Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson

Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, (Christina Louise Helena, born 3 August 1943) is a member of the Swedish royal family.

She is the fourth child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the youngest of the four older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf.

She generally uses the name Christina Magnuson.

Christina was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm as the fourth child and youngest daughter of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

She is the granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

She met her future husband, Tord Magnuson, at a lunch in Stockholm in 1961.

Her engagement to Magnuson was announced on 1 February 1974.

The couple married on 15 June 1974 in the Palace Church of the Royal Palace of Stockholm.

The couple have three sons: Carl Gustaf Victor (b. 1975), Tord Oscar Frederik (born 1977) and Victor Edmund Lennart (born 1980).

Christina Magnuson chaired the Swedish Red Cross for nine years, and through her friendship with Kjerstin Dellert for many years has been chairman of the Ulriksdal Palace theatre's friendship society.

In January 2023, the princess was seen and heard commenting extensively throughout a two-part documentary broadcast by Sweden's national public service Sveriges Television about the last three kings of Sweden: her brother, grandfather and great-grandfather.

The princess has publicly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine calling it unacceptable and accusing Russia of committing war crimes.

In October 2016, it was announced that Magnuson has been diagnosed with chronic leukemia.

It was later made known that she had been cured following stem cell treatment.