Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld

Baron Niels-August Otto Carl Nicolas Silfverschiöld KVO (31 May 1934 – 11 April 2017) was a Swedish aristocrat and landowner.

[1] Silfverschiöld graduated in 1954 and became a reserve officer in the Swedish Army in 1956, serving as a captain in the Life Guard Dragoons.

[5] They had three children: In 1966, his wife's grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf, appointed him a Commander of the Royal Order of Vasa (KVO).

The Silfverschiölds maintained a low profile but attended major royal events in a semi-official capacity.

[7] As a friherre (baron) in the Swedish nobility, Silfverschiöld was entitled to the honorific Högvälboren (High Well-born).

Koberg Castle, c. 1960
Silfverschiöld and Princess Désirée on their wedding day, 5 June 1964
Silfverschiöld and Princess Désirée at the wedding of their niece, Princess Madeleine , 8 June 2013