by Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2016
Prince Oscar of Sweden; Credit – By Llevenius – Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132725933
Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Skåne is the second child of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling (now Prince Daniel of Sweden). Oscar was born at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden, at 8:28 pm on March 2, 2016. He weighed 3.655kg (8.06lb) and measured 52cm (20in) at birth.
The following day, his grandfather King Carl XVI Gustaf announced the baby’s name and titles – Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, Duke of Skåne. There have been two previous Dukes of Skåne, both of whom became king – King Carl XV and King Gustaf VI Adolf.
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- Oscar – the name of two Swedish kings and several Swedish princes
- Carl – for his maternal grandfather
- Olof – for his paternal grandfather, as well as his father (Prince Daniel’s given name is Olof Daniel)
Prince Oscar’s christening – source: The Daily Mail/EPA
Prince Oscar was christened on May 27, 2016, in the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace of Stockholm. His godparents are:
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- Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, his mother’s second cousin
- Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, wife of paternal grandfather’s third cousin, born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby
- Princess Madeleine of Sweden, his maternal aunt
- Oscar Magnuson, his mother’s first cousin
- Hans Åström, his father’s first cousin
Prince Oscar’s family, 2022
Prince Oscar has one elder sister:
- Princess Estelle (born 2012)
Prince Oscar’s elder sister Princess Estelle is second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne after her mother Crown Princess Victoria. In 1979, the Riksdag, the Swedish legislature, introduced an Act of Succession that changed the succession to absolute primogeniture, meaning that the monarch’s eldest child, regardless of gender, is first in the line of succession. This Act of Succession became law on January 1, 1980, making Sweden the first country to adopt absolute primogeniture. The previous 1810 Act of Succession allowed only males to inherit the throne. Even after the birth of her brother Prince Oscar, Princess Estelle retains her place in the line of succession as the eldest child of Crown Princess Victoria who is the eldest child and the heir of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
In the fall of 2017, Prince Oscar began attending Lilla Kvikkjokk (link in Swedish), a Montessori school in the Djurgården section of Stockholm. Since 2022, he has been attending the independent school Manilla Campus (link in Swedish) also in the Djurgården section of Stockholm.
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