Marriage and children
Désirée's engagement to Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld, (1934–2017) was announced on 18 December 1963, and the couple married on 5 June 1964 in Storkyrkan in Stockholm. As a result of her non-royal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and her position as a princess of Sweden, but was given the courtesy Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld by the King. Under the Swedish constitution of that time, she, as a woman, and her descendants were not eligible to inherit the throne, and when this was later changed to absolute primogeniture the right of succession was limited to the descendants of her brother, King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Désirée wore the same ivory satin wedding gown that her older sister, Princess Birgitta, had worn in 1961. The gown, made by the Swedish fashion atelier Marthaskolan, featured a rounded neckline, three-quarter length sleeves, a full skirt, and a long train. She complemented the gown with the Swedish Royal Family's Cameo Tiara, a historic piece that entered the Swedish royal collection via Queen Josephine of Sweden and Norway. Princess Désirée also wore a lace veil that had belonged to her grandmother, Princess Margaret of Connaught.
Désirée and her husband had three children:
Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (born 22 March 1965 in Gothenburg), married Maria Gunilla Fredriksson (born 12 April 1965 in Malmö) in 2005 and has one daughter.
Baroness Christina Louise Ewa Madeleine Silfverschiöld (born 29 September 1966 in Gothenburg), married Baron Hans Louis Gerard de Geer af Finspång (born 26 January 1963 in Stockholm) in 1999 and has three children.
Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (born 20 September 1968 in Gothenburg), who served as bridesmaid at the 1976 weddings of her uncle King Carl XVI Gustaf and granduncle Prince Bertil. In her relationship with Fredrik Dieterle she has one son.
Following her marriage, Désirée lived in the Silfverschiöld family's home at Koberg Castle and at Gåsevadholm Castle in Halland. She was the godmother of her niece, Crown Princess Victoria.
