Marianne Lindberg

Marianne Bernadotte
Bernadotte attending a royal wedding in Stockholm in June 2013
Born	Gullan Marianne Lindberg (1924-07-15) 15 July 1924 (age 93) Helsingborg, Sweden
Title	Countess of Wisborg
Spouse(s)	Gabriel Tchang Sigvard Bernadotte (m. 1961; d. 2002)
Children	Robert Gabriel Tchang Richard Antoine Tchang Marie Gabrielle Tchang
Parent(s)	Helge Lindberg Thyra Dahlman

Gullan Marianne Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg (née Lindberg; 15 July 1924), also known as Princess Marianne Bernadotte, is a Swedish actress and philanthropist who in 1961 married Sigvard Bernadotte, the second son of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Since the death of Gunnila Bernadotte in 2016, she (by marriage) is the last to survive of the aunts and uncles of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Bernadotte has been noted for her work supporting causes such as dyslexia, physical disabilities, and children's eye care and as a patron of the arts.

Having performed in her teens at a noted open-air theatre (Fredriksdalsteatern) in her home town, Bernadotte tried out for and was accepted by The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school Dramatens elevskola and did their full drama course 1945-1948. Between semesters she worked as a bus hostess on tours to Germany and France. After finishing her education, she was employed as actress Marianne Lindberg at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm for eleven years, preferring challenging parts over glamorous ones. For her first of 25 parts on that stage, selected to act there as their only graduate that year, she played Annie in the Swedish version of Life With Father. Her directors included Olof Molander, Alf Sjöberg, Ingmar Bergman, Mimi Pollak and Göran Gentele, and some of the actors in her plays were Jarl Kulle, Inga Tidblad and Mai Zetterling. She also was in the motion picture Kulla Gulla in 1956 with Hugo Björne and appeared in two plays on Swedish television in 1957 and 1959. In her 1986 memoir she described her acting experience, writing for example: