Queen Silvia of Sweden

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| consort = yes

| name = Silvia

| image = Queen Silvia of Sweden in June 2023-2.jpg

| caption = Silvia in 2023

| succession = Queen consort of Sweden

| reign = 19 June 1976 – present

| spouse = {{marriage|Carl XVI Gustaf|19 June 1976}}

| issue = {{plainlist|

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| birth_name = Silvia Renate Sommerlath

| house =

| father = Walther Sommerlath

| mother = Alice Soares de Toledo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|12|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Heidelberg, Germany

| signature = Signature of Queen Silvia of Sweden.png

}}

Silvia (born Silvia Renate Sommerlath; 23 December 1943) is Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She has held this title since her marriage to Carl XVI Gustaf in 1976. The king and queen have three children: Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Madeleine.

Childhood and parentage

Silvia Renate Sommerlath was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on 23 December 1943,{{cite web|url=http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html|title=Biography – Sveriges Kungahus|publisher=Kungahuset.se|access-date=9 February 2012|language=sv|archive-date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111105209/http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/biography.4.396160511584257f2180002273.html|url-status=dead}} the only daughter of Alice (née Soares de Toledo) and Walther Sommerlath. Her father was German and her mother Brazilian.{{cite news |last1=Weinraub |first1=Bernard |title=Swedish King's Fiancee: Silvia Renate Sommerlath |work=The New York Times |url=https://nyti.ms/3nuWE6T |access-date=10 January 2021 |date=March 15, 1976}}

She has one older brother, Ralf Sommerlath (born 1929). Her other brothers were Walther Sommerlath, who died in 2020, and Jörg Sommerlath, who died in 2006. The Mother-Child House Jörg Sommerlath in Berlin, operated by Queen Silvia's World Childhood Foundation,{{cite web|url=http://www.childhood.org/eng|title=Startpage|publisher=Childhood|access-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209200840/http://www.childhood.org/eng/|archive-date=9 February 2012|url-status=dead}} is named after her brother.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

She attended grammar school in Düsseldorf, finishing her Abitur in 1963; and attended the Munich School of Interpreting from 1965 to 1969, majoring in Spanish.

She has some fluency in Swedish Sign Language, a national sign language used by the deaf community in Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://www.taubenschlag.de/meldung/4478|title=Essener LVR-Schule zu Gast bei Königin Silvia von Schweden|date=8 April 2009|access-date=7 April 2010|language=de|trans-title=Students of an LVR School in Essen visit Queen Silvia of Sweden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425002047/http://www.taubenschlag.de/meldung/4478|archive-date=25 April 2010|url-status=dead}} She is a trained interpreter and Swedish is her sixth language. She speaks her native German, her mother's language of Portuguese, as well as French, Spanish, and English.

Marriage and family

During the 1972 Summer Olympics, Sommerlath met Crown Prince Carl Gustaf. At the time, she was leading a marketing campaign for the city of Munich. Sommerlath and the other Olympic hostesses wore sky-blue dirndls to promote Bavarian cultural identity.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/world/europe/dirndl-dress-of-past-makes-a-comeback-in-bavaria.html|title=Dirndl, Dress of Past, Makes a Comeback in Bavaria|last=Eddy|first=Melissa|work=The New York Times|date= 28 September 2013|access-date=9 May 2020|language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/traditionell-inspiriert-die-macht-der-tracht-1.2634793|title=Die Macht der Tracht|last=Gerlach|first=Franziska|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|date=4 September 2015|access-date=13 August 2020|language=de}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/germany-oktoberfest-dirndl-fashion/406294/|title=The Devil Wears a Dirndl|last=Horn|first=Heather|work=The Atlantic|date=20 September 2015|access-date=13 May 2020|language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=https://www.focus.de/reisen/deutschland/oktoberfest/oktoberfest-tracht-ein-dirndl-gehoert-nicht-auf-die-wiesn_aid_436037.html|title=Typisch Oktoberfest? Darum gehört ein Dirndl eigentlich nicht auf die Wiesn|last=Strassmair|first=Michaela|website=www.focus.de|date=September 2019|access-date=2020-05-09|language=de}} After the death of King Gustaf VI Adolf on 15 September 1973, Carl XVI Gustaf succeeded to the throne.

