Kristine Riverlsrud, the daughter of an agricultural worker, was born in Norway in 1932.[1] In 1961, Prince Carl Bernadotte divorced his second wife, Ann Larsson.[1] In the wake of the divorce, Prince Bernadotte became romantically involved with Riverlsrud, who was working at the time as a domestic servant for his niece, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen.[1] and whom he first met while visiting Lorentzen as a house guest.[1] Prince Bernadotte married Miss Rivelsrud in 1978 at a ceremony held at the Embassy of Sweden in Rabat, Morocco.[1] The couple, who had no children, remained together until his death on 27 June 2003.[1] She was a frequent guest of King Harald V of Norway and Queen Sonja of Norway and maintained a close relationship with the Norwegian royal family,[2] which descends from Carl Bernadotte's sister Princess Märtha of Sweden. Those siblings were first cousins of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, the grandfather and immediate predecessor of the current Swedish king.
