The wedding dress
Crown Princess Victoria's wedding dress was designed by Pär Engsheden. It was made of cream-coloured duchess silk satin, with short sleeves and a turned-out collar, which follows the rounded neckline. The dress had a v-shaped back with covered buttons. The sash at the waist was buttoned up at the back. The train was edged with a border, fastened at the waist, and had the same shape as the veil. The train was almost five metres long. The shoes were made up in the same fabric as the dress.
The cameo tiara
The word "cameo" means a precious stone decorated in raised relief. The tiara is made of gold, pearls and cameos. The central cameo depicts Cupid and Psyche from Greek mythology. The seven cameos were not originally carved for the tiara, as can be seen in their different shapes and colours. The cameo tiara was also worn by Queen Silvia at her wedding on 19 June 1976. Victoria was therefore continuing a tradition started by Princess Birgitta. She was the first Haga Princes to marry, and chose the cameo tiara for her wedding in 1961 to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern. Princess Désirée also chose the same tiara as her bridal crown when she married Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld in 1964.
The tiara was probably a gift from Emperor Napoleon I of France to his wife, Empress Josephine, in 1809. It was made at the Nitot studio in Paris. The empress bequeathed the tiara to her granddaughter Josefina who, on 19 June 1823, became the Crown Princess of Sweden when she married the future King Oscar I of Sweden. With the next generation of the Bernadotte dynasty, the tiara was owned by Queen Josefina's daughter Princess Eugenie, who in turn left the tiara to her nephew Prince Eugen. The prince gave the tiara to Princess Sibylla upon her marriage to Prince Gustaf Adolf in 1932. King Carl XVI Gustaf was left the tiara by his mother.
The bridal veil
Crown Princess Victoria was wearing the lace veil of Queen Sofia of Sweden. Also Victoria's mother Queen Silvia, wore the veil at her marriage to King Carl XVI Gustaf in 1976. The veil was given by Queen Sofia to her youngest son, Prince Eugen. Prince Eugen then passed the veil on to Princess Sibylla, who wore it under a garland of myrtle at her marriage to Prince Gustaf Adolf in Coburg in 1932. The veil was also worn by the Princesses Désirée in 1964, Margaretha in 1964 and Christina in 1974.
The bridal bouquet
Crown Princess Victoria's bridal bouquet consisted of a mixture of traditional Swedish summer flowers and more exotic flowers. All the flowers were white, and the bouquet was tied into a free teardrop shape. The bouquet included the following flowers: lily of the valley, rose, phalaenopsis orchid, peony, clematis, cosmos, wax flower, sweet pea, dicentra formosa, Mårbacka pelargonium, Amazon lily, gardenia, azalea, bleeding heart and the traditional myrtle from Sofiero.
The groom
Daniel Westling, after the wedding HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden, wore formal evening dress.
King Carl XVI Gustaf decided his son-in-law would become Knight of the Order of the Seraphim after the wedding. At the end of the wedding ceremony, just before leaving the cathedral, Prince Daniel received the order, and came outside wearing it.