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Crown Princess Victoria visits defence forces in -21˚C

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has braved freezing winter temperatures to visit her country’s armed forces. The Crown Princess visited the Army Hunters Battalion and the Armed Forces’ Winter Unit on Wednesday. Both of this companies are a part of Norrbotten’s regiment I 19 in the far north of Sweden. During her visit, the Crown Princess met with soldiers who are currently…
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Crown Princess Victoria visits Helsingborg

Crown Princess Victoria visited the municipality of Helsingborg earlier this week to learn more about the city’s sustainable development. Crown Princess Victoria’s visit began at DrottningH, a city development project that aims to “develop a million-district urban area…
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Crown Princess Victoria takes Princess Estelle to get acquainted with the symbols of the Swedish monarchy

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden took her six-year-old daughter, Princess Estelle – also a future queen – to get acquainted with the symbols of the Swedish monarch in the Treasury of the Royal Palace of Stockholm yesterday after school. Items, which have been on display since the 1970s, Their Royal Highnesses were able to view included Karl (X) Gustav’s heirloom crown (which is…
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King Carl XVI Gustaf hands out Nobel Prizes

King Carl XVI Gustaf has handed out the Nobel Prizes during a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. The other members of the Swedish Royal Family were also in attendance. Each year on the 10th of December, King Carl XVI Gustaf hands out the Nobel Prizes, consisting of a medal and a diploma, during a glamorous ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. This year it was no different as 1,560 guests…
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Princess Estelle takes up new hobby

Princess Estelle of Sweden has begun an acting course at Calle Flygare theatre school in Vasatan, Stockholm. Accompanied by her father, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle was said to look expectant and happy as she undertook her first lesson this past week, according to Swedish…
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Swedish Crown Princess couple attend Gen Pep Forum

This week Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden were in Solna to attend a Gen Pep Forum at Karolinska Institute. Organised by Generation Pep, the seminar and workshop brought together more than 800 representatives from politics, industry associations, research bodies and internship schemes to discuss and commit to changing and improving the health of children and young people. The…
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