Background
Folke, Count Bernadotte was born on January 2, 1895 in. Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Prince Oscar Carl August and Ebba Henriette (Munck) B.Folke.
Folke, Count Bernadotte was born on January 2, 1895 in. Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Prince Oscar Carl August and Ebba Henriette (Munck) B.Folke.
Student Officers’ Military School of Karlberg (Swedish West Point), Military Riding School (Stromsholm). Honorary Doctor of Laws, Universities Copenhagen and Uppsala.
2 sons. Has been good will ambassador to the United States several times. Representative Sweden at Chicago’s Century of Progress, 1933. Commissioner general Swedish Pavilion, New York World’s Fair, 1939-1940.
Chairman of the Board of Det Bästa, Swedish edit. of Reader’s Digest.
Served as head of an organization similar to American United Service Organizations during 2d World War. As president Sveriges Scoutförbund (Boy Scouts) closely linked this youth group with Sweden’s defensive measures.
Married Estelle Romaine Manville, December, 1928.