Several monarchs share a holiday message to mark Christmas and the New Year. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands delivered the first royal Christmas message via radio in 1931, and King George V of Great Britain delivered his first Christmas message in 1932 to launch what would become the BBC World Service.
Now, it’s a well established festive tradition. If you are interested, you can now…
December is one of the busiest months for the Swedish Royal Family. Nevertheless, they always make room in their agenda to celebrate Christmas together as a family.
The Swedish Royal Family has a packed schedule during the month of December: the Nobel Prize Celebrations…
Christmas is fast approaching, and for the royals as well, this means an increase in the number of events that revolve around Christmas. In Sweden this week, Queen Silvia started Christmas with visiting the German ladies’ club in Stockholm.
The German Ladies’…
It is a tradition in Sweden that after each parliamentary election, the King invites the new members of parliament to a grand dinner at Stockholm Palace.
On November 29th 2022, such a dinner was held after the Swedish people voted in their new members of parliament earlier this autumn. King Carl VXI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip and Princess…
Business Europe is the European umbrella organization for business and employer organisations. Prince Daniel of Sweden has attended a dinner organised by them to highlight their work.
The dinner was held in Stockholm City Hall with the board of The Confederation of…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden undertook a joint visit to Kenya as part of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The royals undertook various field visits to see the UNDP’s work in the area.
The visit began on 21…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia begin historic state visit to Jordan
17th November 2022
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden have begun their three-day state Visit to Jordan.
The royal couple and the Swedish delegation landed at Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport and, after receiving the welcome from authorities, including the Swedish Ambassador, were escorted to Al Husseiniya Palace, where the visit officially began with the welcome ceremony.
After the…
Queen Rania of Jordan and Queen Silvia of Sweden have joined forces during the latter’s state visit to Jordan.
Queen Rania met Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf at a meeting with the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) and Swedish furniture conglomerate IKEA at the…
Crown Princess Victoria has made visits to two of Stockholm City Mission’s operations in Husby and Unga. This is one of several visits the Crown Princess has made recently to the Stockholm City Mission.
In the suburb of Unga the Crown Princess learn more about…
King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Princess Madeleine visit the Queen's childhood home for important charity
12th November 2022
King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Princess Madeleine of Sweden have been in the Queen’s home country of Brazil with the World Childhood Foundation.
The King, Queen and their youngest child have been in Bahia and Sao Paulo from 8 to 10 November.
When in Bahia, Their Majesties visited the Complexo de Escuta Protegida, which was opened thanks to Childhood. The new centre provides…
