List of Swedish royal consorts

Template:Short description This is a list of Swedish queens consort and spouses of Swedish monarchs and regents. The list covers a large time span and the role of a consort has changed much over the centuries. The first Swedish consorts are spoken of in legends. Consorts until Template:Circa are often semi-legendary, as are monarchs.

Due to unions with Denmark and Norway, many of the Swedish consorts were also consorts of monarchs of those countries. Consorts listed during the period of 1380–1520 were in fact also consorts to monarchs of Denmark. The consorts listed during the period of 1814Template:En dash1905 were also consorts to monarchs of Norway.

File:Konung Agne blir om natten upphängd i ett träd by Hugo Hamilton.jpg

Agne being hanged by his wife Skjalf. Artwork by Hugo Hamilton, 1830

Sweden has had three female monarchs. One of the consorts listed below, Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, is male.

File:Helgi and Yrsa.jpg

Yrsa falling in love with Helgi, without knowing that he is her father, by Jenny Nyström (1895).

Semi-legendary queens

This is a list of Swedish queens of legend.

• Vana, wife of Sveigðir
• Drifa, wife of Vanlandi
• 3rd century: Drott, wife of Domar
• 4th century: Skjalf (wife of Agne)
• 5th century: Bera (wife of Alf)
• 6th century: Yrsa, wife of Eadgils
• 7th century: Gauthildr Algautsdóttir of Götaland, (wife of Ingjald)
• 7th century: Princess of Småland, daughter of king Heidrek of Småland, (wife of Ivar Vidfamne)
• 8th century: Inghild of Sweden (wife of Randver)
• 970-975: Ingeborg Thrandsdotter (wife of Olof Björnsson)

House of Uppsala and Stenkil

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Świętosława of Poland <ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Norway"/>	Mieszko I of Poland (Piast)	Template:C.	978		c. 990s divorce	02 February 1014	Eric the Victorious
	Aud Haakonsdottir of Lade	Ladejarl Haakon Sigurdsson, regent of Norway	c. 970	c. 990s		992 husband's death	c. 1015
	Estrid of the Obotrites	a tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites	c. 979	c. 1000		c. 1022 husband's death	c. 1035	Olof Skötkonung
	Gunhild Sveinsdotter/Haraldsdotter	Sveinn Hákonarson or Saint Harald	c. 1008	?	c. 1022 husband's accession	c. 1050 husband's death	c. 1060	Anund Jacob
	Unknown name, called Ingamoder	Emund the Old of Sweden (Munsö)	c. 1043	c. 1058	c. 1061 husband's accession	c. 1066 husband's death	c. 1090	Stenkil
	Gyla <ref name="2nd"/>	?	?	?	c. 1075 husband's accession	c. 1079 husband's death	?	Haakon I
	Helena <ref name="1st"/>	Sigtorn or Ingvar the Far-Travelled	c. 1065	before 1075	c. 1079 husband's accession	c. 1084 husband's deposition	1140	Inge the Elder
	Blotstulka	?	?	before 1094	c. 1084 husband's accession	c. 1087 husband's death	?	Blot-Sweyn
	Helena <ref name="2nd"/>	Sigtorn or Prince Ingvar Vittfarne of Sweden	?	?	c. 1088 husband's accession	c. 1105 husband's death	after 1105	Inge the Elder
	Ingegerd Haraldsdotter of Norway <ref name="Denmark"/>	Harald III of Norway (Hardrada)	c. 1046	c. 1095 or 1096	c. 1105/1110 husband's accession	c. 1118 husband's death	c. 1120	Filip Halstensson
File:Ragenilda of Sweden c 1350.jpg Non-contemporary	Ragnhild	Halsten Stenkilsson	c. 1075	?	?	c. 1117		Inge the Younger
	Ulvhild Håkansdotter <ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="1st"/>	Haakon Finnsson (Thjotta)	c. 1095	c. 1116/17		c. 1125 husband's death	c. 1148
File:POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg	Richeza of Poland <ref name="1st"/>	Boleslaw III of Poland (Piast)	c. 12 April 1106/1116	c. 1127		c. 1130 husband's deposition	after 1156	Magnus Nilsson

