Before her 40th birthday

Princess Sofia in a dream gown on the cover of “Vogue”

Princess Sofia of Sweden has created a magical surprise shortly before her 40th birthday on 6 December: she was photographed in a dream dress for the cover of the Scandinavian magazine "Vogue" and gives a private insight into her life as a member of the royal family in an interview.

For the cover shoot, Sofia slipped into a dress worthy of a princess: a dark blue gown by designer Camilla Thulin with a voluminous skirt and lace details running down the entire front of the dress.

Photo shoot in her home parish
The 39-year-old was photographed in front of a barn while walking through tall grass. Her gaze is directed towards the camera, her lips curled in a smile.

The pictures were taken in the village of Älvdalen in Sweden - the home parish of the wife of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden.

In other pictures taken by photographer Hasse Nielsen, who has already photographed the Danish royals, Sofia also wears a white sequined outfit and another royal blue dress with an extra-long train.

Sofia with a baby bump in front of the camera
Incidentally, Sofia was already pregnant with her fourth child at the time of the shoot, even though there is not much evidence of a baby bump in the photos.

In an interview with Vogue, the princess joked: "When the photos appear, I'll probably be heavily pregnant."

Sofia also remembers her first meeting with her husband Prince Carl Philip during a week of tennis in Badstad, Sweden. "He seemed very modest," she recalls. "He had these big, brown, very, very kind eyes."