We had already seen had a month ago, stirring in the womb, at the last public appearance of Victoria outside of Haga Palace. This time, he is definitely there. Crown Princess Victoria, 38, gave birth this Wednesday, March 2 with her second child - a boy. It was Prince Consort Daniel, her husband and proud father, who himself announced the happy news at a press conference at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, where Victoria gave birth to the little boy, named Oscar.
"Victoria and child  are going very well," said Daniel during his press conference, during which the prince said the little boy was born Wednesday, March 2 at 8:28 p.m., and weighed 3.7 kg to 55 centimeters. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel were already parents of a daughter, Princess Estelle, which just celebrated its fourth anniversary on 23 February.
"We asked the respect of our privacy there four years, and I think you did it so I wanted to say a big thank you for that." Victoria's husband said, before confiding: "I still have not even had time to realize what it is like to be a father of two. But so far, that's great!"
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The little one first name was revealed after the birth, Thursday, March 3, by his grandfather King Carl XVI Gustaf at a special board at the Royal Palace in Stockholm broadcast live on public radio SR: "On the call Oscar. " His full name Prince Carl Olof Oscar of Sweden, the child will also take the title of Duke of Skåne, named for the southern region of Sweden. Skaneland or Skanelandene is a region in the south of Scandinavian peninsula. This region includes Swedish provinces like Blekinge, Halland and Scania and Danish island Bornholm.
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The Royal Palace released at the same time, a first picture taken on the maternity ward at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm: it shows Princess Victoria of Sweden, accompanied by the little Estelle, and Prince Daniel holding the basket in which find the little boy. We do not distinguish the face of the newborn, who has already returned home with his parents and sister.






































The boy is third in line of succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Sweden - after his mother Crown Princess and her elder sister Estelle. The little prince will not pass before her sister under the 1980 law on succession that allowed his mother to keep Victoria, as eldest daughter, as heir instead.

The second pregnancy Victoria of Sweden was announced on social networks, on 4 September 2015. The Crown Princess, which works more with herfather the king, continued to assume her royal responsibilities until last February. Crown Princess Victoria paid his last outing on February 10 to deliver the "Global Change Award" at a ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall, during which a camera of "Expressen" has managed to capture the baby's movements in the womb.

The year 2015 was full of happy events for King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia: the marriage of their son Prince Carl Philip with Sofia Hellqvist, 13 June 2015; and the birth of the second child of their daughter Princess Madeleine, Prince Nicolas, two days later, on June 15 The year 2016 should be as well: after the birth of the boy of their eldest daughter Victoria on Wednesday, the King and Queen will soon become grandparents for the fifth time, with the birth of the first child of Carl Philip and Sofia, expected in April.

 Always connected, Princess Madeleine was the first to broadcast a message on her Facebook page, from the Karolinska same: "Congratulations to my sister Victoria and Daniel for the birth of their son was born today 8:28 p.m., here in Stockholm! "

Meanwhile, The family sent their wishes to the Crown Princess and Princess Estelle.
King and Queen's congratulations to Crown Princess - Crown Princess We share the great happiness and Princess Estelle pleasure to welcome her little brother to the family. We wish the family a wonderful time in peace and quiet and we very much look forward to seeing our grandchildren.
 Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia's wishes - with great warmth and love we wish Victoria and Daniel's son, welcome to the family. We look forward with joy to the cousin crowd is growing and that they continue to have each other. We look forward to seeing the new family member!
 Princess Madeleine and Mr. Christopher O'Neill - We are so happy for Victoria, Daniel, and Estelle's sake and for our new family member! Both Leonore and Nicolas look forward to meeting their new cousin, and we wish him a warm welcome to the family.
 Olle and Ewa Westling's wishes - we feel great joy today when the Crown Princess, and our son gave birth to their second child and Estelle's long awaited sibling. We wish them the best of luck to the new family member and we will support and help, as grandparents.
 Anna Westling Söderström, Prince Daniel's sister, the family wishes - It is with great pleasure that we welcome in the family another baby. It is so good to Estelle had a sibling and Crown Princess, and my brother is now parents of two. It will be fantastic to follow Estelle and her little brother's sibling relationship. My daughters are thrilled that they've got a cousin.

On the occasion of his birth, a cabinet meeting was held at the Royal Palace on March 3 with his grandfather King Cal XVI Gustaf as head who stated that the name given to the Prince is Oscar Carl Olof and informed the cabinet that the Prince has been appointed as the Duke of Scania(Skåne). A proud uncle and soon to be father Prince Carl-Philip attended the Cabinet meeting. During the meeting His Majesty was heard to have said that he is the last family member to have met the prince as he has a cold and joke about meeting him from a distance. The Last Duke of Skåne was the little Prince Oscar's great great grand father King Gustaf Adolf

When a royal birth happens, a Witness Decleration meeting is held simultaneously at the Royal Palace according to the customs. At the meeting held because of the birth of Prince Carl Olof Oscar, the witnesses were Speaker Urban Ahlin, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Marshal of the Realm Svante Lindqvist, and Mistress of the Robes Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke, obstetricians Lennart Nordstrom and midwife Cecilia Lind were witnesses. Photo: Kungahuset.se

























Later in the afternoon, The Royal Chapel  in Stockholm held a Te Deum service in honor of the birth newborn Prince Oscar Carl Olof, Duke of Skane.  Dad and elder sister Crown Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle, together with grandparents King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia as well as Olle and Ewa Westling were present. Aunts and Uncles Princess Madeleine, Christopher O'Neill, Anna Westling Söderström, Prince Carl Philip and a very pregnant Princess Sofia were in attendance. Other family members present were Folke Bernadotte, Princess Christina Mrs. Magnuson,(The Te Deum is an early Christian hymn of praise. (Latin: God, We Praise You), Latin hymn to God the Father and Christ the Son, traditionally sung on occasions of public rejoicing.)