Princess Birgitta: Sister of King Carl XVI. Gustaf is dead

The Swedish King Carl XVI. Gustaf, 78, mourns the loss of his beloved sister. Like the Royal Palace on Wednesday, among other things, Princess Birgitta (1937 – 2024) died “on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024, at the age of 87 in Mallorca”. A cause of death is not mentioned in the post.

Also King Carl XVI. Gustaf is quoted in the Instagram post. “It is with great sadness that I received the news today that my sister, Princess Birgitta, has died. My sister was a dazzling and straightforward person who will be greatly missed by me and my family,” explains the monarch. And further: “Together with my entire family, I express my condolences today to the children and grandchildren of Princess Birgitta.”

Princess Birgitta was born in 1937, more than nine years before her brother Carl XVI. Gustaf, the light of the world. But in the line of succession to the throne, as a male descendant, he was above her. “Princess Birgitta was the widow of Prince Johann Georg von Hohenzollern (1932 – 2016) and then lived abroad for a long time. The princess leaves behind three children,” the royal family’s post on Instagram continues.

Not much was known about Princess Birgitta’s private life throughout her life. She recently lived in seclusion on the Balearic Islands of Mallorca and loved playing golf. Her husband Johann Georg Prinz von Hohenzollern, from whom she had lived separately since 1990, died in Munich in 2016 at the age of 83.