Skinnarbøl
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Skinnarbøl is a manor house and estate in Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet ounty, Norway. It is located east of the city of Kongsvinger and east of the lake Vingersjøen, just north of the Europea
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Sophia of Nassau
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Sophia of Nassau, also Sofia, was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar II. She was Queen of Sweden for 35 years, longer than anyone before her, and the longest-serving queen until 2011
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…lit. 'The Border Palace'), was completed in 1849 and is decorated in Empire style. The manor was frequently used by King Oscar II and his wife Queen Sophia between 1892 and 1905. Queen Sophia's poor health often required her to use a wheelchair and she became particularly fond of the estate, as the manor…
Formal portrait, c. 1884
Prince Oscar and Princess Sophia at the time of their marriage in 1857
A photograph of Crown Princess Sofia of Sweden with her husband, Crown Prince Oscar and their sons (Gustaf, Oscar Bernadotte, Carl and Eugén), 1865.
Sofia at Oscar's and her coronation, wearing the Queen's Crown