Princess Goes To A SKI-School Photo shows: Princess Birgitta at the Ski school the director of the school, Folke Mosefeldt (right) says the Princess shows great Promise. Sixteen-year old Princess Birgitta of Sweden has started taking skiing lesson at a ski school in Storlien, middle Sweden. The instructors at the school say that the Princess is making good progress and that they have high hopes that she will become Sweden's next Slalom Princess. February 26, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper)