Walther Sommerlath
| Walther Sommerlath | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Carl August Walther Sommerlath 22 January 1901 Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany |
| Died | 21 October 1990 (aged 89) Heidelberg, Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Soares de Toledo |
| Children | Ralf Sommerlath Walther Ludwig Sommerlath Hans Jörg Sommerlath Silvia, Queen of Sweden |
| Relatives | Louis Carl Moritz Sommerlath (father) Erna Sophie Christine Waldau (mother) |
Carl August Walther Sommerlath (22 January 1901 – 21 October 1990) was a German businessman and the father of Queen Silvia of Sweden. He was president of the Brazilian subsidiary of the Swedish steel-parts manufacturer Uddeholm Tooling after World War II.
He was born and raised in Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany). His parents were Louis Carl Moritz Sommerlath (1860–1930), who was born in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, and was from an armigerous family of the German Bourgeoisie, and his wife Erna Sophie Christine Waldau (1864–1944). In the mid-1920s, Walther Sommerlath moved to São Paulo, Brazil where he worked for the steel company Acus Roechling Boulerus do Brasil, a subsidiary in the German steel group Roechling.
On 10 December 1925, Sommerlath married the Brazilian Alice Soares de Toledo (1906–1997), in Santa Cecília, São Paulo. She was the daughter of Arthur Floriano de Toledo and his wife Elisa de Novaes Soares. The couple had four children:
In 1938, Walther Sommerlath left Brazil and returned to Heidelberg. In 1939 he moved to the German capital Berlin. Between 1939 and 1943, Sommerlath ran a company in Berlin that was seized from its Jewish owners by the Nazis. The company manufactured arms to be used in the War. In 1943, Sommerlath’s plant was destroyed by allied bombs. Later that year, the Sommerlath family returned to Heidelberg.
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