Pastry chef My Feldt got a real shock when she received a call with an unusual request.
Queen Silvia wanted to help with the Christmas baking – and came to visit the patisserie shortly afterwards.
– At first we thought it was a joke, says My Feldt in Efter fem.
When My Feldt, who owns a patisserie in Halmstad, received a call with a request for a private baking course before Christmas, she initially said no. She didn’t have time to do it now at Christmas time.
But when the caller hinted that there would be a royal visit, she quickly changed her mind, which Hallandsposten was the first to report on.
– They then said that it was the queen who was coming. Then you say yes, says My Feldt in Efter fems Sverigesvepet.
The Queen, who turns 80 on Saturday, was in the area on private business and chose to stop by.
– I got so stressed and was about to pee on myself. We were super nervous. We thought it was a joke at first.
“She has talent”
And Queen Silvia was happy to help with the Christmas baking. My says that the queen was nice, warm and curious about the patisserie’s history.
– She has talent. We baked both sourdough bread and fluffy cats. She thought it was fun to have her hands in the dough, she says and adds:
– She was very interested in what we were doing.
The buns made by the queen were then sold in the bakery, without the guests knowing that they were baked by royal hands.
– It was a feeling of unreality. A chance you only get once in a lifetime, says My.
Facts: Queen Silvia
Born: December 23, 1943 in Heidelberg, Germany, youngest child of director Walther Sommerlath and his Brazilian wife Alice, née Soares de Toledo. Of the three older brothers, only the oldest, Ralph Sommerlath, 94, is still alive. The family lived in the years 1947–1957 in São Paulo in Brazil where Walther Sommerlath worked for Swedish Uddeholm.
Education: Graduated in Düsseldorf in 1963 and then trained as an interpreter in Munich with qualifications in Spanish. Worked for a time at the Argentine consulate in Munich and during the years 1971–1973 was responsible for training the Olympic hostesses at the Summer Olympics in Munich. In 1973, she became Deputy Head of Protocol in the Organizing Committee for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Family: Married on 19 June 1976 to King Carl XVI Gustaf and thus became Queen of Sweden. Mother of Crown Princess Victoria, born in 1977, Prince Carl Philip, born in 1979, and Princess Madeleine, born in 1982. Has eight grandchildren.
Founder of: World Childhood Foundation, which works against violence and sexual abuse of children, Silviahemmet, which trains healthcare professionals in dementia, and Mentor, which tries to give young people adult role models as support.
Facts: TT
Stream After five on TV4 Play
Swedish current affairs program where we get to meet interesting guests and get updated on the most engaging news of the day.