![]() ![]() Īs a child, Märtha was taught at home by private tutors and completed in-depth courses in childcare and first aid. Märtha grew up as being much more confident and outgoing and as the daughter most admired by her mother. Märtha had an elder sister, Princess Margaretha of Denmark, a younger sister, Queen Astrid of the Belgians, and a younger brother, Prince Carl Bernadotte. ![]() Her father was the younger brother of King Gustav V of Sweden, making her a first cousin twice removed of the present King of Sweden, and her mother was the younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark and of King Haakon VII of Norway. Märtha was born at her parents' home of Arvfurstens Palats in Stockholm on 28 March 1901, the second child of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, and his wife Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Märtha (right) with her mother and sisters ![]()
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