Editing Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (section)

==Public role==
[[Image:Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland.jpg|thumb|upright|Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland in mourning, 1900s]]
The marriage was popular because she was the granddaughter of the popular king Charles XV of Sweden and IV of Norway, and she was a personal success in Sweden. It was said of her, that of all foreign princesses married into the Swedish royal house, she was perhaps the one best suited to be Queen consort of Sweden,<ref>Staffan Skott: Alla dessa Bernadottar (All of the Bernadottes) (1996) (In Swedish)</ref> and for the first ten years in Sweden, she almost was: from 1897 until 1907, [[Sofia of Nassau|Queen Sophia]] seldom attended public events and [[Victoria of Baden|Crown Princess Victoria]] spent most of her time abroad for health reasons, Princess Ingeborg was thereby given more public duties, unofficially performing much of the role associated with the [[queen consort]] at the Swedish court.<ref name="ReferenceB">Ingeborg C C F L, urn:sbl:11950, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Ragnar Amenius), hämtad 27 February 2015.</ref> She is perceived as having performed her representational duties with a combination of dignity and easygoing friendliness, and as attracting a social circle with her wit.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
Her sister-in-law, Crown Princess Victoria, however, did not approve of her informality and once remarked: "One does not enter the chamber of the Crown Princess of Sweden without knocking, even if one is Princess Ingeborg."<ref>Heribert Jansson (1963). Drottning Victoria. Stockholm: Hökerbergs bokförlag</ref>

Ingeborg was interested in sports, especially [[ice skating]], and at the automobile exhibition of Stockholm in 1903, she and [[Gustaf V of Sweden|the Crown Prince, Gustav]], made a spontaneous demonstration trip in a car from [[Scania]]. In 1908, she accompanied her husband's nephew [[Prince Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland|Prince William]] to his wedding with her paternal first cousin once removed [[Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958)|Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna]] in Russia.