House of Sverker and of Eric

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Ulvhild Håkansdotter <ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="2nd"/>	Haakon Finnsson (Thjotta)	c. 1095	c. 1134		c. 1148		Sverker I
File:POL Przemysł II 1295 COA.svg	Richeza of Poland <ref name="2nd"/>	Boleslaw III of Poland (Piast)	c. 12 April 1116	c. 1148		25 December 1156 husband's assassination	after 1156
File:National Coat of arms of Denmark no crown.svg	Christina of Denmark	Björn Haraldsen Ironside (Estridsen)	c. 1120/25	1149 or 1150	c. 1156 husband's accession	18 May 1160 husband's assassination	c. 1170	Erik Jedvardsson
File:Coat of Arms of Norway (1924) non crown.png	Bridget Haraldsdotter	Harald IV of Norway (Hardrada)	c. 1131	?	18 May 1160 husband's accession	c. 1161 husband's assassination	c. 1208	Magnus Henriksson
File:Coatofarms-Hvide.jpg	Christina Hvide	Stig Tokesen Hvide (Hvide)	c. 1145	1163 or 1164		12 April 1167 husband's assassination	c. 1200	Karl Sverkersson
	Cecilia (?)	Prince Johan Sverkersson of Sweden (Sverker)	c. 1145	1160	12 April 1167 husband's accession	c. 1190 entered a convent	after 1193	Knut Eriksson
File:Coatofarms-Hvide.jpg	Benedicta Hvide	Ebbe Sunesson Hvide (Hvide)	c. 1165/1170	c. 1185	c. 1196 husband's accession	c. 1199/1200		Sverker II
File:COA family sv Magnus Ladulås.svg	Ingegerd Birgersdotter	Birger Brosa (Bjälbo)	c. 1180	1200		31 January 1208 husband's deposition	7 April after 1210, possibly 1230
File:Richeza of Sweden (1210) effigy (drawing c 1860).jpg	Rikissa of Denmark	Valdemar I of Denmark (Estridsen)	c. 1190/1191	1210		10 April 1216 husband's death	8 May 1220	Erik Knutsson
File:Ulfeldt coat of arms.jpg	Helena Pedersdatter Strange	Peder Strangesson	c. 1200	c. 1225	c. 1229 husband's accession	c. 1234 husband's death	c. 1255	Knut Långe
File:Catherine of Sweden (1244) effigy 1905.jpg	Catherine Sunesdotter	Sune Folkesson (Bjälbo)	c. 1215	c. 1243/1244		2 February 1250 husband's death	fl. 17 January 1251	Erik Eriksson

House of Bjälbo

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Sophia of Sweden (1260) seal image 1905.jpg	Sofia of Denmark	Eric IV of Denmark (Estridsen)	1241	1260		22 July 1275 husband's deposition	1286	Valdemar
File:Haelwig of Sweden seal image c 1300 (photo 1905).jpg	Helvig of Holstein <ref name="Goths">Also Queen consort of the Goths.</ref><ref name="Geats">Also Queen consort of the Geats.</ref>	Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe (Schauenburg)	c. 1260	11 November 1276		18 December 1290 husband's death	fl. 1324	Magnus Ladulås
File:Birger of Sweden & Margaret of Sweden grave 2009 (1).jpg	Martha of Denmark <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/>	Eric V of Denmark (Estridsen)	1277	November 1298		March or April 1318 husband's deposition	3 October 1341	Birger
File:Blanka Namur.jpg Non-contemporary	Blanche of Namur <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/>	John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre)	c. 1320	October or early November 1335		1363		Magnus Eriksson
File:Black Friar Cloister memorial slab 2010 Stockholm (1).jpg	Beatrix of Bavaria <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/>	Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)		17 October 1356 husband's accession as joint-queen with Blanka, her mother-in-law		20 June 1359 husband's death	1359	Erik Magnusson
File:Margaret of Denmark, Norway & Sweden (1389) effigy 2010 (2).jpg	Margaret of Denmark <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/>	Valdemar IV of Denmark (Estridsen)	Spring 1353	9 April 1363 as co-queen consort then claimant		15 February 1364 husband's deposition (claimed until 1380)	28 October 1412	Haakon Magnusson

