Figure 1.--This 1916 photograph shows Prince Bertil and Princess Ingrid Victoria with their mother. Bertil appears to be wear a fancy tunic suit with short pants, short whire socks and strap shoes.
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Figure 1.--This 1916 photograph shows Prince Bertil and Princess Ingrid Victoria with their mother. Bertil appears to be wear a fancy tunic suit with short pants, short whire socks and strap shoes. |
Bertil Gustaf Oscar was born in 1912. He was the fourth child of future King Gustav VI. HBRC is unable at this time to find much information about the prince, but some available information provides information about the his childhood clothing. The Swedish princes were fairly close in age. The clothes Prince Beril worn are probably similar to those worn by his older brothers when they were Bertil's age.
Rince Bertil's father was future King Gustav VI Adolf. His mother was the future Queen Margaret. His mother was the future Queen Margaret, a grand daughter of British Queen Victoria. Margaret was the child of British Prince Arthur William Patrick and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Prince Arthur was reportedly Queen Victoria's favorite son. This is one of the many examples of the extent to which Queen Victoria became the Grandmother of Europe.
Prince Bertil had three brothers and one sister:
Gustav Adolf (1906-1947): Gustav Adolf was the crown prince, but died in 1947 before his father assumed the throne. His son Carl Gustaf in herited the throne when his grandfather died in 1973.
Sigvard Oscar Fredrik (1907- ): (Count of Wisborg),
Ingrid Victoria (1910- ):
Bertil Gustaf Oscar (1912-97): Prince Bertil himself was the four child.
Carl Johan Arthur (1916- ): Carl became Count of Wisborg on the death of his older brother.
Prince Bertil was born in 1912. HBRC has no information on the children's childhood. Available photographs suggest that they had a happy childhood and enjoyed each other's company.
Figure 2.--Prince Bertil is seen here at about 5 years of age. He appears to be a button on shorts set with a plain open-collar blouse and long shorts. He wears long white stockings and buckle shoes. |
Photographs from the 1910s show that the princes wore dresses until about 4 years old when they appear in tunics. Beril here wears a long-sleeved back buttoning dress with a belt. Dressy footwear was strap shoes. The boys than wore long short pants. I'm not sure about the hosiery. The younger children wear short white socks. They probably wore long dark stockings in the winter. The younger children wore floppy white sun hats for play. One of the older boys wore a kind of Australian bush hat.
A 1915 photograph shows Prince Bertil wearing a floppy sun hat with an elastic chin strap.
A 1915 photograph shows Prince Bertil at age 3 wearing a white back buttoning dress with a pocket and belt.
The 1916 photographbof Prince Bertil and Princess Princess Ingrid Victoria with their mother show him wearing a fancy tunic suit. The suit seems to have a large ruggled shoulder trim. He wears it with matching white shorts rather than knickers as the oitfits often had.
Figure 3.--Prince Bertil is seen here at about 5 years of age. This photograph appears to have been taken at about the same time as in figure 2. He appears to be wearing a satin or silk blouse. |
Prince Bertil at about 5 years of age wears a button on shorts set with a plain open-collar blouse and long shorts.
Prince Bertil at about 5 years of age wears a satin or silk blouse. It is a long-sleeved blouse with a large, but plain collar. It looks to be white.
A 1915 photograph shows Prince Bertil's older brothers wearing rather Britishblooking long short pants at age 8-9 years. It is likely that Prince Bertil wore similar garments at that age.
One image shows Prince Beril as a teenager, probably in the late 1920s wearing a knickers sduit while riding a motorcycle. He was wearing a casual suit.
As a younger boy Prince Bertil wears a strap shoes, similar butvnot identical to his sisters. Ar a slightly older age he wears buckle shoes.
As a younger boy Prince Bertil wears a white three quarter white socks identical to his sister. Ar a slightly older age he wears long white stockings.
Prince Bertil wore quite long, but not shoulder-length hair as a younger boy. Hi hair was curly, but itvappears to be naturally curly. Byvthecageof about 5 his hair had been trimmed but still on the longish side, almost coveringbhis ears.
Prince Bertil mairred late in life in 1976 to Lilian May of Sweden DAVIES. They did not have any children.
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