Evening star., 1932-09-05
PRINCE PREPARES
HOME FOR BRIDE
Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
Takes Time Out to
Oversee Work.
BY the Associated Press.


STOCKHOLM, September 5.-Mem-
bers Of the Swedish royal family are
fond of an active, useful life, but one
young prince In particular Is very busy
these days
Prince Gustaf Adolf, eldest son of
the Crown Prince, is now finished with
| the formalities of his engagement to
| Princess Sibylle of Sachsen-C Coburg-
Gotha, and is getting ready to be mar
ried.
The popular young prince spends a
part Of each day supervising the re-
building of the old Castle Of Haga for
| his future home. With a motion pic
ture camera in his hand Che is inter-
ested in photography he walks through
the rooms, talking with architects,
contractors and workmen. He has his
own ideas as to what kind of a home
he wants and how the work should be
done.
The same energy has characterized
Prince Gustaf Adolf in his work as a
student of political science, and in his
activities as horseman and outdoor
| sportsman. He carries on a tradition
| that members of the Swedish royal
| family must contribute something def
mite and worthwhile to society.
Known as Workers.
How we'll the royal family does this
| is indicated by the long list of titles
which appear after the various names.
The Crown Prince of Sweden has for
some time had wide recognition as an
archeologist as well as a statesman.
He has encouraged archaeological re-
search in Sweden and in other coun-
tries.
Prince Wilhelm, former husband OF
| Grand Duchess Maria Pavlowna OF
Russia, is well known as an author
Lennart, who was married last Spring
to a commoner, Karin Nissvandt, Is
reported ready to follow a literary ca
reer also.
Then there is Prince Eugene. brother
Of the King, who is an artist of re-
nown and whose paintings have re-
ceived high praise in Paris. In the
famous new city hall in Stockholm
the mural decorations in the banquet
hall were created by Prince Eugene
who works steadily at his easel.
Another brother of the King, Prince
Oscar Bernadotte, Is interested in paci-
fist movements and is honorary chair
man of the Y. NJ c. A. in Sweden
DULL dIlOJIlcT UIOIIleT, FIlLCe CdIl,
head of the Swedish Red Cross, ano
during the war was especially active
in this work.
Interested in Theater.
Among the younger members Of the
royal family, there is Prince Sigvard
son of the Crown Prince, who is active
as a decorator and designer, with an
especial interest in the theater. Not
long ago he completed a set of illus-
trations for book about Hollywood.
At the head of this list there is 9
man who signs himself "Mr. c." when
he takes part in tennis tournament
in France. The King of Sweden, King
Gustaf v. Adolf, Is an ardent and eff
cient tennis player, a close student oi
the problems of the nation and lover
Of outdoor life. He plays tennis for
love of the game, and it has happened
not infrequently that a tennis player
] in a tournament has found himself
opposed by tall, wiry man, whom he
knows only as "Mr G."
The Swedish royal family as a whole
is descended from a family of old line
age which had its home in the little
mountain district of Bearn, in the Pyre-
nees. The earliest known ancestor Is
considered to be Jouandot Deu Pouey
who in 1915 married Germaine, called
De Bernadottee, who owned an estate
in the town pau known as Bernadotte.