House of Mecklenburg

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Richardice of Sweden cenotaph effigy 2010 (2).jpg	Richardis of Schwerin <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/>	Otto I, Count of Schwerin (Hagen)	1347/8	1365		23 April/11 July 1377		Albert

Union queens and Regent Consorts 1397–1523

Several of the Queens on this list were also Queen of Denmark and Norway, as well as spouses to Swedish regents who did not have the title king. Queen consorts

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Queen Philippa of Dacia.jpg Non-contemporary	Philippa of England <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Denmark">Also Queen consort of Denmark.</ref><ref name="Norway">Also Queen consort of Norway.</ref><ref name="Wends"/>	Henry IV of England (Lancaster)	4 June 1394	26 October 1406		7 January 1430		Erik of Pomerania
File:DorothyDenmarkNorwaySweden.JPG	Dorothea of Brandenburg <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="1st">1st time.</ref><ref name="Wends"/>	John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern)	1430/1431	12 September 1445		6 January 1448 husband's death	10 November 1495	Christopher of Bavaria

Regent consorts

• 1448: Karin Karlsdotter, third wife of Regent Nils Jönsson
• 1448: Merete Lydekedatter Stralendorp of Venngarn, second wife of Regent Bengt Jönsson.

Queen consorts

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Catherine of Sweden (1448) grave 2009.jpg	Catherine of Bjurum <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/>	Karl Ormsson Gumsehuvud (Gumsehufvud)	?	5 October 1438	20 June 1448 husband's accession	7 September 1450		Karl Knutsson
File:DorothyDenmarkNorwaySweden.JPG	Dorothea of Brandenburg <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="2nd">2nd time.</ref><ref name="Wends"/>	John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern)	1430/1431	28 October 1449	23 June 1457 husband's accession	23 June 1464 husband's deposition	10 November 1495	Christian I

Regent consorts

• 1466-1467: Elin Gustavsdotter Sture (second time), Regent Erik Axelsson Tott

Queen consorts

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Christina of Sweden (1470) ledger listing 1470.jpg	Christina Abrahamsdotter <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/>	Abraham Pedersson, governor of Raseborg	1432	1470		15 May 1470 husband's death	1492	Karl Knutsson

Regent consorts

• 1470-1497: Ingeborg Tott (first time), wife of Regent Sten Sture the Elder, d.1507.

Queen consorts

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Dronning-Christine.jpg	Christina of Saxony <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Ernst, Elector of Saxony (Wettin)	25 December 1461	6 September 1478	6 October 1497 husband's accession	August 1501 husband lost Sweden	8 December 1521	Hans

Regent consorts

• 1501-1503: Ingeborg Tott (second time), wife of Regent Sten Sture the Elder, d.1507.
• 1504-1512: Mette Dyre, second wife of Svante, Regent of Sweden.
• 1512-1520: Christina Gyllenstierna, wife of Regent Sten Sture the Younger d.1559.

Queen consorts

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Attributed to the workshop of Pieter van Coninxloo (active 1479-1513) - Isabella of Austria (1501-1526) - RCIN 403466 - Royal Collection.jpg	Isabella of Austria <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Denmark"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Philip the Handsome (Habsburg)	18 July 1501	12 August 1515	1 November 1520 husband's accession	23 August 1521 husband lost Sweden	19 January 1526	Christian II

