Figure 1.--Here is Princess Ingrid as a little girl. Portraits of European royalty barefoot at the time are rare. Perhaps this was meant to be a beach scene. She looks to be about 9-10 years old about 1920. This would have been just before she lost her mother.

Swedish Princess Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta was born at the Royal Palace in Stockholm (1910). She was baptised in Slottskyrkan (the Royal Chapel) in Stockholm. Her godparents were a veritable list of the preminent royalty of Europe. They included her paternal grandparents, King Gustav V and Queen Victoria; her paternal great-grandmother, The Dowager Queen; her maternal grandparents, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; her paternal great-grandmother, The Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden; The Grand Duchess of Baden; The Dowager Duchess of Dalarna; The Empress of Russia; Princess Alexander of Teck; Prince Adalbert of Prussia; and The Prince of Wales. Princess Ingrid was raised at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. She and her siblings spent carfree time at her parents' summer country residence, Sofiero Castle in Scania. Here the children could be children away from the formalities of court life. There Ingrid and her four brothers spent most of their summers there. Growing uo with four boisterous brothers of course had a major impct on Ingrid's personality. Ingrid lost her mother at an early age. Her mother died when Ingrid was only 10 years old (1930). She died from meningitis while in the eighth month of her sixth pregnancy. She greatly enjoyed sports, especially horse-riding, skiing and tennis. She insisted on getting a driver's licence as early as possible.

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