Princess Sofia, then Sofia Hellqvist, met the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein several times around 2005 in New York, introduced by businesswoman Barbro Ehnbom. Epstein offered her a ticket to the Caribbean and a place at a film school, but the court confirms only a few social meetings and denies any trip to his island. Leaked documents from Epstein's investigation reveal these contacts through Ehnbom's women's network, which Epstein financed.
Leaked documents and emails from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in 2019, show that he met Princess Sofia several times around 2005. The introduction was made by the Swedish-American businesswoman Barbro Ehnbom, who ran the network Barbro’s best and brightest (BBB) and the Female economist of the year (FEYO) scholarship, financed by Epstein.
On December 18, 2005, Ehnbom wrote in an email to Epstein: “This is Sofia, aspiring actress who just arrived in New York. This is the girl I told you about before I left, who I thought you might want to meet. Maybe we can visit before you go away for Christmas break.” Epstein replied: “I'm in the Caribbean. Want her to come for a couple days? I'll send a ticket.” In April 2006, Epstein's assistant asked Ehnbom about Sofia and mentioned a ticket to New York.
A friend of Sofia tells Dagens Nyheter that Ehnbom arranged a meeting in a New York office, where Epstein offered them places at a film school. The court confirms in an email to DN: “Princess Sofia was introduced to the person in question on a few occasions around 2005.” They deny that she traveled to Epstein's private island in the Caribbean, where he sexually assaulted minors, and do not answer where or why the meetings occurred.
Ehnbom, who was a mentor to Sofia and a guest at her 2015 wedding to Prince Carl Philip, denies to DN that she mediated the contact: “Absolutely not. I only know him through Harvard.” Earlier reports show that Ehnbom sent pictures of young Swedish women to Epstein, including wife suggestions in 2012. Epstein donated, among other things, $25,000 to her network in 2008.
These revelations come from the extensive investigation into Epstein's crimes, which involved connections to Sweden through Ehnbom's women's initiatives.
