The Jewels of Queen Silvia of Sweden

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  • Post published:December 23, 2023
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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!

Click on the highlighted links/images below to see the article on each piece, and the highlighted terms above to get to each jewel category!

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

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