Actress, Cultural Scientist and Honorary Doctor

Indeed, no formal introduction is really needed for Marianne Bernadotte – actress, cultural scientist, and Honorary Doctor – who in 1961 married the late Prince Sigvard Bernadotte, internationally renowned Swedish designer and second son of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

Marianne Bernadotte has long been an important public figure in Sweden and abroad, noted for her work supporting a number of important causes such as dyslexia, physical disabilities, and children’s eye care and as a dedicated patron of the arts.

As founder of The Sigvard & Marianne Bernadotte Research Foundation for Children’s Eye care, The International Research Foundation for Children’s Eye care Inc., The Marianne Bernadotte Scholarship Fund for Prominent Dyslexia Research and Education, and The Marianne & Sigvard Bernadotte Arts Fund, among other civic commitments, she is extremely active in her support and encouragement of public and voluntary service. Marianne Bernadotte was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Karolinska Institute in 1998 for her commitment to research in dyslexia and child ophthalmology and an Honorary Doctorate by the Bologna University Institute of Psychology in recognition of her contribution to dyslexia research in 2006.