A sovereign state in Scandinavia
Principality of Swedenborg
Enclaved in the south-east of Norway and open to the Skagerrak, the Principality of Swedenborg is an independent, Catholic and maritime state, bound by history both to France and to its Nordic neighbours.
The princely flag
The princely flag
Or, an eagle displayed sable, armed, beaked and langued gules, charged on the breast with an escutcheon gules a lion rampant or.
A brief history
The Principality was founded by Eric I, whose resolve gave the country its name and its first institutions. Chroniclers then remember Eric II, who defended the land against the invader; Eric III, whose wisdom kept the inner peace; and Eric IV, who lives on in popular memory as Eric the Well-Beloved.
In the twentieth century the House of Jansen holds the throne. Prince Carl and the Good Princess leave an heir, Eric, born in Swedenborg on 13 June 1922. After the death of his uncle Sven III on 26 August 1936, the young prince accedes. He is proclaimed Eric V on 1 January 1937, following a referendum of emancipation that confirms the people’s trust.
A neutral state of Northern Europe, Swedenborg lives by the sea — by fishing, husbandry and a measured trade through its two ports, Solsoeneur and Heligrays. In peacetime the princes serve in the Norwegian navy; an older treaty also binds them to France, whose language is, with Norwegian, an official language of the Crown.
Halsenoey
Solsoeneur
Saint-Olaf