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It's the same in Russia, to some extent (Catharine the Great). Though the initial lineage of Tsars were descendants of the Swedish invaders. Some Germans still managed to get mixed in there, lol.
You wish ( that they "got mixed in there.") Heck no, they completely took over.
See? This is the historic moment when a *Scandinavian* kills his son in the fit of rage - a son who was meant to replace him on a throne. ( Must be something in the water.)
The younger son who replaced the unbalanced parent was not fit for a job and died without leaving any heirs. The *Scandies* were done and over with and were replaced by Romanov's dynasty, who were supposedly Russians. But only supposedly, because technically speaking the last male of this dynasty died already in 1730, but lo and behold - the house of Hollstein-Gottorp figured out that they could fit nicely into the surroundings passing for "Romanoffs" and there you have it.
In Europe, except in Liechtenstein, the royal family have no power and is only here for the folklore. So in general people enjoy them, especially in scandinavian country.
In spain, there was some scandals so they are a bit less apreciate. And because there are strong independant movement.
The pretender to the french throne has a drop of swedish blood.
And the founder of the current Swedish dynasty was French. It's fun how patriotism and nationalism was not so much a thing back in the time.
edit. and after a quick search, it looks like the Swedish king have zero Swedish blood.. Mostly German, then French, Austrian, Dutch, Italian.. but nothing related to Scandinavia. Wierd.
And the founder of the current Swedish dynasty was French. It's fun how patriotism and nationalism was not so much a thing back in the time.
edit. and after a quick search, it looks like the Swedish king have zero Swedish blood.. Mostly German, then French, Austrian, Dutch, Italian.. but nothing related to Scandinavia. Wierd.
Though the Bernadotte dynasty was created after the humiliating loss of Finland, most of Carl XVI's paternal ancestors are Swedish. Their ancestors were again foreigners, but that was pretty common in European monarchies. Elizabeth's ancestors are also pretty foreign, she is also from the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, I think?
And the founder of the current Swedish dynasty was French. It's fun how patriotism and nationalism was not so much a thing back in the time.
edit. and after a quick search, it looks like the Swedish king have zero Swedish blood.. Mostly German, then French, Austrian, Dutch, Italian.. but nothing related to Scandinavia. Wierd.
The king born and raise in Sweden. He speak swedish and have a swedish education. I don't beleive it's a big deal.
And the founder of the current Swedish dynasty was French. It's fun how patriotism and nationalism was not so much a thing back in the time.
edit. and after a quick search, it looks like the Swedish king have zero Swedish blood.. Mostly German, then French, Austrian, Dutch, Italian.. but nothing related to Scandinavia. Wierd.
He is related to the Vasa dynasty, so there is at least one drop of swedish blood.
There are monarchists people, they support the king no matter what they do. Plus, the king in Spain is view as a PR man, he sign contracts, attends useless summits, just like the Caudillo but in make believe.
There's also the nobility, but if a title has no "holdings" it's just a piece of paper that could serve you for triffle things like being a diplomat, and serving at some board as a token.
Kingship in Norway was never of the extended dynastic sort. Early on, every farmer was a king, his kingdom extending to the edge of his fields (and if you could scare off a troll he would give his daughter's hand in marriage and half his kingdom.)
Then in the late viking times, whichever farmer could intimidate the rest of the farmers enough to become Christian became king. If you refused to become intimidated or otherwise didn't like the king, you could always flee to Iceland.
Well, I do not know about that. 872 is pretty far back.
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Though the Bernadotte dynasty was created after the humiliating loss of Finland, most of Carl XVI's paternal ancestors are Swedish. Their ancestors were again foreigners, but that was pretty common in European monarchies. Elizabeth's ancestors are also pretty foreign, she is also from the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, I think?
