Pregnant Princess Sofia of Sweden Says of Milestone 40th Birthday Plans ‘A Bigger Birthday Party Will Wait a Little Bit’

Mar. 15, 2025

Princess Sofia of Sweden attends the royal banquet to honour the laureates of the Nobel Prize 2019 following the Award ceremony on Dec. 10, 2022.Photo: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty

Princess Sofiaof Sweden is celebrating a milestone birthday this week.

The royal — who is currently pregnant with her fourth child with husbandPrince Carl Philip— will turn 40 on Friday, Dec. 6, and toldVogue Scandinaviathat being so late in her pregnancy will thwart any plans she might have had for a big bash to ring in the new decade of her life. (Sofia and Carl Philip announced on Sept. 2 that she is due in February 2025.)

Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip at the King’s Dinner for Nobel Laureates at the Royal Palace on Dec. 11, 2023.Jonas Ekströmer/TT/Shutterstock

Jonas Ekströmer/TT/Shutterstock

“I’m going to be quite highly pregnant,” Sofia said in the video interview. “So, I think a bigger birthday party will wait a little bit. So probably just with my closest friends and family.”

That said, she added, “I would not change where I am at all. I’m in a very happy place in life.”

Sofia, who married Carl Philip in 2015, is already mother toPrince Alexander,8,Prince Gabriel, 7, andPrince Julian, 3. In addition to being personally fulfilled, Sofia toldVogue Scandinaviathat she is also fulfilled through her professional life and royal duties.

“In a world that can feel quite dark, I know a lot of amazing things are happening,” she said. “I can completely understand that sometimes it doesn’t feel like the world is going forward, but it does.”

Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden attend a ceremony in connection with the opening of the Swedish Parliament’s fall session on Sept. 10, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.Michael Campanella/Getty

Michael Campanella/Getty

Prince Carl Philip said he saw the decision as “positive” for his children, adding that it would allow his children to “have freer choices in life.”

“They will retain their prince titles and their duchies, Södermanland and Dalarna, which we value and are proud of,” he added. “Our family has strong connections to both landscapes and we maintain our commitment there.”

Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden attend the Symposium “Ctrl+Rights For Increased Safety On The Net” at SPACE Stockholm on Feb. 6, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.Michael Campanella/Getty

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While Carl Philip and Sofia typically keep their family life private, they candidly spoke about how they juggled parenting with royal duties in a 2017 interview with Swedish magazineKupé(perHello!). Carl Philip joked that their home was “chaos,” and they were getting used to “diaper changes and sleepless nights.”

Sofia added, “We try to create as much family time as possible in the evenings, with bathing and getting a routine. But ask me again in a few months. We have had small glimpses that it’s tougher with two. But there is also twice as much love.”

source: people.com