The name of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel’s newborn son was announced earlier today: Prince Oscar.
His full name is Oscar Carl Olof, Duke of Skåne, which is Sweden’s most southerly region. King Carl XVI Gustaf met with the Cabinet earlier this morning to announce his grandson’s name and title; Swedish Royals are given their title and Duchy shortly after birth.
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Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle and newborn Prince Oscar leave the hospital following his birth yesterday. Swedish Court
The Prince was born yesterday at 8.28 pm, weighing around 8lb (3.65kg). His sister, Estelle, was informed of his arrival this morning, as she was asleep.
The King also paid tribute to his brother-in-law, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, who passed away yesterday morning, a few hours before Oscar was born. “Life is wondrous and in some peculiar way it goes on, that is what is so amazing,” he said.
The family returned to their home, Haga Palce, after leaving the hospital this morning, and releasing an official photo.
A 21-gun salute was fired from the Skeppsholmen island in Stockholm, Boden, Härnösand, Karlskrona and Gothenburg at 12pm to mark the birth, and the Royal Family, minus Victoria and the newborn, attended a Te Deum service at the Royal Chapel.
A PRINCE FOR VICTORIA AND DANIEL – SWEDISH ROYAL BABY
“Everything’s gone very well, it happened quickly,” Prince Daniel said yesterday to the press, also praising women for their . “You women are a primal force. (…) He looks like his mother, which is pleasing.”
King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia, Princess Madeleine and husband Christopher O’Neill at the Te Deum service to mark the birth of Prince Oscar. Photo: Anders Wiklund
Prince Oscar is third in line to the throne, behind his older sister, Princess Estelle.
