February 1974. The couple married on 15 June 1974 in the Palace Church of the Royal Palace of Stockholm. Because of her morganatic marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and from the king received the courtesy title of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, a policy begun by the previous king when her older sisters Margaretha and Désirée were married before her. Under the Swedish constitution at that time, they, as women, and their descendants were not eligible to inherit the throne.

The couple have three sons: Carl Gustaf Victor (b. 1975), Tord Oscar Frederik (born 1977) and Victor Edmund Lennart (born 1980).

Christina Magnuson chaired[1][2] of the Swedish Red Cross for nine years,[3] and through her friendship with Kjerstin Dellert for many years has been chairman[4] of the Ulriksdal Palace theatre's friendship society.

Health

In October 2016, it was announced that Magnuson has been diagnosed with chronic leukemia.[5] It was later made known that she had been cured following stem cell treatment.

Titles, styles, honours and awards

Titles and styles

• 3 August 1943 – 15 June 1974: Her Royal Highness Princess Christina of Sweden
• 1974 – present: Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson

Princess Christina's original coat of arms as a Princess of Sweden

Honours

National honours

•  Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (LoK av KMO)[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
•  Sweden: Member of the Royal Family Decoration of King Gustaf VI Adolf, 1st Class[12][15][16]
•  Sweden: Member of the Royal Family Decoration of King Carl XVI Gustaf, 1st Class[6][17][18][19][20][21]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Prince Carl Medal[6][22]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 90th Birthday Medal of King Gustav V
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of King Gustav V[23]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 85th Birthday Badge Medal of King Gustaf VI Adolf
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling[6]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Ruby Jubilee Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf[24]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf[25]

Foreign honours

•  Argentina: Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín[26]
•  Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant[27]
•  France: Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour[28]
•  Germany: Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[29]
•  Iceland: Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon[30]
•  Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[31]
•  Japan: Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown[32]
•  Norway: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav[33][34][35]
•  Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Christ[36]

Awards

•  Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Social Grand Order of the Amaranth[37][38]
•  Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Social Order of Innocence[39]
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent: Recipient of the Henry Dunant Medal[40]

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