House of Vasa

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Catherine Ascania of Sweden.jpg	Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/>	Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania)	24 September 1513	24 September 1531		23 September 1535		Gustav I
File:Margaret of Sweden (1536) by Johan Baptista van Uther.jpg	Margaret Leijonhufvud <ref name="Wends">Also Queen consort of the Wends.</ref>	Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud (Leijonhufvud)	1 January 1516	1 October 1536		26 August 1551
File:Catherine of Sweden (1552) c 1565.jpg	Catherine Stenbock <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Gustaf Olofsson Stenbock (Stenbock)	22 July 1535	22 August 1552		29 September 1560 husband's death	13 December 1621
File:Elizabeth of Mecklenburg (1581) c 1581.jpg	Catherine "Karin" <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Måns	6 October 1550	13 July 1567 (unofficially) 4 July 1568 (officially)		January 1569 husband's deposition	13 September 1612	Erik XIV
File:Cranach the Younger Catherine Jagiellon.jpg	Catherine Jagiellon <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/><ref>Also Duchess of Finland</ref><ref name="Finland">Also Grand Duchess consort of Finland.</ref>	Sigismund I of Poland (Jagellon)	1 November 1526	4 October 1562	January 1569 husband's accession	16 September 1583		John III
File:Gunilla Bielke.jpg	Gunilla Johansdotter Bielke <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/><ref name="Finland"/>	Johan Axelsson Bielke, governor of Östergötland (Bielke)	25 June 1568	15 February 1585		17 November 1592 husband's death	19 July 1597
File:Kober, Martin - Portrait of Anna of Austria, Queen of Poland.JPG	Anne of Austria <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/><ref name="Finland"/><ref name="Poland">Also Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania.</ref>	Charles II, Archduke of Austria (Habsburg)	16 August 1573	31 May 1592	17 November 1592 husband's accession	10 February 1598		Sigismund III Vasa
File:Christina of Sweden (1573) c 1610.jpg	Christina of Holstein-Gottorp <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/><ref name="Finland"/><ref>Also Queen of Finns</ref>	Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (Holstein-Gottorp)	13 April 1573	8 July 1592	22 March 1604 husband's accession	30 October 1611 husband's death	8 December 1625	Charles IX
File:Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg.JPG	Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/><ref name="Finland"/>	John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	11 November 1599	25 November 1620		6 November 1632 husband's death	28 March 1655	Gustav II Adolph

House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Hedwig Eleanor of Sweden c 1655 by David von Krafft.jpg	Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/><ref name="Finland"/><ref name="Bremen-Verden">Also Duchess and Princess consort of Bremen-Verden.</ref>	Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (Holstein-Gottorp)	23 October 1636	24 October 1654		13 February 1660 husband's death	24 November 1715	Charles X Gustav
File:Ulrika Eleonora d.ä. 1656-1693, drottning av Sverige prinsessa av Danmark (Jacques D' Agar) - Nationalmuseum - 15106.tif	Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/><ref name="Finland"/><ref name="Bremen-Verden"/>	Frederick III of Denmark (Oldenburg)	11 September 1656	6 May 1680		26 July 1693		Charles XI
File:Fredrik av Hessen.jpg	Frederick of Hesse-Kassel	Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel)	18 April 1676	24 March 1715	5 December 1718 wife's accession	29 February 1720 wife's abdication, his own accession	25 March 1751	Ulrika Eleonora

House of Hesse

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Queen Ulrika Eleonora Of Sweden.jpg	Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Charles XI (Palatinate-Zweibrücken)	23 January 1688	24 March 1715	24 March 1720 husband's accession	24 November 1741		Frederick I

House of Holstein-Gottorp

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:LuiseUlrikevonPreußen01.jpg	Louisa Ulrika of Prussia <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Frederick William I of Prussia (Hohenzollern)	24 July 1720	18 August 1744	25 March 1751 husband's accession	12 February 1771 husband's death	16 July 1782	Adolf Frederick
File:Pilo Swedish Queen Consort.jpg	Sophia Magdalena of Denmark <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Frederick V of Denmark (Oldenburg)	3 July 1746	4 November 1766	12 February 1771 husband's accession	29 March 1792 husband's death	21 August 1813	Gustav III
File:Frederica of Sweden 1850 by Eric Bogislaus Skjöldebrand.jpg	Frederica of Baden <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Zähringen)	12 March 1781	31 October 1797		29 March 1809 husband's abdication	25 September 1826	Gustav IV Adolf
File:Charlotte of Sweden & Norway c 1809.jpg	Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (Holstein-Gottorp)	22 March 1759	7 July 1774	6 June 1809 husband's accession	5 February 1818 husband's death	20 June 1818	Charles XIII