He and Sommerlath announced their engagement on 12 March 1976 and were married three months later on 19 June 1976 in Stockholm Cathedral.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/20/archives/swedish-monarch-marries-german-as-150000-turn-out.html |title=Swedish Monarch Marries German as 150,000 Turn Out |last=Kilborn |first=Peter |date=20 June 1976 |work=The New York Times |access-date=26 April 2017 |page=3 }} It was the first marriage of a reigning Swedish monarch since 1797. The wedding was preceded the evening before by a Royal Variety Performance, where the Swedish musical group ABBA performed "Dancing Queen" for the first time as a tribute to Sweden's future queen.

{{YouTube | id= 2kUCag8gpdI | title= Dancing Queen Royal Swedish Opera by ABBA World Hit Song Track Theatrical Stage Act Video | link=no }}

The King and Queen have three children and nine grandchildren:

Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland (born 14 July 1977), who is married to Daniel Westling and has two children
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (born 13 May 1979), who is married to Sofia Hellqvist and has four children
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, (born 10 June 1982), who is married to Christopher O'Neill and has three children

In February 2021, Silvia was taken to hospital after she fractured her right wrist in a fall.{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20210215106898/queen-silvia-of-sweden-injures-wrist-royal-accident/|title=Queen Silvia of Sweden injured after accident at home|work=Hello!|first=Danielle|last=Stacey|date=15 February 2021|accessdate=17 February 2021}}

Father's Nazi links

In July 2002, the Queen became the subject of international curiosity when an article published in the syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren reported that German state archives recorded that the Queen's father, Walther Sommerlath, joined the Nazi party's foreign wing, the NSDAP/AO, in 1934, when he was living in Brazil and working for a German steel company.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/8174045/Swedish-queens-family-made-fortune-from-Jewish-factory-seized-by-Nazis.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/8174045/Swedish-queens-family-made-fortune-from-Jewish-factory-seized-by-Nazis.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Swedish queen's family 'made fortune from Jewish factory seized by Nazis'|last=Berlin|first=Allan Hall in|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |language=en|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cbignore}} In December 2010, Queen Silvia wrote a letter of complaint to Jan Scherman, the CEO of TV4, the network that had aired a documentary about her father's alleged Nazi past.{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article8351962.ab|title=Silvia klagade på naziprogram – i brev till TV 4:s vd|newspaper=Aftonbladet|date=31 December 2010}}

Queen Silvia commissioned a report from World War II expert Erik Norberg, a choice that was criticised due to Norberg having ties to the royal family. In his report, Norberg said that the Queen's father had in fact helped the owner of the steel-fabrication plant, a Jewish businessperson, escape from Germany by taking over the factory.{{cite news|title=Swedish queen's report denies father had Nazi links|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14465851|work=BBC News|date=9 August 2011|access-date=7 April 2016}} In a December 2011 interview for Sweden's public service broadcaster Sveriges Television, Silvia called the media's handling of the information about her father "character assassination".Åter med kungafamiljen, SVT, 29 December 2011.

File:Michelle Obama and Silvia of Sweden.jpg and Queen Silvia meet in the Yellow Oval Room in 2009.]]

