CARL PHILIP PRINCE OF SWEDEN
Full name: Carl Philip Edmund Bertil
Title: Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (His Royal Highness)
Born: Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden, May 13th 1979
Parents: Carl XVI Gustaf King of Sweden (1946) and 1976, Silvia Sommerlath (1943)
Sisters: Victoria (1977) and Madeleine (1982)
Education and work: Vasterled parish preschool, Vasterled (1984-86); Smedslättsskolan, Bromma (since 1986) - junior level; Ålstensskolan, Bromma (until 1992) - intermediate level; Enskilda Gymnasium, Stockholm (1992-94) - senior level; private school Kent, Connecticut (1994-96); Lundsberg school (graduated 1999) - science programme; military service at the Amphibious Batallion at Vaxholm's Coast Artillery Regiment as a combat boat commander (combat boat 90) (August 30th, 1999 - October 4th, 2000); Swedish Navy (2001-2004) - education for navy officer, became a lieutenant in 2004; in May 2006 he finished two years studies in graphic design at Forsbergs School of Graphic Design in Stockholm; 2006-now Photographic studies at the National Geographic Society in Washington.
Hobbies: art, scouting (when he was younger), sports (athletics, motor sports, football, tennis, skiing, swimming), hunting and nature. He has a racing licence of the Swedish Motor Sport Association.
Further facts: He was born as a crown prince, but in 1980 his older sister Victoria became the crown princess after a change in the law; 1.82m tall. His current girlfriend is Emma Pernald. In December 2003 he designed a CD cover that was distributed in conjunction with The Queen's birthday containing music from the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.
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