House of Bernadotte

Picture	Coat of Arms	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
File:Desiree-Clary 1822.jpg	File:Armoiries de la reine Désirée.svg	Desideria <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Wends"/>	François Clary (Clary family)	8 November 1777	17 August 1798	5 February 1818 husband's accession	8 March 1844 husband's death	17 December 1860	Charles XIV John
File:Жозефина Лейхтенбергская, королева Швеции и Норвегии.jpg	File:Blason de la Reine Joséphine.svg	Josephine of Leuchtenberg <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Eugène de Beauharnais (Beauharnais)	14 March 1807	19 June 1823	8 March 1844 husband's accession	8 July 1859 husband's death	7 June 1876	Oscar I
File:Louise de Suède et de Norvège.jpg	File:Greater coat of arms of Queen Louise of Sweden.svg	Louise of the Netherlands <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (Orange-Nassau)	5 August 1828	19 June 1850	8 July 1859 husband's accession	30 March 1871		Charles XV
File:Sofia of Sweden (1857) c 1872 (2).jpg	File:Coat of arms of Queen Sophia (Sweden).svg	Sophia of Nassau <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau (Nassau-Weilburg)	9 July 1836	6 June 1857	18 September 1872 husband's accession	8 December 1907 husband's death	30 December 1913	Oscar II
File:Victoria of Sweden (1881) 1928 by Victor Roikjer.jpg	File:Greater coat of arms of Queen Victoria (Sweden).svg	Victoria of Baden <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (Zähringen)	7 August 1862	20 September 1881	8 December 1907 husband's accession	4 April 1930		Gustaf V
File:Drottlouise2.jpg	File:Greater coat of arms of Queen Louise (Sweden).svg	Louise Mountbatten <ref name="Goths"/><ref name="Geats"/><ref name="Wends"/>	Prince Louis of Battenberg (Battenberg)	13 July 1889	3 November 1923	29 October 1950 husband's accession	7 March 1965		Gustaf VI Adolf
File:Sílvia da Suécia (meio corpo).jpg	File:Greater coat of arms of Silvia, Queen of Sweden.svg	Silvia	Walther Sommerlath	23 December 1943	19 June 1976		Incumbent	-	Carl XVI Gustaf

Regents

Some Swedish consorts acted as regents for their husbands or children, and had seats in the governments. These were:

File:Ingiburga of Norway & Sweden seal.jpg

Duchess Ingeborg

• 1318–1326: Duchess Ingeborg, as widow of Prince Eric she was regent during the initial minority of her son.
• 1424–1430: Philippa of England, her husbands' representative in the country during the union.
• 1470–1497: Ingeborg Tott, (inconsistently during these years), during her husband's absence.
• 1504–1512: Mette Dyre, (inconsistently during these years) seat in the government during husband's absences.
• 1520–1520: Christina Gyllenstierna, regent and commander of Stockholm during the minority of her son.
• 1605–1605: Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, during the absence of her husband.
• 1611–1611: Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, as interim regent during the minority of her son.
• 1660–1672: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, during the minority of her son.
• 1697–1697: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, during the minority of her grandson.
• 1700–1713: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, during the absence of her grandson.
• 1731 and 1738: Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden, during the absence of her husband.

Queens regnant

This is a list of Swedish queens regnant:

• 1389–1412: Margaret I of Denmark
• 1632–1654: Christina of Sweden
• 1718–1720: Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (Queen consort 1720-1741)

See also

• List of Swedish monarchs
• List of Finnish consorts (c. 13th-century-1809)
• List of Danish consorts (1397–1520)
• List of Norwegian consorts (1814–1905)