Queen Sophia of Sweden's Nine Prong Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made using an older diamond hair comb and in 1976/1977, Queen Silvia had the frame of the tiara remade.  It is part of the Bernadotte Family Foundation.

Queen Sophia

Queen Sophia

Materials: diamonds

Queen Louise

Queen Silvia

Provenance:

1. Queen Sophia of Sweden née Princess of Nassau
2. Queen Victoria of Sweden née Princess of Baden; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1913
3. Queen Louise of Sweden née Lady Louise Mountbatten; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1923 marriage to King Gustaf VI Adolf
4. Princess Sibylla of Sweden née Princess of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; inherited in 1965 from her step-mother-in-law
5. Queen Silvia of Sweden née Sommerlath; inherited by her husband, King Carl XVI Gustaf, in 1972 from his mother and given to her after their 1976 marriage

Queen Silvia

Queen Silvia

Other Wearers:

• Princess Margaretha of Sweden
• Princess Birgitta of Sweden
• Princess Christina of Sweden
• Princess Lilian of Sweden

Queen Louise

Princess Christina

Princess Margaretha

Questions:

• When was this tiara created?
• Which jeweler created this tiara?

Princess Birgitta

Queen Silvia

Princess Lilian

Links:

• Trond Norén Isaksen - Queen Sophia's Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Nine Prong Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Sofia's Tiara
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - The Nine Prong Tiara
• Tesouras & Tiaras - Queen Sophie's Diamond Tiara
• All Things Royal - De Negentand Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Tiara de las Nueve Puntas

Photos: Kungliga Smycken/Swedish Royal Court