Only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Date & place of birth May 13, 1979 Royal Palace, Stockholm
Born as HRH Crown Prince of Sweden
Names Carl Philip Edmund Bertil
Father King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Mother Silvia Sommerlath (Queen Silvia of Sweden)
Royal house Bernadotte
Heir apparent Crown Prince of Sweden May 13, 1979-January 1, 1980
*At the time of his birth only males could succeed to the Swedish throne. In 1980 the constitution was changed, allowing eldest child regardless of gender to succeed to the throne. Carl Philip’s sister Victoria, as eldest child became heir apparent.
Siblings
Second of three children (2 sisters)
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Princess Madeleine of Sweden
Titles
Crown Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Varmland
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Varmland
Paternal grandparents
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Vasterbotten
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Paternal great-grandparents
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Princess Margaret of Connaught (Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden)
Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Maternal grandparents
Walter Sommerlath
Alice Soares de Toledo
Maternal great-grandparents
Louis Moritz Sommerlath
Erna Sophie Waldau
Artur Floriano de Toldedo
Elisa Novais Soares
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