Charity involvement

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Queen Silvia established Mentor International in 1994 in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Her vision was to offer mentoring as inspiration, empowerment, and motivation for young people to make healthy life choices and view their futures more positively. Mentor's work has been recognized by the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, the Organization of American States, and the Council of Europe. She is now an honorary board member of Mentor Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecebmentoring.eu//pageid=2027/articleid=2014/A_mentoring_programme_in_the_spotlight_Mentor_International.html|title=ECEB Mentoring – A mentoring programme in the spotlight: Mentor International|website=www.ecebmentoring.eu|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829135618/https://www.ecebmentoring.eu//pageid%3D2027/articleid%3D2014/A_mentoring_programme_in_the_spotlight_Mentor_International.html|url-status=dead}}

She was also a co-founder of the World Childhood Foundation in 1999, having been inspired by her work as Patron of the first World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children held in Stockholm.{{cite web|url=http://www.childhood.org/eng/pages.asp?r_id=14232 |title=Startpage |publisher=Childhood |access-date=9 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224051329/http://www.childhood.org/eng/pages.asp?r_id=14232 |archive-date=24 February 2012 }} She has also been involved in the Global Child Forum, which she helped initiate, as a keynote speaker in several forums.{{cite web |url=http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395272404388.html |title=Queen Silvia of Sweden and HRH Princess Haya open Global Child Forum |publisher=Emirates News Agency |access-date=23 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063402/http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395272404388.html |archive-date=2 February 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=https://scandasia.com/queen-silvia-of-sweden-closes-global-child-forum/|title=Queen Silvia of Sweden closes Global Child Forum|last=Persson|first=Joakim|date=10 May 2016|website=ScandAsia|language=en-GB|access-date=29 August 2019}}

Her commitment to the work with dementia and the care of the elderly at the end of life is also well known and respected. On her initiative, Silviahemmet was established in Stockholm. It works to educate hospital personnel in how to work with people suffering from dementia, and also initiates research in the area.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.silviahemmet.se/silviahemmet/historik/|publisher=Silvia Hemmet}}

She chairs the Royal Wedding Fund, which supports research in sports and athletics for disabled young people{{cite web|title=Queen Silvia – Royal Engagements|url=https://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/royalengagements.4.396160511584257f2180004096.html|publisher=Kungahuset|access-date=28 July 2020|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024031411/https://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hmqueensilvia/royalengagements.4.396160511584257f2180004096.html|url-status=dead}} and the Queen Silvia Jubilee Fund for research on children and disability.

Queen Silvia holds honorary positions in the Swedish Amateur Athletic Association, the Children's Cancer Foundation of Sweden and Save the Children Sweden.

Honours and arms

{{see also|List of honours of the Swedish Royal Family by country}}

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{{flag|Sweden}}:
70px Member and Commander of the Royal Order of the Seraphim, in diamonds (LoKavKMOmbr)
70px Member of the Royal Family Decoration of King Carl XVI Gustaf
70px Recipient of the 50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
70px Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling
70px Recipient of the Ruby Jubilee Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf
70px Recipient of the 70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
70px Recipient of the Golden Jubilee Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf

