Happy Birthday to Queen Silvia of Sweden, who turns 80 today! The German-Brazilian Interpreter who became Queen of Sweden and founded the World Childhood Foundation, Queen Silvia has worn much of the splendid Swedish Royal Collection over the past five decades as the longest-serving Swedish Queen Consort!
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The Braganza Tiara
Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure
Queen Sofia’s 9-Prong Tiara
Origin: Created by Queen Sofia from an older Diamond Hair Comb in the 1870s
Notable Appearances: The Swedish State Visit to The Netherlands and Nobel Prize Ceremony in 1976, the Spanish State Visit to Sweden in 1979, Mexican State Visit to Sweden in 1980, the Swedish State Visit to Brunei in 2004, the Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden in 2013 and various Nobel Prize Ceremonies and Banquets
The Swedish Cameo Parure
The Connaught Diamond Tiara
Origin: Princess Margaret of Connaught’s wedding gift from her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, when she married Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden in 1905
Notable Appearances: Wedding Gala in 1976, Swedish State Banquet at the Royal Palace of Brussels in 1977, King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50th Birthday in 1996, Queen Margrethe’s Ruby Jubilee Gala in 2012, King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 70th Birthday Banquet in 2016, the Swedish State Visit to Germany in 2016, and various Nobel Prize Ceremonies and Banquets
The Napoleonic Amethyst Parure
The Baden Fringe Tiara
Origin: Queen Victoria of Sweden’s Wedding Gift from her parents, Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden and Princess Louise of Prussia, in 1881
Notable Appearances: King Olav V of Norway’s 75th Birthday Celebrations in 1978, the Swedish State Visit to the Vatican in 1991, the Swedish State Visit to Germany in 2016, the Finland Centenary Banquet in 2017, and the King’s Dinner for Nobel Laureates in 2018.
King Edward VII Ruby Tiara
The Napoleonic Cut Steel Tiara
The Swedish Pink Topaz Parure
The Bernadotte Emerald Parure
Origin: Originally a belt created for King Carl XIV Johan, converted into a necklace by Queen Sofia of Sweden around the 1880s
Notable Appearances: The Swedish State Visit to The Netherlands in 1976, the Luxembourg State Visit in 1991, the Nobel Prize Ceremony in 2018, the State Banquet for the President and First Lady of Germany in 2021
Swedish Processional Necklace
Origin: A Wedding Gift from the Swedish People to Queen Victoria of Sweden
Notable Appearances: the Swedish State Visit to Japan in 2007 and on a State Visit to The Netherlands in 2009
Diamond Epaulette Earrings
Origin: Unknown, appeared in 2010
Notable Appearances: State Visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 2022
Swedish Diamond Floral Earrings
Origin: Unknown, appeared in the 1980s
Notable Appearances: King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway’s 60th Birthday Banquet in 1997, Crown Prince Haakon’s Pre-Wedding Gala in 2001, King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 60th Birthday Banquet in 2006, Gala held on the eve of the Wedding of Crown Princess Victoria in 2010, Queen Margrethe’s Ruby Jubilee Gala in 2012, King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 70th Birthday Banquet in 2016, Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee Banquet in 2022
Five Pearl Brooch
Origin: Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway
Notable Appearances: The Wedding of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece in 1995, the Spanish State Visit to Sweden in 2021.
Diamond Stomacher Necklace
Origin: Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway
Notable Appearances: The Wedding of Baroness Charlotte Palmstierna and Anders Wall in 1985
Princess Lilian’s Pearl Brooch
Origin: Princess Lilian of Sweden
Notable Appearances: A Banquet at the Royal Palace of Stockholm in 2015
Pearl Corsage Brooch
Origin: Queen Victoria of Sweden
Notable Appearances: Swedish State Visit to Germany in 2016
Baden Diamond Rose Brooch
Origin: Princess Louise of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Baden
Notable Appearances: Dinner at the Royal Palace of Stockholm in the mid-2000s
Swedish Pearl and Diamond Ivy Brooch
Origin: Queen Victoria of Sweden
Notable Appearances: The Swedish State Visit to Brunei in 2004
