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==Early life==
[[File:Crown Prince Gustav (VI) Adolf of Sweden w fam 07729v.jpg|thumb|left|Princess Ingrid (far right) with her father, mother and three brothers in 1912.]]
Ingrid was born on 28 March 1910, at the [[Stockholm Palace|Royal Palace]] in [[Stockholm]] as the third child and the only daughter of [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden|Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden]] and his first wife, Princess [[Margaret of Connaught]]. Her mother was a daughter of [[Queen Victoria]]'s third son [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] by his wife [[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia]].

She was baptised Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta in Slottskyrkan (the Royal Chapel) in Stockholm, Sweden on 5 May 1910. Her godparents were: the [[Gustaf V|King]] and [[Victoria of Baden|Queen of Sweden]] (her paternal grandparents); the [[Sophia of Nassau|Dowager Queen of Sweden]] (her paternal great-grandmother); the [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Duke]] and [[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia|Duchess]] of Connaught and Strathearn (her maternal grandparents); the [[Princess Louise of Prussia|Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden]] (her paternal great-grandmother); the [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Empress of Russia]] (her mother's paternal first cousin); [[Princess Alexander of Teck]] (her mother's paternal first cousin); the [[George V|Prince of Wales]] (her mother's paternal first cousin); [[Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)|Prince Adalbert of Prussia]] (her maternal second cousin); the [[Princess Hilda of Nassau|Grand Duchess of Baden]] (her grandaunt); and the [[Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg|Dowager Duchess of Dalarna]] (her great-grandaunt).<ref>Roger Lundgren, ''Ingrid, Prinsesse af Sverige, Dronning af Danmark'', ''People's Press'', 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2013.</ref>

Ingrid and her family lived in apartments in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, in a mansion at [[Ulriksdal]], near the capital, and in a summer residence, [[Sofiero Palace]] in [[Helsingborg Municipality|Helsingborg]], [[Scania]] in southern Sweden.{{CN|date=November 2021}} Crown Princess Margaret founded a school for Ingrid with a small circle of Swedish noble girls. Ingrid was also given some domestic instruction as part of her education. As a child, she practiced cooking in her model cottage on the palace grounds and even washed the dishes after meals. In 1920, when Ingrid was just ten years old, her mother died from [[sepsis]] while in the eighth month of her sixth pregnancy.<ref name="timesobit">{{cite news |title=Crown Princess of Sweden – Death After Short Illness |work=[[The Times]] |page=15 |date=3 May 1920}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|title=Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/08/guardianobituaries2|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=28 September 2018|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928161342/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/08/guardianobituaries2|url-status=live}}</ref> After her mother's death, Ingrid spent several months of each year in the United Kingdom in the care of her grandfather.{{CN|date=November 2021}} Observers suggested that Ingrid's strong self-discipline was shaped as an effect of her mother's death.<ref name="The Guardian"/> Her father remarried [[Lady Louise Mountbatten]] three years later. Louise was a [[second cousin]] of Ingrid's. Only a [[stillborn]] daughter resulted from her father's second marriage. Ingrid felt betrayed by her father when he remarried, and she was unkind to Crown Princess Louise. Ingrid and her father would not reconcile until many years later.<ref>Roger Lundgren quoting close royal family members in ''Ingrid – prinsessa av Sverige, drottning av Danmark'' {{ISBN|978-91-85183-81-4}} pp. 17-20</ref>

Ingrid was taught [[history]], [[art history]], [[political science]], and learned several languages. Her knowledge of art and culture was extended by long stays in [[Paris]] and [[Rome]]. Along with her father, stepmother and brother [[Prince Bertil]], Ingrid took a five-month journey through the [[Middle East]] between 1934 and 1935.{{CN|date=November 2021}} She was interested in sports, especially [[horse-riding]], [[skiing]] and [[tennis]].{{CN|date=November 2021}} Ingrid made her debut at the opening of the [[Swedish Riksdag]] in 1928 when she was noted to be "smartly dressed". She was also noted to be an accomplished linguist, horsewoman, skier, skater and dancer. She often played tennis against her grandfather King [[Gustav V]]. During her young adulthood, Ingrid was often seen driving her two-seat car around Stockholm.{{CN|date=November 2021}} Besides gaining a reputation as a stylish young woman, she was known as being quite attractive. After her visit to the [[United States]] in 1939, Americans described her as "tall and very slender" with a "nicely modeled mouth and exquisite teeth".{{CN|date=November 2021}}