A 21-gun salute resounded on Friday over Stockholm, marking the birth of a baby girl to Swedish Princess Madeleine, the youngest daughter of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia.
The baby girl was born late Thursday in New York and mother and newborn were both well, said the marshal of the realm earlier.
The king and queen expressed their joy and best wishes as did Madeleine's siblings Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Carl Philip, and many others on the royal palace's Facebook page.
The king and queen flew to New York to visit the new member of the royal family on Friday, and her parents - Madeleine and her husband Christopher O'Neill, a New York banker who has dual American-British citizenship. The couple married in June in Stockholm.
O'Neill was present at the birth that took place at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, the palace said.
The couple live in New York where Madeleine works for the nonprofit World Childhood Foundation, founded by her mother, Queen Silvia.
The name of the newborn and her title will be announced after the king meets the cabinet, next week. A thanksgiving service is due March 3 in the Royal Chapel.
The newborn is the king and queen's second grandchild. Madeleine's sister, Crown Princess Victoria's daughter Estelle turns two on Sunday, and is "very curious about her new cousin," her parents said in their Facebook greeting.
