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Marianne Bernadotte

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Marianne Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg (née Lindberg, born 15 July 1924 in Helsingborg, Sweden), was the wife of the Swedish prince Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland, the second son of Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught.

Marianne had two children from her first marriage with Gabriel Tchang, a son of a Chinese Minister in Stockholm.

Professional life

Marianne studied at The Royal Dramatic Theatre Acting School Dramatens elevskola 1945-1948. After finishing her education, she was an actress at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

Marianne is honorary chairman of The Swedish Dylexia Foundation and the honorary president of The International Rodin Remediation Academy. On her initiative, The Sigvard and Marianne Bernadotte Research Foundation was set up in 1989 for juvenile eye care. Marianne took a similar initiative in establishing an international foundation in New York. At Karolinska Institutet she created the Sigvard and Marianne Bernadotte Research Laboratories of Pediatric Ophthalmology. In 1998, Marianne Bernadotte was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Medicine by the dishinguished Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

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