=Foreign=

{{flag|Argentina}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
{{flag|Austria}}: Grand Star of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf|title=Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour|language=de|page=551|access-date=28 November 2012}}
{{flag|Belgium}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold
{{flag|Brazil}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
{{flag|Brunei}}: Member of the Family Order of Laila Utama
{{flag|Bulgaria}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Balkan Mountains
{{flag|Chile}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
{{flag|Croatia}}: Grand Cross of the Grand Order of Queen Jelena{{Cite web|url=https://www.kungahuset.se/|title=Sveriges Kungahus – Sveriges Kungahus|website=www.kungahuset.se|language=sv|access-date=29 August 2019}}[https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2013_07_84_1820.html Narodne]
{{flag|Denmark}}:
Knight of the Order of the Elephant (3 September 1985){{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/monarkiet-i-danmark/ordener-og-medaljer/modtagere-af-danske-dekorationer/#oversigt-over-modtagere-af-danske-dekorationer |publisher=Royal Household of Denmark |title=Oversigt over modtagere af danske dekorationer |trans-title=Overview of recipients of Danish decorations |access-date=18 February 2022 |language=da}}
Recipient of the Silver Anniversary Medal of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik
{{flag|Estonia}}:
Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana{{cite web|url=http://www.president.ee/en/estonia/decorations/bearers.php?id=14 |title=Vabariigi President |publisher=President.ee |access-date=7 April 2016}}
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Star{{cite web|url=http://www.president.ee/en/estonia/decorations/bearers.php?id=18079 |title=Vabariigi President |publisher=President.ee |date=18 January 2011 |access-date=7 April 2016}}[http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2011/2011/galamiddagforestlandspresidentparpakungligaslottet.5.40e05eec12926f26304800021375.html Swedish Royal Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524215622/http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2011/2011/galamiddagforestlandspresidentparpakungligaslottet.5.40e05eec12926f26304800021375.html |date=24 May 2013 }} (Swedish), Gala dinner with photos 1-6-7
{{flag|Finland}}:
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
{{flag|Germany}}:
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Member of the Decoration of Merit (Baden-Würtemberg){{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
Member of the Decoration of Merit (Bavaria){{cite web | url=https://www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de/staatszeitung/leben-in-bayern/detailansicht-leben-in-bayern/artikel/bayerischer-verdienstorden-fuer-koenigin-silvia.html#topPosition | title=Bayerische Staatszeitung }}
{{flag|France}}:
Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the Order of National Merit
{{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Honour[http://www.royalcourt.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2008/2008arkiv/galamiddagpakungligaslottet.5.36df73941192994694f80005284.html Gala dinner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730220755/http://www.royalcourt.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2008/2008arkiv/galamiddagpakungligaslottet.5.36df73941192994694f80005284.html |date=30 July 2009 }} during the state visit of Greek President Karolos Papoulias (21 May 2008)
{{flag|Holy See}}:
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Pope Pius IX
Recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
{{flag|Hungary }}: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
{{flag|Iceland}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon{{cite web |url=http://falkadb.forseti.is/orduskra/fal03.php?term=Sylvia&sub=Leita |title=Fálkaorðuhafar |publisher=Falkadb.forseti.is |date=26 October 1981 |access-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313142726/http://falkadb.forseti.is/orduskra/fal03.php?sub=leita&term=sylvia |archive-date=13 March 2016 }}
{{flag|Italy}}: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicItalian Presidency website, [http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=10697 S.M. Silvia la Regina di Svezia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928013730/http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=10697 |date=28 September 2013 }}, Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italian
{{flag|Japan}}: Grand Cordon (Paulownia) of the Order of the Precious Crown
{{flag|Jordan}}: Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance
{{flag|Latvia}}:
Commander Grand Cros of the Order of the Three Stars
Grand Cross of the Order of Cross of Recognition{{Cite web|url=https://www.vestnesis.lv/|title=Par Atzinības krusta piešķiršanu – Latvijas Vēstnesis|last=vestnesis.lv|website=www.vestnesis.lv|language=lv|access-date=29 August 2019}}
{{flag|Lithuania}}:
Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great{{cite web|url=http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html |title=Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentė |language=lt |publisher=Lrp.lt |access-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419212238/http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html |archive-date=19 April 2014 }}
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit{{cite web|url=http://www.lrt.lt/en/news_in_english/29/116041/lithuanian_president_swedish_royal_visit_is_consolidation_of_bonds_between_the_countries |title=Lithuanian president: Swedish royal visit is consolidation of bonds between the countries – News in English – LRT |publisher=Lrt.lt |date=8 October 2015 |access-date=7 April 2016}}
{{flag|Luxembourg}}: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau[http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2008/2008aktuellt/galamiddagpakungligaslottet.5.36df73941192994694f80001449.html Swedish Royal website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523051727/http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2008/2008aktuellt/galamiddagpakungligaslottet.5.36df73941192994694f80001449.html |date=23 May 2013 }}, kungahuset.se; accessed 7 April 2016. (in Swedish)
State visit of Grand-Dukes of Luxembourg in Sweden, gala dinner (15 April 2008){{cite web|url=http://www.monarchie.lu/fr/galeries/evenements/2008/04/VisiteEtat_Suede/index.html |title=Visite d´Etat en Suède – Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg – Avril 2008 |publisher=Monarchie.lu |date=15 April 2008 |access-date=7 April 2016}}
{{flag|Malaysia}}: Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm{{cite web

|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang, dan Pingat Persekutuan.}}

