Princess Margaretha of Sweden was a member of the Swedish Royal Family and a Princess of Denmark by marriage, the eldest sister of Princess Martha of Sweden and Astrid of Sweden.
Background
The eldest child and daughter of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, she was born Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Norway (later just "of Sweden", due to the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905) in Stockholm.
Career
Margaretha adjusted herself well in Denmark, which she had often visited on family occasions during her upbringing. She lived a private life devoted to her family on the estate Bernstorffshøj in Gentofte and generally avoided publicity, and kept in close contact with her relations abroad. She was interested in social issues in Sweden, and became the patron of several charity organisations in Denmark, and was the chairperson of Gentofte Børnevenner.
She was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Her spouse died in 1964. She died in Kongsted, near Fakse, Denmark, in 1977.
1899-1905: Her Royal Highness Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Norway 1905-1919: Her Royal Highness Princess Margaretha of Sweden 1919-1944: Her Royal Highness Princess Axel of Denmark and Iceland 1944-1977: Her Royal Highness Princess Axel of Denmark.
Membership
As a widow, she was often back in Sweden, where she would join other members of the Swedish royal house in representative duties at official ceremonies — most notably, the Nobel Prize.