The Swedish royal family receives almost SEK 150 million of taxpayers' money annually.

Half of it goes roughly to the operation of the castles and the rest to what is called the royal apanaget, ie last year about 74 million kroner.

How much goes directly to the royalties has previously been secret, but in the annual report for 2021 it is clearer how much goes to each one in what is called the framework amount, SEK 13.6 million of the 74 million large appanage

Mostly to the king and queen

The King and Queen received SEK 8 million, Crown Princess Victoria's family received SEK 4.5 million and Prince Carl Philips' family SEK 1.1 million.

That the children do not get as much, Princess Madeleine also gets nothing at all, has its reasons.

- This is because they have completely different roles, and what costs are compatible with these roles.

Otherwise, it may be said that in an ordinary family, the children should receive the same amount of money, but that is not the case here, says the court's chief financial officer Jan Lindman.

He describes this money as additional costs of a private nature that they have in the extension of their mission.

It is largely a matter of, in the absence of an ordinary salary, paying for one's everyday life, albeit a financially more luxurious everyday life than for the average man.

It can be part of their housing costs, on Drottningholm and Haga, but also clothes for official representation.

- And you understand immediately that there are higher costs for the ladies than for the men, says Jan Lindman.

Private money

The main rule is that everything must be reported with invoices and receipts.

Ultimately, it is the king who decides the size and distribution of the framework amount, but he receives a document from the chancellery to decide on, according to Lindman.

The model for the new more open report, which is based on the Riksdag's order, is the Danish Royal Family.

In addition to the apanaget, the royal family also has a private fortune, the size of which is secret.

Purchases of private cars, boats and properties are paid for by own inherited money.

- Basically, it (the private fortune) comes to a fairly large extent, as far as we have been able to investigate, from Karl XIV Johan, but also from some married princesses in the 19th century, says Jan Lindman.