Swedish royal family in mourning: an aunt of the king died

The Swedish royal family said goodbye to a special personality: Countess Marianne Bernadotte von Wisborg died at the age of 100. The countess who with King Carl XVI. Gustafs Uncle Sigvard Bernadotte was married, died peacefully in a nursing home in Stockholm ,.

The Swedish royal court announced the sad news about his information chief Margaretha Thorgren. In an emotional message on behalf of the royal family, she told the Swedish magazine “Svensk Damtidning”: “Countess Marianne Bernadotte was married to King Sigvard Bernadotte. She was 100 years old. The royal family received the sad news. It is always sad when a family member is.”

According to Marianne Bernadotte’s daughter, her mother fell asleep “calm and peaceful” on Friday evening. “She was surrounded by her neighbor and fell asleep in the nursing home in the Gärdet district in Stockholm. She was over 100 years old, only two months away from her 101st birthday,” the daughter is quoted by the news agency “TT”.

Born in July 1924 when Marianne Lindberg started a career as an actress before married Count Sigvard Bernadotte (1907-2002) in 1961, an uncle of today’s Swedish king. The couple remained married until Sigvard’s death in 2002.

Throughout her life, Marianne Bernadotte was committed to various charitable purposes in the health area. For her commitment, she was appointed honorary doctor at the University of Bologna in 2006.

Even after the death of her husband, Marianne Bernadotte remained an important part of the royal family. “She had a nice, long and rich life.

Marianne Bernadotte maintained close relationships with various members of the Swedish royal family. In 2019, together with Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, she visited a art auction in favor of the Foundation of the Prince couple, who deals with dyslexia, among other things – a topic that Marianne Bernadotte was also close to heart.