Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

Prince Oscar
Duke of Skåne
Oscar with his mother in April 2016
Born	2 March 2016 (age 2 months 2 days) Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
Full name Oscar Carl Olof
House	Bernadotte
Father	Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
Mother	Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

Swedish Royal Family
HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Crown Princess HRH Prince Daniel HRH Princess Estelle HRH Prince Oscar HRH Prince Carl Philip HRH Princess Sofia HRH Prince Alexander HRH Princess Madeleine HRH Princess Leonore HRH Prince Nicolas HRH Princess Birgitta Extended royal family

Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (Oscar Carl Olof; born 2 March 2016) is a Swedish prince and the younger child and only son of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel. He is the fourth grandchild and second grandson of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. He is third in the line of succession to the Swedish throne, after his mother, and his sister Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland.^[1]

Birth

On 4 September 2015, the royal court announced that Crown Princess Victoria was expecting her second child sometime in March 2016.^[2]

Prince Oscar was born on 2 March 2016 at 20:28 CET.^[3] He weighed 3.655 kg (8.06 lb) and measured 52 cm (20 in) at birth.^[3] His names and title were announced the following day by his maternal grandfather, the King.^[4] The birth was greeted by two 21-gun salutes on the island of Skeppsholmen, opposite Stockholm Palace.^[5] Skåne is the southernmost titular duchy in Sweden and is known historically in English as Scania. There have been two previous Dukes of Scania in the House of Bernadotte, both became kings: Charles XV and Gustaf VI Adolf (Prince Oscar's great-great-grandfather).^[6]

A Te Deum thanksgiving service was held in his honour in the palace's Royal Chapel on 3 March 2016.^[7]

The name Oscar has Bernadotte roots, having been previously borne by two Swedish kings, Oscar I and Oscar II. It also was the name of Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg, the father of Folke Bernadotte, whose American wife, Estelle, is believed to be the namesake of Crown Princess Victoria's daughter.

Titles and styles

Titles

Oscar is styled as: His Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Skåne.

Swedish honours

See also List of honours of the Swedish Royal Family by country

•  Sweden: Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (RoK av KMO)
•  Sweden: Knight of the Order of Charles XIII (RCXIII)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

16. Anders Andersson               8. Anders Westling                       17. Brita Westling               4. Olle Westling                             18. Anders Erik Borg               9. Frida Berta Elisabet Borg                       19. Anna Båth               2. Daniel Westling                                   20. Johan Gregorius Westring               10. John Einar Westring                       21. Anna Samuelsdotter               5. Ewa Westring                             22. Johan Teodor Hugg               11. Nanny Birgitta Hugg                       23. Kristina Jonsdotter               1. Prince Oscar                                         24. Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden               12. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten                       25. Princess Margaret of Connaught               6. Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden                             26. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               13. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha                       27. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein               3. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden                                   28. Louis Carl Moritz Sommerlath               14. Carl Walther Sommerlath                       29. Erna Sophie Christine Waldau               7. Silvia Renate Sommerlath                             30. Artur Floriano de Toledo               15. Alice Soares de Toledo                       31. Elisa Novaes Soares

References

1. Felton, Alexander; Shoichet, Catherine E. (2 March 2016). "Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria has baby boy". CNN. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
2. "Kronprinsessparet väntar barn" [The Crown Princess Couple is expecting a child]. Royal Court of Sweden. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
3. "Kronprinsessan och Prins Daniel har fått en son" [Crown Princess and Prince Daniel have a son] (Press release) (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
4. "H.K.H. Prins Oscar Carl Olof, hertig av Skåne" [H.K.H. Prince Carl Olof Oscar, Duke of Scania] (Press release) (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
5. Giertz, Elias; Malmgren, Kim (3 March 2016). "Nya prinsens namn är Oscar Carl Olof" [New prince's name is Oscar Carl Olof]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 March 2016.
6. "First photo of Prince Oscar released by Swedish Court". Royal Central. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
7. "Te Deum torsdagen den 3 mars 2016" [Te Deum on Thursday, 3 March 2016] (Press release) (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.