Astrid Collection

Girls with Toy Train Set
Two little girls (Princesses Astrid and Ragnhild of Norway) playing with their toy train set

Queen Astrid of Belgium with Princess Martha
Queen Astrid (1905-1930) (right) with her elder sister Princess Martha of Sweden (19011954) (Crown Princess of Norway) at the Cinema Metropole, January 1934

King Leopold III of Belgium and Queen Astrid
King Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983) and Queen Astrid (formerly Princess Astrid of Sweden) (1905-1935) arriving at an official function. Queen Astrid tragically died in 1935 in a car accident

Norwegian Royal refugees
Crown Princess Martha of Norway (1901-1954), with her children Prince Harald, later King Harald V (b. 1937), Princess Ragnhild (1930-2012) and Princess Astrid (b. 1932), in exile in New York

Memorial Chapel Calvery, Dixmuide
This is a religious monument which is dedicated to all of the soldiers and civilians who died in the Great War. On 23 September 1928 it was solemnly blessed by the Bishop of Bruges in the presence of

Queen Astrid steamer on the Congo River
Page from The Sphere reporting on the steam Queen Astrid, one of the flagships of the Congo River. It was timber-burning and made two trips up river every month. Date: 1953

ASTRID / RAGNHILD / NORWAY
PRINCESS ASTRID Daughter of King Olaf V of Norway (left) with her sister Ragnhild (right) Date: 1932 -

Queen Astrid of Belgium & King Leopold III, Genoa
Queen Astrid of Belgium (1905-1935) and King Leopold III (1901-1983) (left) on board the Ship Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde at Genoa, Italy in January 1932

Queen Astrid of Belgium & King Leopold III, Memorial Service
Queen Astrid of Belgium & King Leopold III of Belgium at a Memorial Service for King Alexander I of Yugoslavia - October 1934. Date: 1934

Astrid of Sweden (1905 - 1935), Queen consort of the Belgiams as the first wife of King Leopold III. Date: 1935

Princess Astrid of Sweden & Leopold of Belgium - Engagement
The official engagement photograph (taken on 21st September 1926) of Princess Astrid of Sweden, born Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra (19051935) and the future King Leopold III of Belgium

King Leopold III of Belgium with his wife Astrid of Sweden, and their children, JosÚ░¿ine-Charlotte, Princess of Belgium, Baudouin, Duke of Brabant and Albert, Prince of LiÞºÑ

Princess Astrid of Sweden arrives in Belgium
Belgiums future Queen arrives in her new homeland, waving to her bridegroom from the deck of the Fylgia at Antwerp. The civil marriage of Princess Astrid of Sweden to the Crown Prince Leopold

Queen Maud of Norway with her granddaughters, Ragnhild (left) and Astrid, in 1937. Mauds only child, Crown Prince Olav, married Princess Martha of Sweden in 1929: Ragnhild

The Belgian-Swedish royal wedding
The civil marriage of the Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, and Princess Astrid, daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, and niece of the King of Sweden

Queen Astrid of Belgium with Leopold III
Astrid of Sweden (Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra of Sweden) (1905 - 1935) was the Queen consort of Leopold III of Belgium. Pictured departing Genoa for Indo-China (via Suez), 11th January 1932

Leopold III and Astrid
Leopold weds Astrid at the church of Sainte Gudule, Brussels

Astrid as Queen
Astrid with Leopold III who came to the throne in 1934

Astrid in Colonies
Astrid, wife of prince Leopold of Belgium (later king) visits Belgiums African colonies

Astrid Embraced
Astrid, Swedish princess and niece of king, arrives in Belgium in 1926 to marry prince Leopold, later Leopold III king of Belgium

Astrid as a Child
Astrid, later queen of the Belgians, as a child

Astrid Skis
Astrid skiing with Leopold III

Astrid and Prince
Astrid holds up her son, named prince de Liege, to the people of Liege

Astrid and Charity Work
Astrid performing an act of charity

Astrid and the Sick
Astrid visiting the sick

Astrid and Children
Astrid with her children

Astrid Mourned
After her fatal car accident, a memorial stone is erected at Kussnacht, on lake Lucerne, where the accident took place

Astrid Amid People
Astrid, wife of prince Leopold of Belgium (later king) is a popular princess

Queen Astrid
Astrid, queen of the Belgians

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