Princess Christina Magnuson served as a member of the Standing Commission between December 1995 and December 2003. Before joining the Standing Commission, she was President of the Swedish Red Cross, a position she took up in 1993. Prior to that she had been Vice President (1987-1993) and had held various other positions with the Swedish Red Cross, beginning as a volunteer in 1973. Princess Magnuson was also involved internationally in the Movement Chairwomen of the Steering Group for the World Campaign for the Victims of War (1987-1990) as well as representing the Swedish delegation at numerous international conferences of the Movement. She studied at Radcliffe College and at the University of Stockholm. Princess Magnuson received the Henry Dunant medal in 2005. She was born on August 3rd, 1943 and is married with three sons.[1]
[1] Standing Commission
