Editing Queen Silvia of Sweden (section)

==Father's Nazi links==

In July 2002, the Queen became the subject of international curiosity when an article published in the [[Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden|syndicalist]] newspaper ''[[Arbetaren]]'' reported that German state archives recorded that the Queen's father, [[Walther Sommerlath]], joined the Nazi party's foreign wing, the [[NSDAP/AO]], in 1934, when he was living in Brazil and working for a German steel company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/8174045/Swedish-queens-family-made-fortune-from-Jewish-factory-seized-by-Nazis.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/8174045/Swedish-queens-family-made-fortune-from-Jewish-factory-seized-by-Nazis.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Swedish queen's family 'made fortune from Jewish factory seized by Nazis'|author=Allan Hall in|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |language=en|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In December 2010, Queen Silvia wrote a letter of complaint to [[Jan Scherman]], the CEO of [[TV4 Sweden|TV4]], the network that had aired a documentary about her father's alleged Nazi past.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article8351962.ab|title=Silvia klagade på naziprogram – i brev till TV 4:s vd|newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]]|date=31 December 2010}}</ref>

Queen Silvia commissioned a report from World War II expert Erik Norberg, a choice that was criticised due to Norberg having ties to the royal family. In his report, Norberg said that the Queen's father had in fact helped the owner of the steel-fabrication plant, a Jewish businessperson, escape from Germany by taking over the factory.<ref>{{cite news|title=Swedish queen's report denies father had Nazi links|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14465851|work=[[BBC News]]|date=9 August 2011|access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref> In a December 2011 interview for Sweden's [[Public service broadcasting|public service]] broadcaster [[Sveriges Television]], Silvia called the media's handling of the information about her father "character assassination".<ref>''Åter med kungafamiljen'', SVT, 29 December 2011.</ref>

[[File:Michelle Obama and Silvia of Sweden.jpg|alt=First Lady Michelle Obama and Queen Silvia of Sweden meet in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House.|thumb|First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] and Queen Silvia meet in the [[Yellow Oval Room]] in 2009.]]