Sonja Bernadotte

She managed the Mainau estate on Lake Constance in southern Germany which her husband purchased in 1951 from his father.

[1][2] After the death of the Count in 2004, Sonja Bernadotte became head of the foundation that organizes Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau,[3] a scientific conference held yearly in Lindau, inviting Nobel prize winners interact with young researchers from all over the world.

In 1969, Sonja met her future husband Count Lennart Bernadotte of Wisborg whilst she was working as his personal assistant.

[citation needed] According to her husband's memoirs Sonja Bernadotte would not allow anyone to address them as a prince or princess.

Sonja Bernadotte died of breast cancer in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, aged 64.