{{flag|Mexico}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
{{flag|Netherlands}}: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands
{{flag|Norway}}:
Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav
Recipient of the Silver Jubilee Medal of King Harald V
{{flag|Poland}}: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (2011)M.P. 2011 nr 73 poz. 718 [https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20110730718 Online]
{{flag|Portugal}}:
Grand Cross of the Order of ChristPortuguese Presidency Website, Orders [http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1 search form] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117004213/http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1 |date=17 January 2013 }} : type "RAINHA SÍLVIA" in "nome", then click "Pesquisar"
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry[http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=147&idi=169 Portuguese Presidency], King Carl XVI receives the Grand Collar of the Order of Saint James of the Sword and Queen Silvia receives the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry : [http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/archive/img/_I6K8468.jpg Photo].
{{flag|Romania}}: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania[http://canord.presidency.ro/Ord.St.Rom..xls Recipients of Order of the Star of Romania (Excel file)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703203714/http://canord.presidency.ro/Ord.St.Rom..xls |date=3 July 2015 }}, canord.presidency.ro; accessed 7 April 2015. {{in lang|ro}}[http://www.ppe-agency.com/preview.php?start=15&id=20431&zoektype=2&search=11-03-2008%20Gala PPE Agency Photo] among gala dinner [http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=11-03-2008%20Gala gallery], ppe-agency.com; accessed 7 April 2016.
{{flag|Slovenia}}: Member of the Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2004){{Cite web |title=Odlikovanci |url=https://www.predsednica-slo.si/sl/odlikovanja/odlikovanci?Year=2004&AwardType=1 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Predsednica Republike Slovenije |language=sl-SI}}
{{flag|South Korea}}: Grand Gwanghwa Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
{{flag|Spain}}:
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (15 October 1979){{cite web |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1979/11/09/pdfs/A26058-26058.pdf |work=Boletín Oficial del Estado |title=III. Otras disposiciones |page=26058 |date=9 November 1979 |access-date=11 March 2024 |language=es}}
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III (16 November 2021){{cite web |url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2021-18858 |work=Boletín Oficial del Estado |title=Real Decreto 1010/2021, de 16 de noviembre, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a Su Majestad la Reina Silvia de Suecia |trans-title=Royal Decree 1010/2021, of November 16, by which the Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Carlos III is awarded to Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden |date=17 November 2021 |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=es}}
{{flag|Thailand}}:
Dame Grand Cross (1st Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (2003)ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140727034055/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00122102.PDF ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์แด่สมเด็จพระราชาธิบดีคาร์ลที่ ๑๖ กุสตาฟ และสมเด็จพระราชินีซิลเวียแห่งราชอาณาจักรสวีเดน], เล่ม 120, ตอน 4 ข, 7 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2546, หน้า 1
Recipient of the Boy Scout Citation Medal (2009){{cite journal|journal=ราชกิจจานุเบกษา|volume=เล่ม 126|issue=ตอน 5 ข|pages=หน้า 1|title=ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นสิริยิ่งรามกีรติ ลูกเสือสดุดีชั้นพิเศษ และเหรียญลุกเสือสดุดี ประจำปี ๒๕๕๑|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2552/B/005/1.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419035521/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2552/B/005/1.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2009|date=18 March 2009|accessdate=27 July 2019|language=th}}
Recipient of the Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Accession to the Throne of H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej (2006)
{{flag|Tunisia}}: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit{{cite web |url=http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt/statsbesokfrantunisiendag1.5.6c3e0b0f150a889bfed3f4.html |title=Statsbesök från Tunisien – dag 1 – Sveriges Kungahus |publisher=Kungahuset.se |access-date=7 April 2016 |archive-date=2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402203319/http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt/statsbesokfrantunisiendag1.5.6c3e0b0f150a889bfed3f4.html |url-status=dead }}
{{flag|Ukraine}}:
Member 1st Class of the Order of Merit
Member 1st Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise[http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/272/99 Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise], zakon1.rada.gov.ua; accessed 7 April 2016.{{in lang|uk}}

