Born in 1984 in Täby, Sweden, Sofia Hellqvist comes from a middle class family. The young girl is passionate about arts during her youth, and starts studying at the Art School of VansbroÄventyr. She moved to Stockholm when she was 18 years old, and alternated small jobs as a waitress and modeling contracts.
Her beauty did not go unnoticed, Sofia Hellqvist was elected Miss Slitz 2004 by Victoria Secret magazine, thanks to a sultry photo of her in a bikini, a boa constrictor around her neck. Determined to become a celebrity, Sofia Hellqvist participated in 2005 in the reality show Paradise Hotel, where she reached the final. After this emotional experience, Sofia Hellqvist moved to New York with the goal of becoming a yoga teacher. She opened her own center for the occasion.
Ambitious, Sofia Hellqvist is not less a generous and human person. She regularly travels to South Africa, to Langa, where she and her friend Frida Vesterberg have launched the Playground project, which aims to help abandoned and abused children.
It was thanks to her big heart that she was able to seduce one of the most courted bachelors in the Nordic countries, Carl Philip of Sweden, whom she met in the VIP area of the nightclub Pepe Bodega in 2010. Their engagement was celebrated on June 27, 2014 and the couple moved into his residence in the Djurgarden district of Stockholm, inherited from Carl Philip’s godfather, Bertil of Sweden. Their wedding is celebrated on June 13, 2015 in Stockholm. In October 2015, an official statement announced that the couple is expecting a happy event for April 2016. On April 19, 2016, the couple gave birth to a baby boy, Alexander Hubertus Erik Bertil, Duke of Södermanland. The couple is expecting their second child for September 2017. On August 31, 2017, the family expands with the birth of a second boy, Gabriel Carl Walther. On December 11, 2020, the royal palace announced that the couple is expecting their third child. The birth is scheduled for the spring of 2021. On March 26, 2021, Sofia of Sweden gives birth to a third boy, Julian.
Queen Letizia of Spain was with her family at the award ceremony for her foundation on July 4. The wife of King Felipe VI of
Prince Carl Philip and his wife Sofia of Sweden celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary on June 13. Before they met in 2015, Sofia Hellqvist was
On April 6, the sumptuous “representationsmiddag” gala dinner traditionally hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden was held. This event bringing
At the time of his death, Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden had not failed to pay tribute to Tim Bergling, alias Avicii.
Prince Julian, born March 26, 2021, was baptized this Saturday August 14 at Drottningholm Palace in Lovön, about fifteen kilometers from Stockholm. On occasion, Carl
On Tuesday July 27, Letizia from Spain learned some bad news. Her grandmother whom she loved so much, Maria del Carmen Álvarez del Valle, passed
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