=Awards=

{{flag|Sweden}}: Grand Cross of the Social Order of the Amaranth{{cite web|url=http://content.foreningshuset.se/kundmappar/7360/mf233.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image |website=Content.foreningshuset.se |access-date=7 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://content.foreningshuset.se/kundmappar/7360/mf229_!50.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image |website=Content.foreningshuset.se |access-date=7 April 2016}}
{{flag|Germany}}: The National German Sustainability Award{{cite web | url=https://www.nachhaltigkeitspreis.de/category/preistraeger/006_ehrenpreistraeger/#intern | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020080848/https://www.nachhaltigkeitspreis.de/category/preistraeger/006_ehrenpreistraeger/#intern | archive-date=20 October 2016 | title=Ehrenpreisträger | Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis }}
{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}: Recipient of the Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Motherhood and Childhood Award (November 2016){{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

= Honorary doctorates =

Queen Silvia has been awarded a number of honorary doctorates, most recently for her work on dementia.

1990 – University of Turku{{cite web|title=Kunniatohtorit 1990|url=https://www.utu.fi/fi/sivustot/promootio/kunniatohtorit/Sivut/Kunniatohtorit-1990.aspx|publisher=University of Turku|access-date=2015-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709225649/http://www.utu.fi/fi/sivustot/promootio/kunniatohtorit/Sivut/kunniatohtorit-1990.aspx|archive-date=2015-07-09}}
1993 – Karolinska Institute{{cite web|title=Karolinska Institutet Medicine hedersdoktorer 1910-2013|url=http://ki.se/sites/default/files/hedersdoktorer_130522.pdf|publisher=Karolinska Institute|access-date=2015-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501122820/http://ki.se/sites/default/files/hedersdoktorer_130522.pdf|archive-date=2015-05-01}}
1994 – Linköping University{{cite web |title=Hedersdoktorer vid Linköpings universitet |url=https://www.liu.se/om-liu/akademiska-hogtider/tidigare-hedersdoktorer?l=sv |publisher=Linköping University |access-date=2015-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707132308/https://www.liu.se/om-liu/akademiska-hogtider/tidigare-hedersdoktorer?l=sv |archive-date=2015-07-07}}
1999 – University of Gothenburg{{cite web|title=Fakta om hedersdoktorer|url=http://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/akademiska_hogtider/doktorspromotion/Hedersdoktorer/Fakta_om_hedersdoktorer/|publisher=University of Gothenburg|access-date=2015-07-07|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150707080740/http://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/akademiska_hogtider/doktorspromotion/Hedersdoktorer/Fakta_om_hedersdoktorer/?skipSSOCheck=true&referer=https://www.google.com/|archive-date=2015-07-07}}
2023 – University of Stirling, UK{{cite web|title=Queen of Sweden and former Mars CEO honoured by University of Stirling|url=https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2023/june-2023-news/queen-of-sweden-and-former-mars-ceo-honoured-by-university-of-stirling/|publisher=University of Stirling|date=2023-06-28|access-date=2023-12-23}}

References

External links

[https://www.kungahuset.se/english/royal-house/hm-the-queen Biography of Queen Silvia] – Official website of the Swedish Royal Court
[http://www.wargs.com/royal/silvia.html Ancestry of Queen Silvia of Sweden]
[http://www.childhood.org/ World Childhood Foundation] – Official site
[http://www.mentorfoundation.org/ The Mentor Foundation International] – Official site
[http://www.ritva.com/ The Swedish Royal Family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127155919/https://www.ritva.com/ |date=27 January 2020 }} – Information site with pictures, news etc.